russian word
war, armed conflict in Russian: война
nounfemlevel B1#219 by frequency
every form stress-marked · levels from the official TORFL lexical minimum
Его дед погиб на войне совсем молодым. His grandfather died in the war very young.
После долгой войны страна наконец заключила мир. After a long war the country finally made peace.
Правительство объявило войну коррупции. The government declared war on corruption.
Между двумя соседями уже годами идёт настоящая война. A real war has been going on between the two neighbors for years now.
What does война mean in Russian?
01
war, armed conflict
02
war, fierce struggle (figurative)
Правительство объявило войну коррупции.
The government declared war on corruption.
Declension of война
Stress marks show the stressed vowel; it moves between forms more often than learners expect.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom | война | войны |
| gen | войны | войн |
| dat | войне | войнам |
| acc | войну | войны |
| ins | войной / войною | войнами |
| prep | войне | войнах |