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Sold.

any pay or salary of a soldier

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/zɔlt/
  1. any pay or salary of a soldier

    broadly · historical · masculine · strong
    Schon am Zahltag hatte der junge Husarenkorporal seinen ganzen Wochensold versoffen.
  2. the daily basic pay of a soldier who serves less than two years, including (until 2011) conscripts as well as those rendering the substitute service (Zivildienst)

    Germany · masculine · strong
  3. clipping of Besoldung (“kind of salary for soldiers and civil servants”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · broadly · clipping · masculine · strong
  4. pay, payroll, reward

    figuratively · masculine · strong
    Er ist ein schamloser Lobbyist im Sold der Wirtschafts- und Finanzelite.
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German solt, from Old French solt, from Latin solidus (“a Roman gold coin”).

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