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Soldat

German, noun/zɔlˈdaːt/

Soldat is spelled S-O-L-D-A-T (6 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,262nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soldat is a German masculine noun meaning “soldier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Angehöriger des militärischen Personals von Streitkräften eines Landes”.

What does Soldat mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesoldier

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Angehöriger des militärischen Personals von Streitkräften eines Landes 2. erster, niedrigster, unterster Dienstgrad bei den Teilstreitkräften des Heeres 3. zweitniedrigster Dienstgrad 4. unter staatenbildenden Insekten, ein durch seinen vergrößerten Kopf mit besonderer Ausbildung der Mundwerkzeuge zur Verteidigung des Baus bestimmtes Exemplar

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 Soldat

  • Soldaten genitive
  • Soldatin feminine
  • S abbreviation
  • Sdt. abbreviation
  • Soldätchen diminutive
  • Soldätli diminutive

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Soldat?

  • /zɔlˈdaːt/
  • /sɔlˈdɑːt/
  • standard [sɔlˈd̥ɑːt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Soldat

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Soldat in German?

Soldat appears 14 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).

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