Adjutant

See also: adjutant

German

Etymology

17th century, from Spanish ayudante, in part through French adjutant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at.juˈtant/, /a.djuˈtant/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /atjuˈdant/ (quite common; either by metathesis or after the Spanish)

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

Adjutant m (weak, genitive Adjutanten, plural Adjutanten, feminine Adjutantin)

1. (military) adjutant

Declension

Declension of Adjutant [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Adjutant	die	Adjutanten
genitive	eines	des	Adjutanten	der	Adjutanten
dative	einem	dem	Adjutanten	den	Adjutanten
accusative	einen	den	Adjutanten	die	Adjutanten

Derived terms

• Flügeladjutant

Further reading

• “Adjutant” in Duden online
• “Adjutant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Noun

Adjutant m (plural Adjutanten, feminine Adjutantin)

1. (military) adjutant

Further reading

• Adjutant in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire