Heer

Signification

army (ground forces)

Genre

Neutre

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/heːr/

Étymologie

From Middle High German her, from Old High German heri, from Proto-West Germanic *hari, from Proto-Germanic *harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“war, struggle”).
Cognates include Old Norse herr (“crowd, troops”) (> Danish hær (“troops”))), Dutch heer (“army”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐍃 (harjis, “army, host”), Old English here (“army”). Relation to Sanskrit कुल (kula, “flock, herd, family”) has been theorised. False cognate of Spanish ejército, from Latin exerceo ("I exercise, I oversee").

Phrases

Im Glauben an einen sicheren Sieg marschierte der Sultan mit seinem Heer .

En croyant en une victoire sûre, le sultan a marché avec son armée.