Herr

de-noun

Herr m (weak, genitive Herrn or (archaic) Herren, plural Herren or (archaic) Herrn, diminutive Herrchen n or Herrlein n)

Herrn (genitive)
Herren (archaic genitive)
Herren (plural)
Herrn (archaic plural)
Herrchen (diminutive neuter)
Herrlein (diminutive neuter)
Herr (nominative singular)
Herren (definite nominative plural)
Herrn (archaic definite nominative plural)
Herrn (genitive singular)
Herren (archaic genitive singular)
Herren (definite genitive plural)
Herrn (archaic definite genitive plural)
Herrn (dative singular)
Herren (archaic dative singular)
Herren (dative definite plural)
Herrn (archaic dative definite plural)
Herrn (accusative singular)
Herren (accusative archaic singular)
Herren (accusative definite plural)
Herrn (accusative archaic definite plural)

From Middle High German hērre, hërre, from Old High German hēriro, hērro (“grey, grey-haired”), the comparative form of hēr (“noble, venerable”) (by analogy with Latin senior (“elder”)), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”).
Cognate with Dutch heer, Old English hār, English hoar, Old Norse hárr; compare also modern German hehr (“noble, holy”), herrschen (“to rule”).

Sehr geehrter Herr Schmidt

Die Herren Schmidt und Müller
Messrs. Schmidt and Müller

Herr Doktor von Braun

Herr Professor

Herr Bundeskanzler

Jawohl, Herr Oberst!

Yes, sir! (Because Herr already is a respectful form of address, adding a term like sir is unnecessary) (literally, “Yes, Mr. Colonel.”)

Entschuldigung, der Herr? Sie haben Ihre Uhr verloren.

Excuse me, sir? You've lost your watch. (standard usage between strangers)

Was kann ich Ihnen bringen, meine Herren?

Sehr verehrte Damen und Herren

Dear Sir or Madam (address in formal letters and e-mails)


Frau

Frau f (genitive Frau, plural Frauen, diminutive Fräulein n or Frauchen n)

Frau (genitive)
Frauen (plural)
Fräulein (diminutive neuter)
Frauchen (diminutive neuter)
Frau (nominative singular)
Frauen (definite nominative plural)
Frau (genitive singular)
Frauen (definite genitive plural)
Frau (dative singular)
Frauen (dative definite plural)
Frau (accusative singular)
Frauen (accusative definite plural)
Frau (nominative singular)
Frauen (definite nominative plural)
Frauen (genitive singular)
Frauen (definite genitive plural)
Frauen (dative singular)
Frauen (dative definite plural)
Frau (accusative singular)
Frauen (accusative definite plural)

Unserdeutsch: Frau

→ English: frau

→ Russian: фра́у (fráu)

From Middle High German vrouwe, vrowe, from Old High German frouwa (“mistress”), from Proto-West Germanic *frauwjā, from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ, a feminine form of *frawjô (“lord”), giving Old English frēa (“lord, king; God, Christ; husband”), frēo (“woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *proHwo-, a derivation from *per- (“to go forward”).
Cognate with Old Saxon frūa (hence Middle Low German vrouwe, Modern Low German frug), Old Norse freyja and frú (hence Icelandic frú and Norwegian frue). Further cognates include German Fron (“corvée, soccage”) and its kin. The Indo-European root is also the source of Proto-Slavic *pravъ (“right, straight, correct”), whence Old Church Slavonic правъ (pravŭ), Russian пра́вый (právyj, “right”), perhaps also Ancient Greek πρῶρα (prôra, “bow, prow”) and the first element of Latin provincia, if this is from Proto-Indo-European *prōwiōn.

cog

Frau Bundeskanzlerin

madam (polite form of address for a woman or lady)


Admiral

de-noun

Admiral m (strong, genitive Admirals, plural Admirale or Admiräle, feminine Admiralin)

Admirals (genitive)
Admirale (plural)
Admiräle (plural)
Admiralin (feminine)
Admiral (nominative singular)
Admirale (definite nominative plural)
Admiräle (definite nominative plural)
Admirals (genitive singular)
Admirale (definite genitive plural)
Admiräle (definite genitive plural)
Admiral (dative singular)
Admirale (dative singular)
Admiralen (dative definite plural)
Admirälen (dative definite plural)
Admiral (accusative singular)
Admirale (accusative definite plural)
Admiräle (accusative definite plural)

→ Czech: admirál

Hungarian: admirális

→ Polish: admirał

→ Slovene: admirȃl

→ Ukrainian: адміра́л (admirál)

From English admiral, from Middle English, Anglo-Norman, and Old French admiral, from Medieval Latin admiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”) under influence from admīrārī (“to admire, to respect”). Cognate with French amiral, etc.


