Armee
German, noun/arˈmeː/
Armee is spelled A-R-M-E-E (5 letters) and appears 55 times per million words in written German, the 1,550th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Armee is a German feminine noun meaning “army (large tactical contingent consisting of several divisions)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bewaffnete Landmacht, Heer, Heeresabteilung”.
What does Armee mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininearmy (large tactical contingent consisting of several divisions)
der Untergang der 6. Armee in Stalingrad
- 2
femininemilitary, 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
archaicfemininearmy, ground forces; now only of countries where a cognate term is commonly used in this sense, e.g. the U.S.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bewaffnete Landmacht, Heer, Heeresabteilung 2. die gesamten organisierten militärischen Streitkräfte eines Staates 3. militärischer Großverband der Landstreitkräfte, hierarchisch eingeordnet zwischen Heeresgruppe und Korps 4. sehr große Anzahl an Personen und Tieren (häufig staatenbildender Insekten) mit gleichen Zielen oder mit gleichem Verhalten
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Armee
- Armeen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Armee?
- /arˈmeː/
- [aʁˈmeː]
- [a(ɐ̯)ˈmeː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Armee
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Armee in German?
Armee appears 55 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).