Unteroffizier

Noun

 * 1)  non-commissioned officer, NCO
 * 2)  a specific, namely the lowest, NCO rank

Usage notes

 * According to NATO standards, a Bundeswehr Unteroffizier is equivalent to a sergeant in Anglophone armed forces . In terms of its being the lowest NCO rank it is more similar to corporal, however. (Note that the German rank of newly introduced in 2021 is an enlisted-personnel rank.)