Armee
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Early 16th century, borrowed from Middle French armee. Compare Modern French armée, English army.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Armee f (genitive Armee, plural Armeen)
- army (large tactical contingent consisting of several divisions)
- der Untergang der 6. Armee in Stalingrad
- the downfall of the 6th Army in Stalingrad
- military, a country’s armed forces as a whole; particularly of countries where a cognate term is commonly used in this sense, e.g. France
- Synonyms: Militär, Streitkräfte
- (chiefly archaic) army, ground forces; now only of countries where a cognate term is commonly used in this sense, e.g. the U.S.
- Synonyms: Heer, Landstreitkräfte
Usage notes
[edit]- As the armed forces of East Germany were called Nationale Volksarmee, one may still hear phrases such as er ist bei der Armee (“he’s in the military”), which are not at all idiomatic in former West Germany. The usual expression runs er ist bei der Bundeswehr or, informally, beim Bund.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Armee [feminine]
Hyponyms
[edit]- Invasionsarmee (“invading army”)
- Rebellenarmee (“rebel army”)
Descendants
[edit]- → Estonian: armee
Further reading
[edit]- “Armee” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Armee” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Armee” in Duden online
Armee on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Plautdietsch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Armee f (plural Armeeen)
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