Talk:Lieutenant field marshal

Recent move

I don't think the recent move is actually supported by the majority of sources in English. Could you provide some evidence that supports this as the common name? Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 22:34, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

Of course. In addition to the 2 references cited in the article, Google Books records the following statistics in English sources:

• Lieutenant field marshall - 4,530 / 3,110
• Field marshal lieutenant - 3,630 / 2,190
• Feldmarschalleutnant - 456
• Feldmarschall-Leutnant - 306
• Feldmarschallleutnant - 154
• Feldmarschall-Lieutenant - 2

I apologise for missing the second most common English name and will now add that to the lede. --Bermicourt (talk) 15:56, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for clarifying. Would you mind linking to those results, because mine were at significant variance from them? Cheers, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 23:26, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

That may be because I had to add the word "army" to the German versions to eliminate German language sources, but even if you add "army" to the English versions as well, it's still overwhelmingly in favour of the English terms (see the figures after the slash above), and 3:2 in favour of "lieutenant field marshal". I've also just run all the terms through Google Ngram Viewer, which plots usage in English sources over the decades, and the only one that registered at all was "lieutenant field marshall". Hope that helps. --Bermicourt (talk) 20:26, 27 September 2016 (UTC)