Oberbefehlshaber
German, noun[ˈoːbɐbəˌfeːlshaːbɐ]
Oberbefehlshaber is spelled O-B-E-R-B-E-F-E-H-L-S-H-A-B-E-R (16 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,235th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oberbefehlshaber is a German masculine noun meaning “commander-in-chief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “oberster Führer oder oberster Befehlshaber einzelner Teile der Truppe”.
What does Oberbefehlshaber mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecommander-in-chief
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. oberster Führer oder oberster Befehlshaber einzelner Teile der Truppe
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 Oberbefehlshaber
- Oberbefehlshabers genitive
- Oberbefehlshabern dative definite plural
- OB abbreviation
- Oberbefehlshaberin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Oberbefehlshaber?
- [ˈoːbɐbəˌfeːlshaːbɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Oberbefehlshaber in German?
Oberbefehlshaber appears 1.7 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).