Dame

Dame (genitive)
Damen (plural)
Dame (nominative singular)
Damen (definite nominative plural)
Dame (genitive singular)
Damen (definite genitive plural)
Dame (dative singular)
Damen (dative definite plural)
Dame (accusative singular)
Damen (accusative definite plural)

From French dame, from Latin domina (“mistress, lady”). Cognate with English dame.


General

General m (strong, genitive Generales or Generals, plural Generäle or Generale, feminine Generälin or Generalin)

Generales (genitive)
Generals (genitive)
Generäle (plural)
Generale (plural)
Generälin (feminine)
Generalin (feminine)
General (nominative singular)
Generäle (definite nominative plural)
Generale (definite nominative plural)
Generales (genitive singular)
Generals (genitive singular)
Generäle (definite genitive plural)
Generale (definite genitive plural)
General (dative singular)
Generale (dative singular)
Generälen (dative definite plural)
Generalen (dative definite plural)
General (accusative singular)
Generäle (accusative definite plural)
Generale (accusative definite plural)

→ Bulgarian: генера́л (generál)

→ Russian: генера́л (generál) (see there for further descendants)

→ Serbo-Croatian: general, генерал

→ Slovene: general

→ Swedish: general
→ Finnish: kenraali

/ˌɡɛ.nəˈʁaːl/

Partly via Middle High German general, partly via French général, from Latin generālis.

(military) general (officer in any general rank)

(military) general (officer in a specific general rank, usually the highest)

(Roman Catholicism) general (head of an order)


Herrin

Herrin f (genitive Herrin, plural Herrinnen)

Herrin (genitive)
Herrinnen (plural)
Herrin (nominative singular)
Herrinnen (definite nominative plural)
Herrin (genitive singular)
Herrinnen (definite genitive plural)
Herrin (dative singular)
Herrinnen (dative definite plural)
Herrin (accusative singular)
Herrinnen (accusative definite plural)


Rekrut

Rekrut m (weak, genitive Rekruten, plural Rekruten)

Rekruten (genitive)
Rekruten (plural)
Rekrut (nominative singular)
Rekruten (definite nominative plural)
Rekruten (genitive singular)
Rekruten (definite genitive plural)
Rekruten (dative singular)
Rekruten (dative definite plural)
Rekruten (accusative singular)
Rekruten (accusative definite plural)

→ Czech: rekrut

→ Romanian: recrut

Borrowed from French recreute, a variant of recrue (“recruit”).

(Switzerland, Austria) A soldier of the lowest rank in the Swiss and Austrian armed forces, similar to a private.


Feldmarschall

Feldmarschall m (strong, genitive Feldmarschalls, plural Feldmarschälle)

Feldmarschalls (genitive)
Feldmarschälle (plural)
Feldmarschall (nominative singular)
Feldmarschälle (definite nominative plural)
Feldmarschalls (genitive singular)
Feldmarschälle (definite genitive plural)
Feldmarschall (dative singular)
Feldmarschällen (dative definite plural)
Feldmarschall (accusative singular)
Feldmarschälle (accusative definite plural)

→ Kashubian: feldmarszal

→ Macedonian: фелдмаршал (feldmaršal)

→ Polish: feldmarszałek

desc

фельдма́ршал

→ Russian: фельдма́ршал (felʹdmáršal)

фельдма́ршал

→ Ukrainian: фельдма́ршал (felʹdmáršal)

→ Upper Sorbian: feldmaršal

field marshal (military officer of the highest rank)


Hauptmann

de-noun

Hauptmann m (strong, genitive Hauptmannes or Hauptmanns, plural Hauptleute or Hauptmänner, feminine Hauptfrau or Hauptmännin)

Hauptmannes (genitive)
Hauptmanns (genitive)
Hauptleute (plural)
Hauptmänner (plural)
Hauptfrau (feminine)
Hauptmännin (feminine)
Hauptmann (nominative singular)
Hauptleute (definite nominative plural)
Hauptmänner (definite nominative plural)
Hauptmannes (genitive singular)
Hauptmanns (genitive singular)
Hauptleute (definite genitive plural)
Hauptmänner (definite genitive plural)
Hauptmann (dative singular)
Hauptmanne (dative singular)
Hauptleuten (dative definite plural)
Hauptmännern (dative definite plural)
Hauptmann (accusative singular)
Hauptleute (accusative definite plural)
Hauptmänner (accusative definite plural)

