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у́нтер

nounmasculineanimatecountablevery rarely used (#15834)

1.
corporal, noncommissioned officer
Rank in the Russian army until 1917.
2.
Jack (Knave)
In the card game 'Skat'.

Examples

Мой прадед был унтером в царской армии.
My great-grandfather was a noncommissioned officer in the tsarist army.
В этой игре унтер сильнее дамы.
In this game, the jack is higher than the queen.
Унтер строго следил за порядком в казарме.
The noncommissioned officer kept a strict watch over order in the barracks.

Declension

	singular	plural
nom.nominative	у́нтер	у́нтеры
gen.genitive	у́нтера	у́нтеров
dat.dative	у́нтеру	у́нтерам
acc.accusative	у́нтера	у́нтеров
inst.instrumental	у́нтером	у́нтерами
prep.prepositional	у́нтере	у́нтерах

Word familyу́нтерPRO

у́нтерcorporal; Jack (Knave)
nounmasculine
у́нтер-офице́рnon-commissioned officer
nounmasculine

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Jack Knave corporal noncommissioned officer