Imperial German Army (1887-1918)

soldat

private

Prussian - fileld artillery

EINJÄHRIGER FREIWILLIGER

one year volunteer

Saxon - Infantry

kapitulant

capitulant

Prussian - Rifle to foot

gefreiter

ptivate 1st class

Bavarian - Infantry

EINJÄHRIGER FREIWILLIGER GEFREITER

one year volunteer private 1st class

Bavarian - Infantry

KAPITULANT-GEFREITER

CAPITULANT-PRIVATE 1ST CLASS

Hessian - Infantry

OBERGEFREITER

LANCE CORPORAL (artillery only)

Prussian - Field Artillery

UNTEROFFIZIER

corporal

Prussian - Rifle to foot

Leutnant

2nd Lieutenant

Mecklenburg

FÄHNRICH

ensign

Bavarian - rifle to foot

VIZEFELDWEBEL

vice sergeant

Prussian - Rifle to foot

FÄHNRICH MIT OFFIZIER EXAMEN

ENSIGN WITH OFFICER EXAMS

Saxon - Infantry

FELDWEBEL

sergeant

Prussian - Infantry

OFFIZIERSSTELLVERTRETER

deputy officer

Prussian - Rifle to foot

FELDWEBELLEUTNANT

LIEUTENANT-SERGEANT

Bavarian - Infantry

SECONDELEUTENANT

SECOND LIEUTENANT

1988-1899

Saxon - Infantry

LEUTNANT

Lieutenant

from 1899

Bavaria - Infantry

PREMIERLIEUTENANT

first Lieutenant

1888-1899

Bavaria - Rifle to foot

OBERLEUTNANT

first Lieutenant

from 1899

Prussian - Infantry

HAUPTMANN

captain

Wuerttemberg - field artillery

major

major

Prussian - rifle to foot

OBERSTLEUTNANT

Lieutenant colonel

Hessian - Infantry

oberst

colonel

Prussian - Field artillery

generalmajor

major general

Prussian

GENERALLEUTNANT

lieutenant general

Saxon

GENERAL DER INFANTERIE
GENERAL DER ARTILLERIE

general

Wuerttemberg

GENERAL FELDZEUGMEISTER

colonel general

only Bavaria - until 1912

GENERALOBERST

colonel general

only Bavaria - from 1912

GENERALOBERST

colonel general

Mecklenburg Strelitz

GENERALOBERST IM RANGE EINES GENERALFELDMARSCHALL

COLONEL GENERAL IN THE RANK OF FIELD MARSHAL 

Hessian - until 1911

only Bavaria from 1896

GENERALOBERST IM RANGE EINES GENERALFELDMARSCHALL

COLONEL GENERAL IN THE RANK OF FIELD MARSHAL 

Wuerttemberg - from 1911

GENERALFELDMARSCHALL

FIELD MARSHAL 

Prussian