"Korporal" meaning in All languages combined

See Korporal on Wiktionary

Noun [German]

IPA: /kɔʁpoˈʁaːl/ Audio: De-Korporal.ogg
Rhymes: -aːl Etymology: 17th century, borrowed from French corporal, an alteration (after corps) of Middle French caporal, from Italian caporale. Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|fr|corporal|nocap=1}} borrowed from French corporal, {{der|de|frm|caporal}} Middle French caporal, {{der|de|it|caporale}} Italian caporale Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,e:^e}} Korporal m (strong, genitive Korporals, plural Korporale or Korporäle) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,e:^e}} Forms: Korporals [genitive], Korporale [plural], Korporäle [plural], strong [table-tags], Korporal [nominative, singular], Korporale [definite, nominative, plural], Korporäle [definite, nominative, plural], Korporals [genitive, singular], Korporale [definite, genitive, plural], Korporäle [definite, genitive, plural], Korporal [dative, singular], Korporalen [dative, definite, plural], Korporälen [dative, definite, plural], Korporal [accusative, singular], Korporale [accusative, definite, plural], Korporäle [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (Switzerland, history, or non-German armies) corporal, lower non-commissioned officer (in today’s Switzerland equivalent to OR-4) Tags: Switzerland, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Korporal-de-noun-74xNCsnb Categories (other): Switzerland German, History, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Military, Military ranks Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 49 28 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 27 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 26 23 Disambiguation of Military: 55 23 22 Disambiguation of Military ranks: 54 24 22 Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
  2. (Austria) an enlisted rank (equivalent to OR-3) Tags: Austria, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Korporal-de-noun-tz72wOBv Categories (other): Austrian German
  3. (Germany, since 2021) a rank awarded to high-performing enlisted personnel (equivalent to OR-4 and paid like OR-5, but not considered an NCO rank) Tags: Germany, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Korporal-de-noun-bu3bYo4t Categories (other): German German
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Stabskorporal Related terms: Kapo, Korps
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