Kamerad

See also: kamerad

German

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

Kamerad m (genitive Kameraden, plural Kameraden)

1. (military) comrade, a fellow soldier
2. comrade, a fellow, a companion
3. (colloquial) a guy, a fellow
4. (slang) a neo-nazi, a right-wing extremist

Usage notes

• Does not carry the association with socialism or communism that 'comrade' has in English. (See Genosse for the German equivalent.)
• On the contrary, due to its primary usage as a military term, it is used a term of address among right wing groups and can be used as a moniker for their members. However, the association is not inherent to the word itself, which is a neutral term in regular usage, but rather understood from context.
• Kamerad has historically been used as a truce or surrender word.

Derived terms

• Arbeitskamerad
• Kameradschaft
• Klassenkamerad
• Sportkamerad

See also

• Waffengefährte

Further reading

• “Kamerad” in Duden online