Armee

Meaning

1. (feminine) army (large tactical contingent consisting of several divisions)
2. (feminine) 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
3. (archaic,feminine) army; ground forces; now only of countries where a cognate term is commonly used in this sense, e.g. the U.S.

Concepts

army

military

troops

armed forces

host

soldiers

legion

force

hosts

military forces

war

banner and drums

Sabaoth

FAS

forces

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/arˈmeː/

Etymology

Early 16th century, borrowed from Middle French armee. Compare Modern French armée, English army.

Sentences

Im Zweiten Weltkrieg war er Offizier der Roten Armee .

During World War II, he was an officer in the Red Army.

Über den Kokoda Track sollte die japanische Armee nach Port Moresby vordringen .

Having had their initial effort to capture Port Moresby by a seaborne invasion disrupted by the U.S. Navy in the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Japanese attempted a landward invasion from the north via the Kokoda Track.