→ Dutch: hopman

→ Lower Sorbian: hawptman

desc

→ Pennsylvania German: Hauptman, Haaptman

→ Czech: hejtman

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→ Polish: hetman
→ Belarusian: ге́тман (hjétman)
→ Bulgarian: хе́тман (hétman)
→ English: hetman
→ French: hetman
→ German: Hetman
→ Portuguese: hétmã, hétmane
→ Romanian: hatman
→ Ukrainian: ге́тьман (hétʹman)
→ Russian: ге́тман (gétman)
→ Uzbek: getman
→ Spanish: hetman

From Middle High German houbetman (“leader; captain, head of a group”), from Old High German houbitman, from Proto-West Germanic *haubidamann. Cognate with Low German Hööftmann, Dutch hoofdman, and Old English hēafodmann. Equivalent to haupt- (“chief, head”) + Mann (“man”). Doublet of Hetman (via Polish hetman).

inh

(military) captain (male [also female] or of unspecified sex; cf. Herr / Frau Hauptmann)


Inspektor

de-noun

Inspektor m (mixed, genitive Inspektors, plural Inspektoren, feminine Inspektorin)

Inspektors (genitive)
Inspektoren (plural)
Inspektorin (feminine)
Inspektor (nominative singular)
Inspektoren (definite nominative plural)
Inspektors (genitive singular)
Inspektoren (definite genitive plural)
Inspektor (dative singular)
Inspektoren (dative definite plural)
Inspektor (accusative singular)
Inspektoren (accusative definite plural)


Hoheit

Hoheit f (genitive Hoheit, plural Hoheiten)

Hoheit (genitive)
Hoheiten (plural)
Hoheit (nominative singular)
Hoheiten (definite nominative plural)
Hoheit (genitive singular)
Hoheiten (definite genitive plural)
Hoheit (dative singular)
Hoheiten (dative definite plural)
Hoheit (accusative singular)
Hoheiten (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German hôchheit; equivalent to Hoch + -heit.

Ihre/Seine Königliche Hoheit


Oberst

Oberst m (strong or weak, genitive Obersts or Obersten, plural Oberste or Obersten)

Obersts (genitive)
Obersten (genitive)
Oberste (plural)
Obersten (plural)
Oberst (nominative singular)
Oberste (definite nominative plural)
Obersten (definite nominative plural)
Obersts (genitive singular)
Obersten (genitive singular)
Oberste (definite genitive plural)
Obersten (definite genitive plural)
Oberst (dative singular)
Obersten (dative singular)
Obersten (dative definite plural)
Oberst (accusative singular)
Obersten (accusative singular)
Oberste (accusative definite plural)
Obersten (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German ob(e)rest, ob(e)rōst, ob(e)rist, öbrist, from Old High German obarōsto, obaristo, superlative of Old High German obaro.


Major

de-noun

Major m (strong, genitive Majors, plural Majore)

16th century, probably borrowed from Spanish mayor, from Latin māior.


Pater

Pater m (strong, genitive Paters, plural Patres or Pater)

Paters (genitive)
Patres (plural)
Pater (plural)
Pater (nominative singular)
Patres (definite nominative plural)
Pater (definite nominative plural)
Paters (genitive singular)
Patres (definite genitive plural)
Pater (definite genitive plural)
Pater (dative singular)
Patres (dative definite plural)
Patern (dative definite plural)
Pater (accusative singular)
Patres (accusative definite plural)
Pater (accusative definite plural)

(Roman Catholicism) Father (address for a priest)


Oberleutnant

Oberleutnant m (strong, genitive Oberleutnants, plural Oberleutnants or Oberleutnante)

Oberleutnants (genitive)
Oberleutnants (plural)
Oberleutnante (plural)
Oberleutnant (nominative singular)
Oberleutnants (definite nominative plural)
Oberleutnante (definite nominative plural)
Oberleutnants (genitive singular)
Oberleutnants (definite genitive plural)
Oberleutnante (definite genitive plural)
Oberleutnant (dative singular)
Oberleutnants (dative definite plural)
Oberleutnanten (dative definite plural)
Oberleutnant (accusative singular)
Oberleutnants (accusative definite plural)
Oberleutnante (accusative definite plural)


Obersturmführer

Obersturmführer m (strong, genitive Obersturmführers, plural Obersturmführer)

Obersturmführers (genitive)
Obersturmführer (plural)
Obersturmführer (nominative singular)
Obersturmführer (definite nominative plural)
Obersturmführers (genitive singular)
Obersturmführer (definite genitive plural)
Obersturmführer (dative singular)
Obersturmführern (dative definite plural)
Obersturmführer (accusative singular)
Obersturmführer (accusative definite plural)

a former military rank in the SS and SA in Nazi Germany, equal to a "Oberleutnant" (first lieutenant) in the regular Wehrmacht


