Military Rank Equivalence

Rank Ladder Highest first

🇳🇱 Netherlands · Army	NATO equivalent	Germany · Army 🇩🇪
Officers
Generaal	OF-9 General	General
Luitenant-generaal	OF-8 Lieutenant General	General­leutnant
Generaal-majoor	OF-7 Major General	General­major
Brigadegeneraal	OF-6 Brigadier General	Brigade­general
Kolonel	OF-5 Colonel	Oberst
Luitenant-kolonel	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	Oberst­leutnant
Majoor	OF-3 Major / Commandant	Major
Kapitein / Ritmeester	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	Stabs­haupt­mann Haupt­mann
Eerste luitenant Tweede luitenant	OF-1 Lieutenant	Ober­leut­nant Leut­nant
Vaandrig / Kornet	OF-D Student Officer	Ober­fähn­rich Fähn­rich Fahnen­junker
Enlisted ranks
Adjudant-onderofficier	OR-9 Sergeant Major	Ober­stabs­feldwebel
No equivalent	OR-8 1st Sergeant	Stabs­feldwebel
Sergeant-majoor	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	Haupt­feldwebel
Sergeant der 1e klasse / Wachtmeester der 1e klasse	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	Ober­feldwebel Feldwebel
Sergeant	OR-5 Sergeant	Stabs­unteroffizier Unteroffizier
Korporaal der 1e klasse	OR-4 Corporal	Stabskorporal Korporal Ober­stabs­gefreiter Stabs­gefreiter
Korporaal	OR-3 Private 1st Class	Haupt­gefreiter Ober­gefreiter
Soldaat / Huzaar / Kanonier der 1e klasse Soldaat / Huzaar / Kanonier der 2e klasse	OR-2 Private	Gefreiter
Soldaat / Huzaar / Kanonier der 3e klasse	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.