Sold
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German solt, from Old French solt, from Latin solidus (“a Roman gold coin”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editSold m (strong, genitive Soldes or Solds, plural Solde)
- (military, loosely or historical) any pay or salary of a soldier
- Schon am Zahltag hatte der junge Husarenkorporal seinen ganzen Wochensold versoffen.
- Already on payday the young hussar corporal had spent his entire weekly pay on drink.
- (military, Germany) the daily basic pay of a soldier who serves less than two years, including (until 2011) conscripts as well as those rendering the substitute service (Zivildienst)
- (loosely) Short for Besoldung (“kind of salary for soldiers and civil servants”).
- (figurative) pay, payroll, reward
- Er ist ein schamloser Lobbyist im Sold der Wirtschafts- und Finanzelite.
- He is a shameless lobbiyst on the payroll of the economic and financial elite.
Declension
editDeclension of Sold [masculine, strong]
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