Editing Generalfeldmarschall (section)

{{Short description|Historical military rank of Germany and Austria}}
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[[File:Preussischer Marschallsstab 1895.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussian]] [[Baton (military)|marshal's baton]], awarded to Emperor [[Franz Joseph I of Austria]] in 1895.]]

'''''Generalfeldmarschall''''' ({{IPA|de|ɡenəʁaːlˈfɛltmaʁʃal|lang|De-Generalfeldmarschall-pronunciation.ogg}}; from [[Old High German]] ''marahscalc'', "marshal, stable master, groom"; {{langx|en|'''general field marshal''', '''field marshal general''', or [[field marshal]]}}; often abbreviated to '''''Feldmarschall''''') was a rank in the armies of several [[List of states in the Holy Roman Empire|German states]] and the [[Holy Roman Empire]], (''Reichsgeneralfeldmarschall''); in the [[Habsburg monarchy]], the [[Austrian Empire]] and [[Austria-Hungary]], the rank ''Feldmarschall'' was used. The rank was the equivalent to ''Großadmiral'' ({{langx|en|[[Grand Admiral]]}}) in the ''[[Imperial German Navy|Kaiserliche Marine]]'' and ''[[Kriegsmarine]]'', a [[five-star rank]], comparable to OF-10 in today's [[Ranks and insignia of NATO|NATO naval forces]].