Bundeswehr
German
Etymology
From Bund (“confederation”) + -es- + Wehr (“defense”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʊndəsˌveːɐ̯/
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Bun‧des‧wehr
Proper noun
Bundeswehr f (proper noun, genitive Bundeswehr)
- The national army of the Federal Republic of Germany.
- Synonym: (informal) Bund m
- Coordinate term: (Austria) Bundesheer
Declension
Declension of Bundeswehr [sg-only, feminine]
See also
Further reading
- “Bundeswehr” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Bundeswehr” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Bundeswehr” in Duden online
- Bundeswehr on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de