hermandad

See also: Hermandad

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥

Proto-Italic *genamen

Latin *genmen

Latin germen

Latin germānus

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Proto-Italic *-tāts

Latin -tās

Latin germānitātem

Spanish hermandadbor.

English hermandad

Borrowed from Spanish hermandad (“brotherhood”).

Noun

hermandad (plural hermandades)

1. (historical) A military peacekeeping association in medieval Spain.

Dutch

A plaque in Enschede

Etymology

From Spanish hermandad.

Pronunciation

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Noun

hermandad f (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. (Netherlands, colloquial) police
   • 2015 June 4, “Politieorkest zwaait Tjeerd de Walle uit in Feanwâlden”, in Friesch Dagblad:

     Vorig jaar op 1 januari nam hij afscheid van de hermandad. De 62-jarige muzikant mag nog tot zijn 65e zijn partijtje meeblazen in het politieorkest, maar kiest er nu toch voor om te stoppen.

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Usage notes

Typically used in a positive tone.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hermandad or Spanish hermandad.

Noun

hermandad n (plural hermandade)

1. hermandad

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	hermandad	hermandadul	hermandade	hermandadele
genitive-dative	hermandad	hermandadului	hermandade	hermandadelor
vocative	hermandadule		hermandadelor

References

• hermandad in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɾmanˈdad/ [eɾ.mãn̪ˈd̪að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: her‧man‧dad

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥

Proto-Italic *genamen

Latin *genmen

Latin germen

Latin germānus

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts

Proto-Italic *-tāts

Latin -tās

Latin germānitātem

Spanish hermandad

Inherited from Latin germānitātem.

Noun

hermandad f (plural hermandades)

1. brotherhood

   Synonym: fraternidad

Related terms

• hermano

Etymology 2

Verb

hermandad

1. only used in os ... hermandad, syntactic variant of hermandaos, second-person plural imperative of hermandarse

Further reading

• “hermandad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025