Declension of German noun Oberst with plural and article

The declension of the noun Oberst (colonel, Group Captain) is in singular genitive Obersten/Obersts and in the plural nominative Oberste(n). The noun Oberst is declined with the declension endings en/s/en/e. The voice of Oberst is maskuline and the article "der". Here you can not only inflect Oberst but also all German nouns. The noun is part of the thesaurus of Zertifikat Deutsch respectivly Level C2. Comments ☆

C2 · noun · masculine · regular · -en, -en · -s, -e

der Oberst

Obersten/Obersts · Oberste(n)⁴⁰

Endings en/s/en/e   Dative plural without additional 'n'   Singular nominative with optional 'n'  

⁰ Depends on meaning⁴ Usage seldom

English colonel, Group Captain, group captain

/ˈoːbɐst/ · /ˈoːbɐstən/ · /ˈoːbɐstə/

[Militär, Personen] Dienstgrad eines Soldaten zwischen dem Oberstleutnant und Brigadegeneral, höchster Dienstrang der Stabsoffiziere; Person, die den Dienstgrad eines Obersts innehat; Obrist

» Ich bin Oberst . English I am a colonel.

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Declension of Oberst in singular and plural in all cases

Singular 1

Nom. derOberst
Gen. desObersten
Dat. demObersten
Acc. denObersten

Singular 2

Nom. derOberst
Gen. desObersts
Dat. demOberst
Acc. denOberst

Plural 1

Nom. dieObersten⁰
Gen. derObersten⁰
Dat. denObersten⁰
Acc. dieObersten⁰

Plural 2

Nom. dieOberste⁰⁴
Gen. derOberste⁰⁴
Dat. denObersten⁰⁴
Acc. dieOberste⁰⁴

⁰ Depends on meaning⁴ Usage seldom

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Examples

Example sentences for Oberst

  • Ich bin Oberst . 
    English I am a colonel.
  • Mein Vater ist Oberst . 
    English My father is a colonel.
  • Tom ist zum Oberst avanciert. 
    English Tom has been promoted to colonel.
  • Schließlich begannen die Obersten zu zählen. 
    English Finally, the superiors began to count.
  • Der General steht über dem Oberst . 
    English The general stands above the colonel.
  • Ich habe dich deshalb soeben zum Obersten befördert. 
    English I have just promoted you to the highest position.
  • Eines Morgens erschien der Oberst Adolf Berg bei Pierre, mit dem er bekannt war, wie er eben mit allen Leuten in Moskau und Petersburg bekannt war. 
    English One morning, Colonel Adolf Berg appeared at Pierre's, with whom he was acquainted, just as he was acquainted with all the people in Moscow and Petersburg.
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Translation of German Oberst

German Oberst
English colonel, Group Captain, group captain
Russian полковник, полко́вник
Spanish coronel
French colonel
Turkish albay
Portuguese coronel
Italian colonnello
Romanian colonel
Hungarian ezredes
Polish pułkownik
Greek Συνταγματάρχης, Ταξίαρχος, συνταγματάρχης
Dutch kolonel
Czech plukovník
Swedish överste
Danish oberst
Japanese 大佐
Catalan coronel
Finnish eversti
Basque kolonel
Serbian pukovnik
Macedonian полковник
Slovenian polkovnik
Slowakisch plukovník
Bosnian pukovnik
Croatian pukovnik
Ukrainian полковник
Bulgarian полковник
Belorussian палкоўнік
Indonesian kolonel
Vietnamese trung tá, đại tá
Uzbek polkovnik
Hindi कर्नल
Chinese 上校
Thai พันเอก
Korean 대령
Azerbaijani polkovnik
Georgian კოლონელი
Bengali কর্নেল
Albanian kolonel
Marathi कर्नल
Nepali कर्नेल
Telugu కార్నెల్
Latvian kolonelis
Tamil கார்னல்
Estonian kolonel
Armenian կոլոնել, քոլոնել
Kurdish kolonel
Hebrewאלוף، אלוף משנה
Arabicعقيد
Persianسرهنگ
Urduکرنل

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Definitions

Meanings and synonyms of Oberst
  • [Militär] Dienstgrad eines Soldaten zwischen dem Oberstleutnant und Brigadegeneral, höchster Dienstrang der Stabsoffiziere, Obrist
  • [Personen] Person, die den Dienstgrad eines Obersts innehat, Obrist
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Declension forms of Oberst

Summary of all declension forms of the noun Oberst in all cases

The declension of Oberst as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Oberst is crucial.

Declension Oberst

Singular Plural
Nom. der Oberst die Oberste(n)
Gen. des Obersten/Obersts der Oberste(n)
Dat. dem Oberst(en) den Obersten
Acc. den Oberst(en) die Oberste(n)

Declension Oberst

  • Singular: der Oberst, des Obersten/Obersts, dem Oberst(en), den Oberst(en)
  • Plural: die Oberste(n), der Oberste(n), den Obersten, die Oberste(n)

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* Definitions come partly from Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org)> and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) license: 267211, 267211

* Sentences from the Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org) are freely available under the license CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.de). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 267211, 61272, 267211

* Sentences by Tatoeba (tatoeba.org) are freely available under the CC BY 2.0 FR (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/fr/). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 8810687, 1812319, 2145084, 2054149

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