hetman

English

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Etymology

From Polish hetman, probably from Middle High German houbetman, heuptman (“commander”), from houbet, heupt (“head”), related to Latin caput (“head”), + Middle High German man (“man”). Compare modern German Hauptmann (“captain”), Haupt, Mann. The Polish e in hetman attests to a borrowing from an East Central German dialect, where Middle High German öu gives ē.

Noun

hetman (plural hetmans)

1. A Cossack headman or general.
2. Title used by the second-highest military commander in Poland and Lithuania (15th to 18th century).

Translations

Translations

• Czech: hejtman (cs) m
• Finnish: hetmani (fi)
• Polish: hetman (pl) m

• Russian: гетман (ru) (gétman) m
• Ukrainian: гетьман (uk) (hét'man) m

See also

• ataman

References

• “гетьман‎” in Etymolohichnyĭ Slovnyk Ukraïnsʼkoï Movy (Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language), O.S. Melʼnychuk, 1982–2006.

Anagrams

• anthem
• Hemant
• nameth
• the man

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

hetman m

1. (chess) Queen.
2. Title used by the second-highest military commander in Poland and Lithuania (15th to 18th century).

Declension

    declension of hetman

	singular	plural
nominative	hetman	hetmany/hetmani
genitive	hetmana	hetmanów
dative	hetmanowi	hetmanom
accusative	hetmana	hetmany/hetmanów
instrumental	hetmanem	hetmanami
locative	hetmanie	hetmanach
vocative	hetmanie	hetmany/hetmani