Ulan
See also: ulan and ułan
Cebuano
Etymology
From ulan.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: u‧lan
Proper noun
Ulan
- a surname from Cebuano
German
Alternative forms
- Uhlan
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish ułan, from Turkish oğlan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈlaːn/
Noun
Ulan m (weak, genitive Ulanen, plural Ulanen)
- (historical, military) uhlan (lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit)
- 1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan, Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 506:
- Er wagte sich kühn hinaus, hin ging er unter den großen langsamen Tropfen, und mit ihm Ulanen, Kürassiere, Husaren und Train […]
- He ventured out boldly, he went there among the massive slow clusters and with him came uhlans, cuirassiers, husars and the train […]
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Declension
Declension of Ulan [masculine, weak]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Ulan | die | Ulanen |
| genitive | eines | des | Ulanen | der | Ulanen |
| dative | einem | dem | Ulanen | den | Ulanen |
| accusative | einen | den | Ulanen | die | Ulanen |
Further reading
- “Ulan” in Duden online