Bundeswehr

American  

[boon-duhs-vair, boon-duhs-veyr] / ˈbʊn dəsˌvɛər, ˈbʊn dəsˌveɪr /

noun

1. the armed forces of Germany.

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Etymology

Origin of Bundeswehr

< German, equivalent to Bundes, genitive of Bund federation + Wehr defense

Example Sentences

A PR push—including social-media campaigns stressing the thrill of high-tech combat—for the German armed forces, known as the Bundeswehr, has helped to boost the number of recruits in the past two years.

From The Wall Street Journal

A detailed opinion survey by the Bundeswehr’s Center of Military History and Social Sciences last year showed high support for the Bundeswehr and the rearmament policy—across all age groups.

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The new questionnaire is aimed in part at prompting a shift in the mindset of young people, said Martin Elbe, a sociologist at the Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr.

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The young are key not just because of their fitness and aptitudes but because the Bundeswehr has no way of contacting many of the country’s 930,000 people still alive who have served with the military and could in theory be mobilized.

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This means some teenage recruits might earn more than their instructors—one young Bundeswehr officer said this was causing some grumblings in the ranks.

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