Pilot

See also: pilot

German

Etymology

Ca. 1500, from Italian pilota, in part through Middle French pilote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈloːt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oːt

Noun

Pilot m (weak, genitive Piloten, plural Piloten, feminine Pilotin)

1. (aviation) pilot (one who steers an aircraft)
2. (winter sports) pilot of a bobsled
3. (motor racing, often media jargon) driver

   Synonyms: (more common) Fahrer, Rennfahrer

4. (nautical, obsolete) helmsman (one who steers a ship)

   Synonym: Steuermann

5. Short for Pilotprojekt, Pilotstudie.
6. (film) Short for Pilotfilm, Pilotfolge.

Declension

Declension of Pilot [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pilot	die	Piloten
genitive	eines	des	Piloten	der	Piloten
dative	einem	dem	Piloten	den	Piloten
accusative	einen	den	Piloten	die	Piloten

Coordinate terms

• Autopilot
• Bomberpilot
• Bruchpilot
• Flugzeugpilot
• Freizeitpilot
• Hobbypilot
• Hubschrauberpilot
• Jetpilot
• Kampfpilot
• Kopilot
• Rettungspilot
• Testpilot

 

Descendants

• → Czech: pilot
• → Estonian: piloot

Further reading

• Pilot on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Pilot” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache