Sequoia Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Google translate gives me: Kader Trupp Riege What term was most used in WWII, the Bundeswehr today? Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinaldi Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 (edited) Gruppe is the term for squad. Gruppen make up Zugs; Platoons. "Truppe" is the term for a fireteam or element when used in that context. So, "Stosstruppe" - Assault team, "Deckgunstruppe" - Cover team, "Schutzentruppe" - Rifle team, so on and so forth. Haven't the foggiest what the Bundeswehr would use today, but I'd be surprised if it has changed. There's really no need to. Edited May 29, 2015 by Rinaldi 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Backer Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Send a message to Poesel. He will give you the Korrect way of saying it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agusto Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 "Kader" in a military context means "professional soldiers" - conscripts are Wehrpflichtige. The word "Kader" has to do with the quality of the soldiers, not the quantity. "Riege"...? I have never heard of that word in a military context. "Trupp" is a fireteam. A "Gruppe" is a squad. German -> English: Trupp -> Fireteam Gruppe -> Squad Zug -> Platoon Kompanie -> Company Battaillon -> Battalion (be careful with the german spelling!) Brigade -> Brigade Regiment -> Regiment Attention: The Waffen-SS uses different designations and ranks than the Wehrmacht/Bundeswehr. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 Thanks, It occurred to me after I posted I probably could have looked it up in the editor. I've been brushing up on my German lately and found Google translate is often questionable, as it was in this case. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umlaut Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 (edited) [never mind] Edited May 30, 2015 by umlaut 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poesel Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Send a message to Poesel. He will give you the Korrect way of saying it. No, you didn't but I'm here anyway. Best way to say 'squad' in German is 'Sqwott'. agusto summed it up perfectly. Just to add one piece: the plural of 'Trupp' is Trupps'. '(die) Truppe' is the colloquial term for the whole of the Bundeswehr when you want to talk about the lower ranks. That term has been used in WWII and before, too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 poesel, I thought it was "Truppen," as in die Panzertruppen, seen here. Has there been some change in military linguistics in Germany since the end of WW II? Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agusto Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 I thought it was "Truppen," as in die Panzertruppen, seen here. Has there been some change in military linguistics in Germany since the end of WW II? "Truppe" and "Trupp" are two different words. "Truppen" is the plural of "Truppe", "Trupps" is the plural of "Trupp". A Trupp is alway a group of 2-5 soldiers. A Truppe can be of any size - from a 2 men sniper team to a whole division or more. Hence 2 Trupps are always 4-8 soldiers while 2 Truppen can be pretty much everything. For example die Panzer und die Infanterietruppen are just an unspecified number of tank and infantry groups of any size. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Confusion about these similar terms might have been a factor in the defeat of nazi germany 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMac Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Your all wrong...the actual meaning of the word in German, is Kaputt ( or Kaput for us English Speaking ) :-) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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