Soldateska
German, noun/zɔl.daˈtɛs.ka/
Soldateska is spelled S-O-L-D-A-T-E-S-K-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 184,742nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soldateska is a German feminine noun meaning “a band of marauding, unscrupulous soldiers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “undisziplinierter Soldatenhaufen, brutal vorgehendes Militär”.
What does Soldateska mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineobsoletesoldiers, army
- 2
derogatoryfemininea band of marauding, unscrupulous soldiers
- 3
femininethe mentality of such soldiers, the marauding and war crimes themselves
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. undisziplinierter Soldatenhaufen, brutal vorgehendes Militär
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 Soldateska
- Soldatesken plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Soldateska?
- /zɔl.daˈtɛs.ka/
- [zɔldaˈtɛska]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Soldateska in German?
Soldateska appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).