Ulan
German
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈlaːn/
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Noun
Ulan m (weak, genitive Ulanen, plural Ulanen)
- (historical, military) uhlan (lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit)
- 1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan, Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 506:
- Er wagte sich kühn hinaus, hin ging er unter den großen langsamen Tropfen, und mit ihm Ulanen, Kürassiere, Husaren und Train […]
- He ventured out boldly, he went there among the massive slow clusters and with him came uhlans, cuirassiers, husars and the train […]
Declension
Further reading
- “Ulan” in Duden online
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