Military Rank Equivalence

Rank Ladder Highest first

🇩🇰 Denmark · Army	NATO equivalent	Germany · Army 🇩🇪
Officers
General	OF-9 General	General
Generalløjtnant	OF-8 Lieutenant General	General­leutnant
Generalmajor	OF-7 Major General	General­major
Brigadegeneral	OF-6 Brigadier General	Brigade­general
Oberst	OF-5 Colonel	Oberst
Oberstløjtnant	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	Oberst­leutnant
Major	OF-3 Major / Commandant	Major
Kaptajn	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	Stabs­haupt­mann Haupt­mann
Premierløjtnant Løjtnant	OF-1 Lieutenant	Ober­leut­nant Leut­nant
Sekondløjtnant	OF-D Student Officer	Ober­fähn­rich Fähn­rich Fahnen­junker
Enlisted ranks
Chefsergent	OR-9 Sergeant Major	Ober­stabs­feldwebel
Seniorsergent	OR-8 1st Sergeant	Stabs­feldwebel
Oversergent	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	Haupt­feldwebel
No equivalent	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	Ober­feldwebel Feldwebel
Sergent Sergent	OR-5 Sergeant	Stabs­unteroffizier Unteroffizier
Korporal	OR-4 Corporal	Stabskorporal Korporal Ober­stabs­gefreiter Stabs­gefreiter
Overkonstabel af 1. grad	OR-3 Private 1st Class	Haupt­gefreiter Ober­gefreiter
Overkonstabel	OR-2 Private	Gefreiter
Konstabel	OR-1 Private	Soldat

Tiers neither force uses are hidden. An OF/OR code held by only one of the two is kept and marked — a missing tier is itself a difference in how the two hierarchies are built.