Neuter
Heer
Meaning
army (ground forces)
Concepts
Synonyms
Marine und Luftwaffe
Landheer
Landmacht
Vielseitigkeitsreiten
Teilstreitkräfte
Vielseitigkeitsprüfung
Military-Reiten
Landstreitmacht
Unmasse
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/heːr/
Etymology
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").
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