Rekrut

1. (Germany, masculine, weak) recruit
2. (Austria, Switzerland, masculine, weak) a soldier of the lowest rank in the Swiss and Austrian armed forces, similar to a private

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

regrut

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁeˈkʁuːt/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: recreute

In summary

Borrowed from Middle French recrute (attested 1592), from recreue (“supplement”), recrue (“supplies; supplemental soldiers”) (attested 1550), substantivized past participle of Old French recroistre (“to grow again, to acquire offspring, to replace”), from Latin recrēscere (“to grow (out) again”).

Concepts

recruit

inductee

conscript

draftee

Recruit

draftee rookie

selectee

signing

new recruit

Synonyms

Wehrpflichtiger

fünftens

fünfter

Tölpel

fünftes

zusammentreiben

fünfte

5th

Neueingezogene

Translations

recluta

rekruut

recruta

coscritto

acemi er

recrue

milicien

rekrut

recluta

quinto

5th

conscripto

مجنّد

tiro

miles novellus

dienstplichtige