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Major

der Major

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Meaning

[1] Army, Air Force: Staff Officer Service between the Colonel Hauptman and Lieutenant Colonel

[1] Heer, Luftwaffe: Stabsoffiziersdienstgrad zwischen dem Stabshauptmann und Oberstleutnant

[2] Officer who holds the rank of a major

[2] Offizier, der den Dienstgrad eines Majors innehat

Examples

[1] "The major belongs to the rank group of staff officers whose lowest rank he is"

[1] „Der Major gehört der Dienstgradgruppe der Stabsoffiziere an, deren niedrigster Dienstgrad er ist.“

[2] The major ordered him to make ten pushups

[2] Der Major befahl ihm, zehn Liegestütze zu machen.

[2] "The major, an active officer from Karlsruhe, with a good -natured upright drinking face, looks at me in astonishment, I have skipped the service, he would have to join" "

[2] „Der Major, ein aktiver Offizier aus Karlsruhe, mit gutmütigem aufgeschwemmtem Trinkergesicht, sieht mich erstaunt an, ich habe den Dienstweg übersprungen, er müßte mich einsperren.“

[2] "The major, drunk, had made it comfortable in an apartment to put out his frenzy" "

[2] „Der Major, sturzbetrunken, hatte es sich in einer Wohnung bequem gemacht, um seinen Rausch auszuschlafen.“

[2] "The major came to the hospital very regularly"

[2] „Der Major kam sehr regelmäßig ins Krankenhaus.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Major die Majore
Genitiv des Majors der Majore
Dativ dem Major den Majoren
Akkusativ den Major die Majore

Pronunciation

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