Ulan

Cebuano

Etymology

From ulan.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: u‧lan

Proper noun

Ulan

  1. a surname​

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish ułan, from Turkish oğlan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uˈlaːn/

Noun

Ulan m (genitive Ulanen, plural Ulanen)

  1. (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
Declension of Ulan
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Ulan die Ulanen
genitive eines des Ulanen der Ulanen
dative einem dem Ulanen den Ulanen
accusative einen den Ulanen die Ulanen

Further reading
  • Ulan in Duden online
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