sotilasarvo

Finnish

Etymology

sotilas + arvo

Noun

sotilasarvo

  1. military rank

Usage notes

The military rank system varies between countries and it is not always straightforward to translate names of individual ranks into other languages. The Finnish rank system and the official translations into English are listed below. A wider scope to the topic: Comparative military ranks.

Army / Air ForceNavy
FinnishEnglishFinnishEnglish
Officers
kenraaligeneralamiraaliadmiral
kenraaliluutnanttilieutenant generalvara-amiraalivice admiral
kenraalimajurimajor generalkontra-amiraalirear admiral
prikaatikenraalibrigadier generallippueamiraalicommodore
eversticolonelkommodoricaptain
everstiluutnanttilieutenant colonelkomentajacommander
majurimajorkomentajakapteenilieutenant commander
kapteenicaptainkapteeniluutnanttilieutenant senior grade
yliluutnanttisenior lieutenantyliluutnanttilieutenant
luutnanttilieutenantluutnanttilieutenant junior grade
vänrikkisecond lieutenantaliluutnanttisub-lieutenant
Non-commissioned officers
sotilasmestarichief warrant officersotilasmestarichief warrant officer
vääpeliwarrant officerpursimieschief petty officer
ylikersanttistaff sergeantylikersanttipetty officer first class
kersanttisergeantkersanttipetty officer second class
alikersantticorporalalikersanttipetty officer third class
Rank and file
korpraalilance corporalylimatruusiable seaman
sotamies/lentosotamiesprivate/airmanmatruusiseaman

The privates are always addressed by their branch-specific address such as jääkäri, viestimies, pioneeri, tykkimies.

Declension

Inflection of sotilasarvo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative sotilasarvo sotilasarvot
genitive sotilasarvon sotilasarvojen
partitive sotilasarvoa sotilasarvoja
illative sotilasarvoon sotilasarvoihin
singular plural
nominative sotilasarvo sotilasarvot
accusative nom. sotilasarvo sotilasarvot
gen. sotilasarvon
genitive sotilasarvon sotilasarvojen
partitive sotilasarvoa sotilasarvoja
inessive sotilasarvossa sotilasarvoissa
elative sotilasarvosta sotilasarvoista
illative sotilasarvoon sotilasarvoihin
adessive sotilasarvolla sotilasarvoilla
ablative sotilasarvolta sotilasarvoilta
allative sotilasarvolle sotilasarvoille
essive sotilasarvona sotilasarvoina
translative sotilasarvoksi sotilasarvoiksi
instructive sotilasarvoin
abessive sotilasarvotta sotilasarvoitta
comitative sotilasarvoineen

See also

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