Männlich

Rekrut

(Englisch)

  1. (Germany, masculine, weak) recruit
  2. (Austria, Switzerland, masculine, weak) a soldier of the lowest rank in the Swiss and Austrian armed forces, similar to a private

Frequenz

20k
Dialekte

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

regrut

Daten bereitgestellt von: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ʁeˈkʁuːt/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

Borrowed from Middle French recrute (attested 1592), from recreue (“supplement”), recrue (“supplies; supplemental soldiers”) (attested 1550), substantivized past participle of Old French recroistre (“to grow again, to acquire offspring, to replace”), from Latin recrēscere (“to grow (out) again”).

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