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у́нтер

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nounmasculineanimatecountable

1.
non-commissioned officer, corporalmilitary
У́нтер приказа́л солда́там постро́иться.
The non-commissioned officer ordered the soldiers to fall in.
Rank in the Russian army until 1917; colloquial short form of «унтер-офицер».
2.
(rare) jack, knavecard games
Он поби́л короля́ у́нтером.
He beat the king with the jack.
In the card game Skat.

Examples

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

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

у́нтерnon-commissioned officer; jack
nounmasculine
у́нтер-офице́рnon-commissioned officer
nounmasculine

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corporal jack knave non-commissioned officer