Bundeswehr

German

Etymology

From Bund (“confederation”) +‎ -es- +‎ Wehr (“defense”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊndəsˌveːɐ̯/

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• Hyphenation: Bun‧des‧wehr

Proper noun

Bundeswehr f (proper noun, genitive Bundeswehr)

1. The national army of the Federal Republic of Germany.

   Synonym: (informal) Bund m

   Coordinate term: (Austria) Bundesheer

Declension

Declension of Bundeswehr [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bundeswehr
genitive	einer	der	Bundeswehr
dative	einer	der	Bundeswehr
accusative	eine	die	Bundeswehr

See also

• Reichswehr
• Wehrmacht
• Bundesheer

Further reading

• “Bundeswehr” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bundeswehr” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Bundeswehr” in Duden online
• Bundeswehr on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de