Sturmbannführer
German, noun[ˈʃtʊʁmbanˌfyːʁɐ]
Sturmbannführer is spelled S-T-U-R-M-B-A-N-N-F-Ü-H-R-E-R (15 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 110,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sturmbannführer is a German masculine noun meaning “military rank of the Nazi SA, SS and NSFK, corresponding to major; next in rank to Obersturmbannführer, rank below is Sturmhauptführer in…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Anrede von SA-Sturmbannführer und SS-Sturmbannführer”.
What does Sturmbannführer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemilitary rank of the Nazi SA, SS and NSFK, corresponding to major; next in rank to Obersturmbannführer, rank below is Sturmhauptführer in the SA and Hauptsturmführer in the SS and the NSFK
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Anrede von SA-Sturmbannführer und SS-Sturmbannführer 2. Offizier im Range eines SA-Sturmbannführers oder SS-Sturmbannführers
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 Sturmbannführer
- Sturmbannführers genitive
- Sturmbannführern dative definite plural
- Stubaf abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sturmbannführer?
- [ˈʃtʊʁmbanˌfyːʁɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sturmbannführer in German?
Sturmbannführer appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).