Schwadron
German, noun/ʃvaˈdʁoːn/
Schwadron is spelled S-C-H-W-A-D-R-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 72,255th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwadron is a German feminine noun meaning “squadron (the smallest unit of the cavalry)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleinste Einheit der Kavallerie”.
What does Schwadron mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineneutersquadron (the smallest unit of the cavalry)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleinste Einheit der Kavallerie
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 Schwadron
- Schwadronen plural
- Schwadrons genitive
- Schwadrone plural
- Squadron alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schwadron?
- /ʃvaˈdʁoːn/
- [ʃvaˈdʁoːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schwadron
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schwadron in German?
Schwadron appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).