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Ich hatt' einen Kameraden

traditional lament of the German Armed Forces
MusicRecording soldier_song Q212330
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Summary

Ich hatt' einen Kameraden is a soldier song[1]. It draws 1,356 Wikipedia views per month (soldier song category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Ludwig Uhland[3]
  • Instance of: lyrics[4]
  • Composer: Friedrich Silcher[5]
  • Genre: soldier song[6], complaint[7], hymn text[8]
  • Based on: Q113070055[9]
  • Commons category: Ich hatt’ einen Kameraden[10]
  • Language of work or name: German[11]
  • Inception: 1809[12]
  • Lyricist: Ludwig Uhland[13]
  • Title: Ich hatt' einen Kameraden[14]
  • First line: Ich hatt’ einen Kameraden[15], Ich hatt' einen Kameraden[16]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Christian Hymns[17]
  • Copyright status: public domain[18]

Why It Matters

Ich hatt' einen Kameraden has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Ludwig Uhland public domain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 1180780132
    Sitelink count → 20
    Bookbrainz work id → efe0fccd-d5db-41bf-8759-b0aaedcaabb2
    Wikipedia languages → ['br', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'ko', 'l
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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  2. 22d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    First line → {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Ich hatt’ einen Kameraden'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': "Ich hatt' einen Kameraden"}
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → soldier song, lyrics
    Composer → Friedrich Silcher
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q127159416 */"
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