🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Soldat

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zol-daht

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Soldier/ˈsoʊl.dʒɚ/
nounverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #450 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Der Soldat hat sein Land tapfer verteidigt."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who serves in an army.

    "The soldier bravely defended his country during the conflict."
  2. 2

    A person engaged in military service.

    "After years of training, she became a professional soldier."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'soldour', via Old French 'soudour', originating from Late Latin 'solidarius', meaning 'a soldier who receives pay', derived from 'solidus', a Roman gold coin. The term historically denotes a person enlisted in an army to fight for their nation.

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