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der Sold

/zɔlt/ noun · masculine C2
  1. any pay or salary of a soldier · Schon am Zahltag hatte der junge Husarenkorporal seinen ganzen Wochensold versoffen. Already on payday the young hussar corporal had spent his entire weekly pay on drink.
  2. the daily basic pay of a soldier who serves less than two years, including (until 2011) conscripts as well as those rendering the substitute service (Zivildienst)
  3. pay, payroll, reward (figuratively) · Er ist ein schamloser Lobbyist im Sold der Wirtschafts- und Finanzelite. He is a shameless lobbiyst on the payroll of the economic and financial elite.

Genitive des Soldes · Plural die Solde

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Noun forms

SingularPlural
Nominativeder Solddie Solde
Accusativeden Solddie Solde
Dativedem Sold / Soldeden Solden
Genitivedes Soldes / Soldsder Solde

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