rekrut

See also: rekru̇t and Rekrut

Cebuano

Etymology

From English recruit, from French recruter.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: re‧krut

Verb

rekrut

1. to recruit; to enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.

Czech

Alternative forms

• (informal or dialectal) regrut, lekrut, legrut

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rekrut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛkrut]

Noun

rekrut m anim

1. recruit

Declension

Declension of rekrut (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	rekrut	rekruti
genitive	rekruta	rekrutů
dative	rekrutovi, rekrutu	rekrutům
accusative	rekruta	rekruty
vocative	rekrute	rekruti
locative	rekrutovi, rekrutu	rekrutech
instrumental	rekrutem	rekruty

Related terms

• rekrutovat

Further reading

• “rekrut”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “rekrut”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “rekrut”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch rekruut (pre-1996 recruut), from French recruter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrekrʊt]
• Hyphenation: rék‧rut

Noun

rékrut (plural rekrut-rekrut)

1. recruit
   1. a person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier
   2. a (new) hired worker

Derived terms

• merekrut
• perekrut
• perekrutan
• rekrutan
• terekrut

Verb

rekrut (active merekrut, reflexive passive terekrut, ordinary passive direkrut, imperative rekrut, emphatic-jussive rekrutlah)

1. to recruit

Further reading

• “rekrut”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Polish

Alternative forms

• rekut (Podegrodzie)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rekrut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.krut/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkrut
• Syllabification: re‧krut

Noun

rekrut m pers (female equivalent rekrutka)

1. (military) recruit (newly enlisted soldier)

Declension

Declension of rekrut

	singular	plural
nominative	rekrut	rekruci/rekruty (deprecative)
genitive	rekruta	rekrutów
dative	rekrutowi	rekrutom
accusative	rekruta	rekrutów
instrumental	rekrutem	rekrutami
locative	rekrucie	rekrutach
vocative	rekrucie	rekruci

Derived terms

adjective

• rekrucki

verbs

• rekrutować
• zrekrutować

Related terms

adjective

• rekrutacyjny

noun

• rekrutacja

Further reading

• rekrut in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rekrut in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• rikrut

Etymology

Borrowed from English recruit, from French recruter.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɾekˈɾut/ [ɾɛkˈɾʊt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ut
• Syllabification: rek‧rut

Noun

rekrút (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜆ᜔)

1. recruit (newly enlisted soldier)

   Synonym: rekluta

2. recruit (hired worker)

   Synonyms: baguhan, rekluta, sungko

3. recruitment

   Synonym: rekluta

Derived terms

• marekrut
• pagrekrut
• pangrerekrut
• rekrutin

Related terms

• kresyente
• rekluta
• rekruter

See also

• kalap

Further reading

• “rekrut”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025