Kommandant

See also: kommandant

German

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
    Proto-Italic *kom
    Old Latin com
    Latin cum
    Latin con-
    Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.
    Proto-Italic *manus
    Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
    Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder.
    Proto-Italic *-ðō
    Proto-Italic *manuðō
    Latin mandō
    Latin commendō
    Latin mandōinflu.
    Latin commandāre
    Old French comander
    Middle French commander
    French commanderder.
    French commandantbor.
    German Kommandant

    Borrowed from French commandant, from commander, from Middle French commander, from Old French comander, from Latin commandāre, from commendō + mandō.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

    Kommandant m (weak, genitive Kommandanten, plural Kommandanten)

    1. (military) commander (of small or medium-sized units)
    2. (Austria) commander (of any unit)
      Synonym: Kommandeur

    Declension

    Declension of Kommandant [masculine, weak]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein der Kommandant die Kommandanten
    genitive eines des Kommandanten der Kommandanten
    dative einem dem Kommandanten den Kommandanten
    accusative einen den Kommandanten die Kommandanten

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