weermacht

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • weermagt (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

From weren +‎ macht, calque of German Wehrmacht. The word was rare until the 1880s.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋeːr.mɑxt/
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  • Hyphenation: weer‧macht

Noun

weermacht f (uncountable)

  1. armed forces [from 1840s]

Synonyms
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