Hauptsturmführer

Hauptsturmführer m (strong, genitive Hauptsturmführers, plural Hauptsturmführer)

Hauptsturmführers (genitive)
Hauptsturmführer (plural)
Hauptsturmführer (nominative singular)
Hauptsturmführer (definite nominative plural)
Hauptsturmführers (genitive singular)
Hauptsturmführer (definite genitive plural)
Hauptsturmführer (dative singular)
Hauptsturmführern (dative definite plural)
Hauptsturmführer (accusative singular)
Hauptsturmführer (accusative definite plural)

a former military rank in the SS and SA in Nazi Germany, equal to a "Hauptmann" (captain) in the regular Wehrmacht


Leutnant

Leutnant m (strong, genitive Leutnants, plural Leutnante or Leutnants)

Leutnants (genitive)
Leutnante (plural)
Leutnants (plural)
Leutnant (nominative singular)
Leutnante (definite nominative plural)
Leutnants (definite nominative plural)
Leutnants (genitive singular)
Leutnante (definite genitive plural)
Leutnants (definite genitive plural)
Leutnant (dative singular)
Leutnanten (dative definite plural)
Leutnants (dative definite plural)
Leutnant (accusative singular)
Leutnante (accusative definite plural)
Leutnants (accusative definite plural)

→ Estonian: leitnant

→ Lower Sorbian: leutnant

From Middle French lieutenant (“lieutenant; deputy”), from tenir le lieu de (“to keep the position of”). Early on, the form was folk-etymologically reshaped, the first syllable being associated with Leute (“folk, men”), the last syllable sometimes with Amt (“post, office”). The normal spoken form in German has been Leut(e)nant since the 17th century, although the French spelling Lieutenant remained common and became standard in the 19th century. The contemporary spelling was introduced in the German Empire in 1899 amid rising Franco-German tensions and a general trend of Germanification.


Fähnrich

de-noun

Fähnrich m (strong, genitive Fähnriches or Fähnrichs, plural Fähnriche)

Fähnriches (genitive)
Fähnrichs (genitive)
Fähnriche (plural)
Fähnrich (nominative singular)
Fähnriche (definite nominative plural)
Fähnriches (genitive singular)
Fähnrichs (genitive singular)
Fähnriche (definite genitive plural)
Fähnrich (dative singular)
Fähnriche (dative singular)
Fähnrichen (dative definite plural)
Fähnrich (accusative singular)
Fähnriche (accusative definite plural)

→ Danish: fenrik

→ Dutch: vaandrig

→ Norwegian: fenrik

→ Swedish: fänrik


Imperator

Imperator m (mixed, genitive Imperators, plural Imperatoren)

Imperators (genitive)
Imperatoren (plural)
Imperator (nominative singular)
Imperatoren (definite nominative plural)
Imperators (genitive singular)
Imperatoren (definite genitive plural)
Imperator (dative singular)
Imperatoren (dative definite plural)
Imperator (accusative singular)
Imperatoren (accusative definite plural)


Unteroffizier

Unteroffizier m (strong, genitive Unteroffiziers, plural Unteroffiziere, feminine Unteroffizierin)

Unteroffiziers (genitive)
Unteroffiziere (plural)
Unteroffizierin (feminine)
Unteroffizier (nominative singular)
Unteroffiziere (definite nominative plural)
Unteroffiziers (genitive singular)
Unteroffiziere (definite genitive plural)
Unteroffizier (dative singular)
Unteroffizieren (dative definite plural)
Unteroffizier (accusative singular)
Unteroffiziere (accusative definite plural)

desc

у́нтер-офице́р

→ Russian: у́нтер-офице́р (únter-oficér)

[ˈʊntɐʔɔfiˌt͡siːɐ̯]

non-commissioned officer
non-commissioned officer

(military) non-commissioned officer, NCO

Am Fernsprecher des Beobachtungsstandes sitzt ein Unteroffizier und wiederholt dem Offizier die eingehenden Meldungen über die eigene Feuerwirkung, über Verluste, über vom Feinde unter Feuer genommene Punkte, über die eigenen Ziele […]

1915, Karl Müller, Kriegsbriefe eines neutralen Offiziers, Velhagen & Klasing, page 236:

At the telephone of the observation post sits a corporal and repeats to the officer the incoming reports about the damage caused by own fire, about casualties, about targets taken under fire by the enemy, about the own targets

(military, Germany) a specific, namely the lowest, NCO rank


Frater

de-noun

Frater m (strong, genitive Fraters, plural Fratres or Frater)

Fraters (genitive)
Fratres (plural)
Frater (plural)
Frater (nominative singular)
Fratres (definite nominative plural)
Frater (definite nominative plural)
Fraters (genitive singular)
Fratres (definite genitive plural)
Frater (definite genitive plural)
Frater (dative singular)
Fratres (dative definite plural)
Fratern (dative definite plural)
Frater (accusative singular)
Fratres (accusative definite plural)
Frater (accusative definite plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin frāter. Doublet of Bruder.

