Kommandant
German, noun/kɔmanˈdant/
Kommandant is a German masculine noun meaning “commander (of small or medium-sized units)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der das Kommando über etwas hat, unter anderem militärischer Einheiten (Standorte, Fahrzeugen)”.
What does Kommandant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecommander (of small or medium-sized units)
- 2
Austriamasculinecommander (of any unit)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der das Kommando über etwas hat, unter anderem militärischer Einheiten (Standorte, Fahrzeugen)
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Kommandant
- Kommandanten genitive
- K. abbreviation
- Kommandantin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kommandant?
- /kɔmanˈdant/
- [kɔmanˈdant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kommandant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kommandant in German?
Kommandant appears 9.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).