Heer
German, noun/heːr/
Heer is spelled H-E-E-R (4 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written German, the 5,929th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heer is a German neuter noun meaning “army (ground forces)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesamtheit der Landstreitkräfte eines Staates”.
What does Heer mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterarmy (ground forces)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gesamtheit der Landstreitkräfte eines Staates 2. Gesamtheit der Streitkräfte eines Staates 3. große Anzahl, Menge von Menschen oder Tieren
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 Heer
- Heeres genitive
- Heers genitive
- Heere plural
- Heeren dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Heer?
- /heːr/
- [heːɐ̯]
- [hɛɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Heer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Heer in German?
Heer appears 12 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).