kamerad

See also: Kamerad

English

Etymology

From German Kamerad (“comrade”), the word that a surrendering German soldier would call out.

Verb

kamerad (third-person singular simple present kamerads, present participle kamerading, simple past and past participle kameraded)

1. (intransitive) To surrender, as a German in World War II.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch kameraad, from French camarade, from Spanish camarada or Italian camerata, from Medieval Latin *camarata, from Latin camara, camera (“a chamber”). Doublet of kamar and kamera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaməˈrat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -rat, -at, -t
• Hyphenation: ka‧mê‧rad

Noun

kamêrad (plural kamerad-kamerad, first-person possessive kameradku, second-person possessive kameradmu, third-person possessive kameradnya)

1. comrade:
   1. a mate, companion, or associate.

      Synonyms: bendu, dongan, handai, handai tolan, kanca, kanti, karib, kawan, kenalan, kolega, kontak, mitra, perepat, rafik, rekan, sahabat, saki, sejawat, sekutu, sobat, sohib, teman, tolan

      Synonyms: saudara separtai, teman seperjuangan

   2. (communism) a fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person.
   3. (communism) a non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist or socialist state.

Alternative forms

• kamberat (rare)
• kambrad (dated)
• kambrat
• kamerat
• kamrad
• kamrad (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “kamerad” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.