(Roman Catholicism) brother (monk who is not a priest)


Fourier

Fourier m (strong, genitive Fouriers, plural Fouriere)

Fouriers (genitive)
Fouriere (plural)
Fourier (nominative singular)
Fouriere (definite nominative plural)
Fouriers (genitive singular)
Fouriere (definite genitive plural)
Fourier (dative singular)
Fourieren (dative definite plural)
Fourier (accusative singular)
Fouriere (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from French fourrier, derived from Old French fuerre (“hay; fodder”), from Frankish *fodar, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“fodder”), whence Futter. Doublet of Furier.

(Switzerland) quartermaster sergeant (class of rank)


Oberbefehlshaber

Oberbefehlshaber m (strong, genitive Oberbefehlshabers, plural Oberbefehlshaber)

Oberbefehlshabers (genitive)
Oberbefehlshaber (plural)
Oberbefehlshaber (nominative singular)
Oberbefehlshaber (definite nominative plural)
Oberbefehlshabers (genitive singular)
Oberbefehlshaber (definite genitive plural)
Oberbefehlshaber (dative singular)
Oberbefehlshabern (dative definite plural)
Oberbefehlshaber (accusative singular)
Oberbefehlshaber (accusative definite plural)


Musche

Musche m (strong, genitive Musches, plural Musches)

Musches (genitive)
Musches (plural)
Musche (nominative singular)
Musches (definite nominative plural)
Musches (genitive singular)
Musches (definite genitive plural)
Musche (dative singular)
Musches (dative definite plural)
Musche (accusative singular)
Musches (accusative definite plural)


Korporal

Korporal m (strong, genitive Korporals, plural Korporale or Korporäle)

Korporals (genitive)
Korporale (plural)
Korporäle (plural)
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)

17th century, borrowed from French corporal, an alteration (after corps) of Middle French caporal, from Italian caporale.

(Switzerland, history, or non-German armies) corporal, lower non-commissioned officer (in today’s Switzerland equivalent to OR-4)


Feldhauptmann

Feldhauptmann m (strong, genitive Feldhauptmannes or Feldhauptmanns, plural Feldhauptmänner)

Feldhauptmannes (genitive)
Feldhauptmanns (genitive)
Feldhauptmänner (plural)
Feldhauptmann (nominative singular)
Feldhauptmänner (definite nominative plural)
Feldhauptmannes (genitive singular)
Feldhauptmanns (genitive singular)
Feldhauptmänner (definite genitive plural)
Feldhauptmann (dative singular)
Feldhauptmanne (dative singular)
Feldhauptmännern (dative definite plural)
Feldhauptmann (accusative singular)
Feldhauptmänner (accusative definite plural)

(historical, military) "field captain"; commander of a Fähnlein


Generalmajor

Generalmajor m (strong, genitive Generalmajors, plural Generalmajore, feminine Generalmajorin)

Generalmajors (genitive)
Generalmajore (plural)
Generalmajorin (feminine)
Generalmajor (nominative singular)
Generalmajore (definite nominative plural)
Generalmajors (genitive singular)
Generalmajore (definite genitive plural)
Generalmajor (dative singular)
Generalmajoren (dative definite plural)
Generalmajor (accusative singular)
Generalmajore (accusative definite plural)


Stabsunteroffizier

Stabsunteroffizier m (strong, genitive Stabsunteroffiziers, plural Stabsunteroffiziere, feminine Stabsunteroffizierin)

Stabsunteroffiziers (genitive)
Stabsunteroffiziere (plural)
Stabsunteroffizierin (feminine)
Stabsunteroffizier (nominative singular)
Stabsunteroffiziere (definite nominative plural)
Stabsunteroffiziers (genitive singular)
Stabsunteroffiziere (definite genitive plural)
Stabsunteroffizier (dative singular)
Stabsunteroffizieren (dative definite plural)
Stabsunteroffizier (accusative singular)
Stabsunteroffiziere (accusative definite plural)

non-commissioned officer
non-commissioned officer#English

sergeant (non-commissioned officer rank)