# der Sold

der Sold is a German noun meaning “any pay or salary of a soldier”. Forms: des Soldes, die Solde.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Soldes
- Plural: die Solde

## In other languages

- Русский: денежное содержание, жалованье, денежное довольствие

## Meanings

1. _historical_ any pay or salary of a soldier
   - Schon am Zahltag hatte der junge Husarenkorporal seinen ganzen Wochensold versoffen. — Already on payday the young hussar corporal had spent his entire weekly pay on drink.
2. _Germany_ the daily basic pay of a soldier who serves less than two years, including (until 2011) conscripts as well as those rendering the substitute service (Zivildienst)
3. _figurative_ pay, payroll, reward
   - Er ist ein schamloser Lobbyist im Sold der Wirtschafts- und Finanzelite. — He is a shameless lobbiyst on the payroll of the economic and financial elite.

## Examples

- Denn der Tod ist der Sünde Sold. — The wages of sin is death.

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