noun#1,670 by frequency
der Offizier
/ɔfiˈtsiːr/
commissioned officer; a high-ranking official or civil servant in various government agencies
- genitive
- des Offizieres
- plural
- die Offiziere
Meanings
- 1
commissioned officer — soldier from the rank of lieutenant upwards
Wollen Sie noch immer Offizier werden?
Do you still want to be an officer?
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
Sie verliebte sich in einen jungen Offizier.
She fell in love with a young officer.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
a high-ranking official or civil servant in various government agencies
- 3
any chess piece which is not a pawn: a knight, bishop, rook / castle, queen, or kingrare
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | derOffizier | dieOffiziere |
| accusative | denOffizier | dieOffiziere |
| dative | demOffizier | denOffizieren |
| genitive | desOffizieres | derOffiziere |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.