hetman
hetman · hetmans · hetmen
гетьман
гетман
Hetman
A Cossack headman or generalA Cossack headman or general.
US/hˈɛtmən/
Meaning
2 sensesA Cossack headman or general.
Title used by the second-highest military commander in Poland and Lithuania (15th to 18th century).
Hetman
ге́тманgétman
ге́тьманhétʹman
Translations
7 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries:
Русский
By meaning 1
a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a historical military commander in various Eastern European countries:
Origin
From Polish hetman, probably from Middle High German houbetman, heuptman (“commander”), frFrom Polish hetman, probably from Middle High German houbetman, heuptman (“commander”), from Old High German houbitman, from Proto-West Germanic *haubidamann. Compare modern German Hauptmann (“captain”), Haupt, Mann. The Polish e in hetman attests to a borrowing from an East Central German dialect, in which Middle High German -öu- gives -ē-. Doublet of head man.
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Forms
plural: hetmans / hetmenWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular