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General

The correct article in German of General is der. So it is der General! (nominative case)

The word General is masculine, therefore the correct article is der.

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German declension of General?

How does the declension of General work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

1	Singular	Plural 1	Plural 2
Nominative	der General	die Generale	die Generäle
Genitive	des Generals	der Generale	der Generäle
Dative	dem General	den Generalen	den Generälen
Akkusative	den General	die Generale	die Generäle

What is the meaning of General in German?

General is defined as:

[1] Army, Luftwaffe, no plural: officer service level

[1] Heer, Luftwaffe, kein Plural: Offiziersdienstgrad

[a] Bundeswehr: Above the lieutenant general and thus the highest rank

[a] Bundeswehr: über dem Generalleutnant und somit der höchste Dienstgrad

[b] Wehrmacht: between the lieutenant general and the Colonel General

[b] Wehrmacht: zwischen dem Generalleutnant und dem Generaloberst

How to use General in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using General with translations in English.

[1] Er wurde etwas verspätet zum General befördert.

[1] He was somewhat late for general promotion

[2] Der General ritt selbst an der Spitze seiner Truppen.

[2] The General rode himself at the head of his troops

[2] „Der General kommt herein, steht am Büfettisch und pickt nicht ohne Gier den geräucherten Truthahn und die Garnelen heraus, um die sie nach Boston geschickt hatte.“

[2] "The general comes in, stands at the buffet table and does not pick the smoked turkey and the shrimps without greed, around which she had sent to Boston"

[2] „Bis zum Frühjahr 1918 war seine Tragödie – wie der Historiker Arthur Rosenberg sehr fein bemerkt hat –, daß der General Ludendorff den Siegfrieden nicht liefern konnte, den der Politiker Ludendorff verlangte.“

[2] "Until the spring of 1918, his tragedy - as the historian Arthur Rosenberg noticed very finely - was that General Ludendorff could not deliver the peace peace that the politician Ludendorff asked"

[2] „All dies habe ich gesehen, und die alte Frau in der Kartoffelkiste hatte mir ebenfalls erzählt, der General sei kurz vor unserer Landung im Haus gewesen.“

[2] "I saw all of this, and the old woman in the potato box had also told me that the general was shortly before our landing was in the house"

[2] „Auf der Schwelle erschien Tuschin und schlängelte sich schüchtern hinter den Generälen vorbei durch das enge Zimmer.“

[2] "Tuschin appeared on the threshold and meandered shyly behind the generals through the narrow room"

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[2] Bundeswehrgeneral Lather bei einem Interview