Definitions for Unteroffizier
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1. Unteroffizier

   Unteroffizier (lit. 'Under officer') is a junior non-commissioned officer rank used by the Bundeswehr. It is also the collective name for all non-commissioned officers in Austria and Germany. It was formerly a rank in the Imperial Russian Army.

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1. Unteroffizier

   Unteroffizier is both a specific military rank as well as a collective term for non-commissioned officers of the German military that has existed since the 17th century. The term continues to be used by the modern-day German Bundeswehr. There are two classes of non-commissioned officers: ⁕Unteroffiziere ohne Portepee, comprising: ⁕Unteroffizier ⁕Stabsunteroffizier ⁕Unteroffiziere mit Portepee, comprising: ⁕Feldwebel ⁕Oberfeldwebel ⁕Hauptfeldwebel ⁕Stabsfeldwebel ⁕Oberstabsfeldwebel. Informally, the non-commissioned officers with portepee are often called "the Feldwebel [Bootsmann] ranks" or even altogether Feldwebel [Bootsleute], which creates a similar confusion as exists already with the word Unteroffizier. In the navy, the official terms remain more common. The word Unteroffizier, in turn, is getting a third meaning, namely: non-commissioned officer without portepee, as opposed to Feldwebel. Unteroffizier translates as "subordinate-officer" and, when meaning the specific rank, is in modern-day usage considered the equivalent to Sergeant rank under the NATO-standard rank scale, historically though the Unteroffizier rank was considered a Corporal and thus similar in duties to a British Army Corporal. In times of peace an Unteroffizier was a career soldier who trained conscripts or led squads and platoons. He could rise through the ranks to become an "Unteroffizier mit Portepee", i.e. a Feldwebel, which was the highest rank a career soldier could reach. Since the German officer corps was immensely class conscious a rise through the ranks from a NCO to become an officer was hardly possible except in times of war. The Unteroffizierskorps was made up of professional soldiers which formed the backbone of German armies. This tradition has not been changed by the Bundeswehr which is a classical conscript army but where all ranks of Unteroffizier and up consist only of professional soldiers who sign up for a period extending conscription.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Unteroffizier in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Unteroffizier in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unteroffizier
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Unteroffizier