 | English  | German | |
 | mil. drafted {past-p} [for military service] | 649 eingezogen [zum Wehrdienst] | |
| unfit {adj} [e.g. for military service] | 578 untauglich [z. B. für Wehrdienst] | |
| civil {adj} [not military] | 361 zivil | |
| mil. GI {adj} [attr.] [relating to, or characteristic of United States military personnel, a (former) member of the United States armed forces etc.] | 9 GI- [ugs.] [z. B. GI-Haarschnitt, GI-Kneipe] | |
| commenced {adj} {past-p} [e.g. military offensive] | 6 angelaufen [begonnen] | |
| launched {adj} {past-p} [e.g. military offensive] | angelaufen [begonnen] | |
| Verbs |
| mil. to enlist [for military service] | 221 [zum Militär] einrücken | |
| to upscale sth. [Am.] [military operation] | 29 etw.Akk. ausweiten | |
| hist. to decimate [military punishment for mutinous soldiers] | 28 [jeden zehnten Mann töten lassen] | |
| mil. to embattle [military formation or position] | 23 verstärken [militärische Formation oder Position] | |
| to dodge sth. [work, military service] | sichAkk. vor etw.Dat. drücken [ugs.] [Arbeit, Militärdienst] | |
| mil. to scrimshank [Br.] [military sl.] [rare] [shirk one's duty] [also: skrimshank] | sich drücken [ugs.] [vor dem Dienst, vor dem Einsatz] | |
| Nouns |
| intel {sg} [coll.] [(useful) information, esp. military information collected about an enemy's secret plans] | 522 Informationen {pl} [bes. Geheimdienstinformationen] | |
| mil. weapons armament [military weapons and equipment] | 241 Rüstung {f} [militärische Waffen und Ausrüstung] | |
| hist. mil. standard [symbol of a military group serving as a rallying point] | 95 Feldzeichen {n} | |
| mil. engagement [hostile military encounter] | 91 Gefecht {n} | |
| sports spearhead [football, military] | 33 Sturmspitze {f} | |
| mil. relief [military assistance to an endangered post or force] | 27 Entsatz {m} | |
| mil. force [military troop] | 26 Truppe {f} | |
| mil. [turning in of military equipment at the end of service] | 25 Abgeben {n} [schweiz.] [Rückgabe der Militärausrüstung, normalerweise am Tag der Entlassung aus der Dienstpflicht] | |
| aviat. mil. wing [military flying unit] | 20 Geschwader {n} [Luftwaffe] | |
| aviat. mil. Harrier [military aircraft] | 19 Harrier {f} [senkrecht startendes brit. Kampfflugzeug] | |
| hist. mil. campaign [military] | 15 Heerzug {m} [Feldzug] | |
| mil. conscript [in basic military service] | 15 Grundwehrdienstleistender {m} | |
| magazine [military storehouse] | 15 Speicher {m} | |
| mil. unit [military group designation] | 15 Verband {m} [Militärverband] | |
| aviat. hist. mil. warbird [vintage military aircraft] | 15 Kampfflugzeug {n} [Oldtimer] | |
| law mil. [military discipline lawyer of the German armed forces] | 11 Wehrdisziplinaranwalt {m} | |
| mil. conscript [Br.] [in basic military service] | 11 Grundwehrdiener {m} [österr.] | |
| mil. lanyard [part of a military uniform] | 11 Fangschnur {f} [auch: Cordon] | |
| mil. tech. cupola [in military tanks] | 10 Kommandantenluke {f} | |
| archaeo. art tropaion [monument commemorating a military victory] | 9 Tropaion {n} | |
| aviat. mil. hardpoint [weapon station of a military aircraft] | 8 Waffenaufhängung {f} [Militär-Luftfahrzeug] | |
| mil. tab [British Military] [a marking on the collar distinguishing an officer of high rank or (formerly) a staff officer] | 8 Kragenspiegel {m} [hier: Rangabzeichen des britischen Militärs] | |
| hist. mil. peloton [Prussian / Imperial German Army, military unit of 80 soldiers] | 7 Peloton {n} [preußisch / kaiserlich deutsches Heer, militärische Einheit von 80 Soldaten] | |
| mil. serviceman [military] | 7 Militärangehöriger {m} | |
| army [usually: the army] [the military ground forces of a nation] | 6 Landstreitmacht {f} [veraltend] [Landstreitkräfte] | |
| hist. mil. company [military unit of landsknechts] | 6 Fähnlein {n} [Truppeneinheit der Landsknechte] | |
| ling. [type of German officialese; often military style and mechanical to the point of distaste] | 5 Kasernendeutsch {n} [pej.] | |
| MI6 [coll.] [formerly Military Intelligence section 6, now named Secret Intelligence Service] | 5 MI6 {m} [der britische Nachrichtendienst] | |
| mil. scout [military advance party tracking enemy movements] | 5 Fühlungshalter {m} | |
| hist. mil. rail [a special wartime locomotive (Kriegslokomotive) for employment on military field railways] | Heeresfeldbahnlokomotive {f} | |
| mil. [conscript allowed to do non-military (esp. building) work] | Bausoldat {m} [DDR] | |
| archi. [courtyard of a military hospital] | Lazaretthof {m} | |
| hist. mil. [excess serviceman in Prussian military, used as a substitute when needed] | Überkompletter {m} | |
| law mil. [German law on the legal status of military reservists] | Reservistinnen- und Reservistengesetz {n} <ResG> | |
| hist. mil. [literally: "chain-dogs", pejorative nickname of uniformed military police units of German forces of the 19th and 20th century] | Kettenhunde {pl} [fig.] [ugs.] [Bezeichnung der Feldgendarmerie in dt. Streitkräften des 19. und 20. Jh.] | |
| jobs [members of the civil assistance force which is an alternative to military service in Switzerland] | Zivilschützer {pl} [schweiz.] | |
| hist. law [Middle Ages; given set of military equipment, bequeathed to the next male relative; cf. "heriot"] | Heergewäte {n} [veraltet] [auch: Hergewäte, Heergewette, Heergeräte, Heergewedde] [vererbte Ausrüstung eines Kriegers im Mittelalter] | |
| mil. [military rank roughly equivalent to a Chief Warrant Officer <CWO> in various Anglophone armies] | Oberstabsfeldwebel {m} [Bundeswehr] | |
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