Kommandant

Meaning

1. (masculine, weak) commander (of small or medium-sized units)
2. (Austria, masculine, weak) commander (of any unit)

Concepts

commandant

commander

commanding officer

commender

control

army commander

general

captain

command

Synonyms

Kommandeur

Befehlshaber

Kapitän

Heerführer

Kommando

Major

Oberbefehl

Truppenführer

Befehl

Kommentur

Feldherr

Führer

Translations

commandant

comandante

comandante

comandante

komutan

قائد

comandant

kumandan

major de garnison

alcaide

comisario militar

commissaire militaire

zabit

commandant

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

kumidant

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Etymology

Borrowed from French: commandant

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.
Proto-Italic *manus
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder.
Proto-Italic *-ðō
Proto-Italic *manuðō
Latin mandō
Latin commendō
Latin mandōinflu.
Latin commandāre
Old French comander
Middle French commander
French commanderder.
French commandantbor.
German Kommandant
Borrowed from French commandant, from commander, from Middle French commander, from Old French comander, from Latin commandāre, from commendō + mandō.