Soldateska
See also: soldateska
German edit
Etymology edit
17th century, from Italian soldatesca. Doublet of soldatisch, which has quite the opposite sense of “soldierly”.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Soldateska f (genitive Soldateska, plural (rare) Soldatesken)
- (obsolete) soldiers collectively, army
- (derogatory) a band of marauding, unscrupulous soldiers
- (by abstraction) the mentality of such soldiers, the marauding and war crimes themselves
Descendants edit
- → Finnish: soldateska