Uniform

See also: uniform

Translingual

Uniform [1]
Uniform [2]
Uniform [3]

Alternative forms

• uniform, UNIFORM

Etymology

Borrowed from English uniform.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjunifɔm], [ˈunifɔm]

Noun

Uniform

1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter U.
2. (nautical) Signal flag for the letter U.
3. (time zone) UTC−08:00

ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes

code	Alfa	Bravo	Charlie	Delta	Echo	Foxtrot	Golf	Hotel	India	Juliett	Kilo	Lima	Mike
	November	Oscar	Papa	Quebec	Romeo	Sierra	Tango	Uniform	Victor	Whiskey	Xray	Yankee	Zulu
	zero	one	two	three (tree)	four (fower)	five (fife)	six	seven	eight	nine (niner)	hundred	thousand	decimal

Translations

the letter "U" in a national spelling alphabet

• Czech: Urban (cs)
• English: Uncle
• Estonian: Uuno (et)
• Finnish: Urho (fi)
• Italian: Udine (it)
• Swedish: Urban (sv) (proper noun (name))
• Turkish: Uşak (tr) (proper noun (name))

German

Uniform

Etymology

Borrowed from French uniforme, from Latin uniformis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊniˌfɔʁm/ (most common)
• IPA^(key): /ˌʊniˈfɔʁm/, /ˌuːniˈfɔʁm/ (variants)
• IPA^(key): /ˈuːniˌfɔʁm/ (rare, at least in Germany)

• Audio:

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Noun

Uniform f (genitive Uniform, plural Uniformen)

1. uniform (distinctive outfit as a means of identifying members of a group)

Usage notes

• Some speakers who stress the word on the first syllable in the singular may nevertheless put the stress on the third syllable in the plural (meaning that there is a stress shift like that in Autor, Charakter, etc.).

Declension

Declension of Uniform [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Uniform	die	Uniformen
genitive	einer	der	Uniform	der	Uniformen
dative	einer	der	Uniform	den	Uniformen
accusative	eine	die	Uniform	die	Uniformen

Further reading

• “Uniform” in Duden online
• “Uniform” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache