Streitkraft

German

Etymology

Streit (“fight, conflict, quarrel”) +‎ Kraft (“force, power”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtraɪ̯tˌkraft/, [ˈʃtʁäe̯tˌkʁäft]

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Noun

Streitkraft f (genitive Streitkraft, plural Streitkräfte)

1. (collective, military, in the plural) armed forces

   Synonyms: Militär, Armee (latter less common)

2. (in the singular, rare) branch of a country's armed forces (army, navy, air force, etc.)

   Synonym: Teilstreitkraft (usual)

3. (in the singular, dated) military power; military capacity; combat strength

   Synonyms: Kampfkraft, Kampfstärke, Schlagkraft

Declension

Declension of Streitkraft [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Streitkraft	die	Streitkräfte
genitive	einer	der	Streitkraft	der	Streitkräfte
dative	einer	der	Streitkraft	den	Streitkräften
accusative	eine	die	Streitkraft	die	Streitkräfte

Hyponyms

• Bodenstreitkraft, Landstreitkraft, Luftstreitkraft, Seestreitkraft

Derived terms

• Streitkräfteamt
• Teilstreitkraft

Further reading

• “Streitkraft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Streitkraft” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Streitkraft” in Duden online
• “Streitkraft” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Streitkraft on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de