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FYI: Soldat means "soldier" in Russian.

So not the most creative name, but it didn't matter since this game is awesome.

The creator is Polish, and it means soldier in Polish too.

No. The Polish word for soldier is żołnierz. There is a Polish word "sołdat", which is a borrowing of the Russian солдат, and it's mostly used to describe Russian/Soviet soldiers and comes with a negative connotations.

The developer hosts the game on a Polish domain (https://soldat.pl/), and even has a FAQ entry regarding the name: https://soldat.pl/en/page/faq

Q: What does "Soldat" mean!?

A: "Soldat" or "Soldaat" means "soldier" in the following languages: german, dutch, norwegian, swedish, danish, french, slovenian, afrikaans, russian, catalan and romanian.

> 11. Can you give me the source code of Soldat?

> Eeee, no?

Even funnier, "no" in polish is "yep".

Thanks for the clarification.

Also in German

Also, french.

And Romanian :).

Based on https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/soldat it seems to originally come from Italian?

And Swedish.

Also, Catalan (close cousins with French)

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