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The article for

Adjutant

der Adjutant

Adjutant is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
die Adjutanten

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Why is it der Adjutant?

Adjutant ends in -ant, and almost all nouns ending in -ant are masculine: in a German dictionary, 94% of them take der.

All nouns ending in -ant
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] A higher commander of the deputy officer

[1] einem ranghöheren Befehlshaber beigeordneter Offizier

Examples

[1] In October 1856 he was promoted to lieutenant and subsequently used as an adjutant many times

[1] Im Oktober 1856 wurde er zum Leutnant befördert und in der Folge vielfach als Adjutant verwendet.

[1] "Two days later I was received by the personal adjutant of her majesty"

[1] „Zwei Tage später wurde ich vom persönlichen Adjutanten Ihrer Majestät empfangen.“
More source examples (3)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[1] "Where his adjutant had remained, one did not know"

[1] „Wo sein Adjutant geblieben war, wußte man nicht.“

[1] "The adjutant came in a sharp trot"

[1] „Der Adjutant kam in scharfem Trab geritten.“

[1] "In the private rooms next door, the secretaries then drank a sip on the freshly married couple"

[1] „In den Privaträumen nebenan tranken die Sekretärinnen und Adjutanten anschließend einen Schluck auf das frisch getraute Paar.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Adjutant die Adjutanten
Genitiv des Adjutanten der Adjutanten
Dativ dem Adjutanten den Adjutanten
Akkusativ den Adjutanten die Adjutanten

Pronunciation

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