Armee

armee armée German Etymology de army :bor frm:armee<id:army> Early 16th century, de frm armee 1. Compare Modern fr armée, en army. Pronunciation de /arˈmeː/ [aʁˈmeː] [a(ɐ̯)ˈmeː] de De-at-Armee.ogg Austria de De-Armee.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de eː 2 Noun f army large tactical contingent consisting of several divisions de 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 de Militär Streitkräfte de chiefly archaic army, ground forces; now only of countries where a cognate term is commonly used in this sense, e.g. the U.S. de Heer Landstreitkräfte Usage notes As the armed forces of East Germany were called de NVA Nationale Volksarmee, one may still hear phrases such as de er ist bei der Armee he’s in the military, which are not at all idiomatic in former West Germany. The usual expression runs de er ist bei der Bundeswehr or, informally, de beim Bund. Declension f Hyponyms de Invasionsarmee invading army de Rebellenarmee rebel army Descendants et armee 1 Further reading de de Military Plautdietsch Pronunciation pdt /arme/ Noun pdt noun f plural Armeeen army