Söldner

German

Etymology

From Middle High German soldener, soldenære, derived from solt (modern Sold), likely after Medieval Latin soldarius (“mercenary”), whence English soldier. Compare Soldat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzœldnər/, [ˈzœlt.nɐ], [ˈzœl.dnɐ]

• Audio:

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Noun

Söldner m (strong, genitive Söldners, plural Söldner, feminine Söldnerin)

1. mercenary, sellsword

Declension

Declension of Söldner [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Söldner	die	Söldner
genitive	eines	des	Söldners	der	Söldner
dative	einem	dem	Söldner	den	Söldnern
accusative	einen	den	Söldner	die	Söldner

Descendants

• → Czech: žoldnéř
• → Polish: żołnierz, żołdnierz, ziołnierz, żołnirz (Middle Polish), żałmierz (Chełmno-Dobrzyń)
  • → Belarusian: жаўне́р (žaŭnjér), жаўнёр (žaŭnjór)
  • → Kashubian: żôłniérz
  • → Slovincian: żôlnjérz
  • → Russian: жолнёр (žolnjór)
  • → Ukrainian: жовні́р (žovnír)
• → Slovak: žoldnier
• → Upper Sorbian: zóldnar

Further reading

• “Söldner” in Duden online
• Söldner on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Söldner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache