Flottillenadmiral

German

Etymology

From Flottille +‎ Admiral.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Flottillenadmiral m (strong, genitive Flottillenadmirals, plural Flottillenadmirale or Flottillenadmiräle, feminine Flottillenadmiralin)

1. commodore, flotilla admiral (a person holding the lowest flag rank in the modern German navy)
   • 1982, Die Kabinettsprotokolle der Bundesregierung: Band 23 · 1970 (Die Kabinettsprotokolle der Bundesregierung)‎^[1], volume 23, Boldt, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 165:

     Nach Anlage 1 sollten ernannt werden […] , Karl-Heinz Göpffarth und Horst von Schroeter zu Flottillenadmirälen und sechs Ministerialräte, […] .

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Declension

Declension of Flottillenadmiral [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Flottillenadmiral	die	Flottillenadmirale, Flottillenadmiräle
genitive	eines	des	Flottillenadmirals	der	Flottillenadmirale, Flottillenadmiräle
dative	einem	dem	Flottillenadmiral, Flottillenadmirale1	den	Flottillenadmiralen, Flottillenadmirälen
accusative	einen	den	Flottillenadmiral	die	Flottillenadmirale, Flottillenadmiräle

¹Now rare, see notes.

See also

• Kommodore

Further reading

• Flottillenadmiral on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Flottillenadmiral” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Flottillenadmiral” in Duden online
• “Flottillenadmiral” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon