Korporal

See also: korporal and korporał

German

Etymology

17th century, borrowed from French corporal, an alteration (after corps) of Middle French caporal, from Italian caporale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁpoˈʁaːl/

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

Korporal m (strong, genitive Korporals, plural Korporale or Korporäle)
(military)

1. (Switzerland, history, or non-German armies) corporal, lower non-commissioned officer (in today’s Switzerland equivalent to OR-4)
2. (Austria) an enlisted rank (equivalent to OR-3)
3. (Germany, since 2021) a rank awarded to high-performing enlisted personnel (equivalent to OR-4 and paid like OR-5, but not considered an NCO rank)

Declension

Declension of Korporal [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Korporal	die	Korporale, Korporäle
genitive	eines	des	Korporals	der	Korporale, Korporäle
dative	einem	dem	Korporal	den	Korporalen, Korporälen
accusative	einen	den	Korporal	die	Korporale, Korporäle

Derived terms

• Stabskorporal

Related terms

• Kapo
• Korps

Further reading

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