MARCHING AND DRILL:
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Antreten!
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Fall In! (Not at attention)
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Angetreten!
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Fall In! (At attention)
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Achtung!/Stillgestanden!/Still!
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Attention!
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Rührt Euch!
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At Ease!
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Marsch!
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March!
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Vorwärts!
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Forward!
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Vorwärts, Marsch!
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Forward, March!
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Im Gleichschritt, Marsch!
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Forward, March!
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Ohne tritt Marsch!
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Route Step March!
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Rechts Um!
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Right Face! (When standing still), Right Flank March! (When Marching)
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Links Um!
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Left Face! (When standing still), Left Flank March! (When Marching)
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Rechts schwenkt, Marsch!
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Column right, march!
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Links schwenkt, Marsch!
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Column left, march!
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Halt!
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Halt!
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Wegtreten!
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Fall Out! (Dismissed!)
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Heraustreten!
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Fall out! (To men in barracks)
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Zu Mir!
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To me! (Front and Center)
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Das Gewehr Über!
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Shoulder Arms!
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Das Gewehr Ab!
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Order Arms!
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Präsentiert Das Gewehr!
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Present Arms!
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Augen Rechts!
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Eyes Right!
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Augen Links!
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Eyes Left!
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Augen, gerade aus!
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Ready, front! (Eyes straight ahead)
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Das Gewehr Umhängen!
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Sling Arms!
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Gewehr abnehmen!
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Unsling arms! (go to order arms)
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Ganze Kehrt!/Ganze Abteilung, Kehrt!
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About Face!
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Kommando Zurück!
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As You Were! (to revoke a command)
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Weitermachen!
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Carry On!
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Abzählen!
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Count off!
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Im Laufschritt, Marsch!/Marsch!
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Double-time, March!
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Im Gleichschritt!
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Quick time, March! (from double-time)
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Richt Euch!
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Dress Right, Dress!
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Nach Links, Richt Euch!
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Dress Left, Dress!
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Seitengewehr, pflanzt auf!
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Fix bayonets!
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Seitengewehr, an Ort!
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Unfix, bayonets!
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Setzt die, Gewehre! Zusammen!
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Stack arms!
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Gewehr in die, Hand!
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Take arms! (Unstack arms)
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TACTICAL PHRASES:
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Ruhe!
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Quiet!
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Langsam!
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Slowly!
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Mir Nach!
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Follow Me!
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Greift An!
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Attack!
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Nach Rechts!
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To the Right!
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Nach Links!
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To the Left!
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Hinter Uns!
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Behind Us!
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Vor Uns!
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In Front of Us!
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Hierher!
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Over Here!
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Alle in Deckung!/Deckung!
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Take Cover!
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Hinter Dem Baum!
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Behind the Tree!
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Hinter Dem Felsen!
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Behind the Rocks!
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Hinter Dem Busch!
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Behind the Bush!
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Hinter Dem Gebäude!
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Behind the Building!
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In Dem Baum!
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In the Tree!
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In Dem Gebäude!
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In the Building!
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Es Gibt Ein Ami!
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An American!
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Es Gibt Ein Tommi!
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An Englander!
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MG Mannschaft!
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Machine Gun!
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Haste Du Ein Granate?
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Do you have a hand grenade?
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Bist Du Getroffen?
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Are you hit?
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Hände Hoch!
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Hands Up!
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Rechts Heran!
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Move to the Right!
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Links Heran!
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Move to the Left!
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Sammlen!
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Gather!
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Stellung-Feuerstellung!
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Firing Positions!
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Alarm!
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Alarm!
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Alarm Aus!
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All Clear!
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Feuer!
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Fire!
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Feuer frei!
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Commence firing!
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Feuerpause!
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Cease Firing!
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Wurf!
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Fire! (Bombs, grenades, etc.)
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Auftrag erledigt!
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Mission accomplished!
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Halt, wer da!
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Halt, who is there!
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Laden!
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Load!
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Laden und sichern!
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Load and lock!
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SLANG AND MILITARY SLANG:
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Alte Hase
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Literally "Old Hare" - veteran soldier
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Alte Kampfer
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"Old fighter" - veteran
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Alte Knochen
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"Old sweat," "tough veteran," or "old bones"
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Alter
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"Old man" or senior member of a group
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Alter Mann
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"Old Man" - canned meat. So named because of AM stamped on can
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Angewarmte Leiche
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"Warmed up corpse" someone close to exhaustion - may be because of injury
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Auffallen
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On the roster for extra duty or punishment - busted!
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Ausplündern
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Looting, plundering
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Baden gehen
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"Go swimming" - Transfer to the Western Front - refers to the English Channel
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Blech
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"Tin" - decorations and awards
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Bonze
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A stuffed shirt, senior officer, or official
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Drahn sein
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"ones number is up" or in a position where there is no chance of survival
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Durchdrehen
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To go crazy
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Epi
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Rum
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Etappenhengste
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"Rear area stallions" - REMFs
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Flammen
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To kick someones backside, either figuratively or literally
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Freheits-Sender
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"Freedom Sender" - a release from combat or, "the Angel of Death"
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Frontschwein
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Cooks, clerks, etc. who never get near combat, but act as if they do
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Fuss latscher
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foot soldier, mud crusher, grunt
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Futter
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Animal feed or fodder - used to describe soldiers food
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Gehirnfatzke
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One who acts superior
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Geistige Nahrung
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"Spiritual nourishment" - alcohol
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Grunschnabel
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Literally "green beak" - recruit
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Habenichtse
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The "have nots"
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Halt die Fresse!
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Shut up!
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Hamstern
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To hoard food or other things
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Heimat-schuß
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The wound that gets you sent home for good - the "million dollar wound"
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Heim in der Reich
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"Home in the Reich" - back home
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Heimkrieger
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Arm-chair soldier
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Hohes Tier
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"Highest animal" - top dog
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Hopsgehen
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Kick the bucket (die)
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Hunde-angst
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"Dogs fear" - scared beyond rational thought or action
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Karacho!
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To go as fast as possible - "Go hell for leather"
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Kettenhund
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"Chained dog" - Military Police
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Kumpel
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Buddy
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Laden
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To come through, to outfit, to deliver the goods
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Latrinenparole
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Rumors
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Morgensegen
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"Morning blessing" - the routine morning artillery or bombing attack
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Organisieren
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Scrounge, "organize"
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Packchen
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To receive a wound that will insure a return to Germany - a "million dollar wound"
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Saures geben
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To chew out someone
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Scheisse!
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Shit!
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Scher dich zum Teufel!
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Go to the devil!
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Thema Eins
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"Topic One" - sex
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Türmen
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To run away
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Weiche Birne
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To be soft in the head or low on intelligence
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