Generaladmiral

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German

Etymology

From General +‎ Admiral.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Generaladmiral m (strong, genitive Generaladmirals, plural Generaladmirale or Generaladmiräle, feminine Generaladmiralin)

  1. (historical) general admiral (a rank between admiral and grand admiral in the Nazi German navy)
    • 1782, Friedrich Konrad Gadebusch, Livländische Jahrbücher‎, volume Dritter Theil 1630 bis 1710 / Zweyter Abschnitt von 1661 bis 1710 / Anhang von 1698 bis 1710., Bey Johann Friederich Hartknoch, →OCLC, 1704 Karl XIII August II Friedrich Wilhelm, page 366:
      Der Rath meldete ſich am 2ten bey dem Generalfeldmarſchalle Scheremetew, bath um Beſtaͤtigung der Privilegien, und erhielt zur Antwort, daß dieſe Sache dem Generaladmirale Bolowin aufgetragen waͤre.
      On the 2nd, the council got in touch with the general field marshal Scheremetew, pleaded for confirmation of the privileges and received as the answer that this matter has been assigned to the general admiral Bolowin.

Declension

Declension of Generaladmiral
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Generaladmiral die Generaladmirale, Generaladmiräle
genitive eines des Generaladmirals der Generaladmirale, Generaladmiräle
dative einem dem Generaladmiral, Generaladmirale1 den Generaladmiralen, Generaladmirälen
accusative einen den Generaladmiral die Generaladmirale, Generaladmiräle

1Now rare, see notes.

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