Heer

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German [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old High German heri, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *koro-s (“war, struggle”). Cognates include Old Norse herr (“crowd, troops”) (> Danish hær (“troops”)), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 (harjis, “army, host”). Relation to Sanskrit कुल (kula, “flock, herd, family”) has been theorised [1].

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Noun [edit]

Heer n (genitive Heeres or Heers, plural Heere)

  1. army

Declension [edit]

declension of Heer
singular plural
n gender indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Heer die Heere
genitive eines des Heeres,
Heers		 der Heere
dative einem dem Heer,
Heere (archaic)		 den Heeren
accusative ein das Heer die Heere

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References [edit]

  1. ^ Heer in DW
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