formering

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Danish

Etymology

formere (procreate, form) +‎ -ing

Noun

formering c (singular definite formeringen, plural indefinite formeringer)

  1. (uncountable) procreation
  2. (countable, military) formation
    • 2012, Ib Spang Olsen, Ib Spang Olsen - Erindringer, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      Der var en hel del ret indviklede militære formeringer, som vi 14 mand havde noget besvær med at lære, før vi kunne virke overbevisende på de undertvungne ægyptere og på publikum.
      There were quite a lot of complicated military formations that we 14 men had some trouble learning, before we could convincingly affect the subjugated Egyptians and the audience.
    • 1919, Aage Friis, Det nittende aarhundrede: skildret af nordiske videnskabsmaend:
      I andre Armeer og særlig i den engelske bibeholdt man forholdsvis længe de i Periodens Begyndelse anvendte Formeringer, om end i mere eller mindre modificeret Form.
      In other armies, and especially in the English one, the formations used in the beginning of the period were maintained for a relatively long time, although modified to some degree.

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