Gefreiter

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German

Etymology

Nominalized past participle of freien in the obsolete meaning “to make free, to exempt from duty”. From the fact that the rank was originally freed from sentry duty.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈfraɪ̯tɐ/
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Noun

Gefreiter m (adjectival, definite nominative der Gefreite, genitive (des) Gefreiten, plural Gefreite, definite plural die Gefreiten)

  1. (military) lance corporal (military rank) (male or of unspecified gender)

Declension

Declension of Gefreiter
singular plural
masculine gender strong declension
nominative Gefreiter Gefreite
genitive Gefreiten Gefreiter
dative Gefreitem Gefreiten
accusative Gefreiten Gefreite
weak declension
nominative der Gefreite die Gefreiten
genitive des Gefreiten der Gefreiten
dative dem Gefreiten den Gefreiten
accusative den Gefreiten die Gefreiten
mixed declension
nominative ein Gefreiter (keine) Gefreiten
genitive eines Gefreiten (keiner) Gefreiten
dative einem Gefreiten (keinen) Gefreiten
accusative einen Gefreiten (keine) Gefreiten

Descendants

  • → Russian: ефре́йтор (jefréjtor)
    • → Kazakh: ефрейтор (efreitor)

Noun

Gefreiter f

  1. inflection of Gefreite:
    1. strong genitive/dative singular
    2. strong genitive plural

Further reading

  • “Gefreiter” in Duden online
  • “Gefreiter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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