Editing Non-commissioned officer (section)

===German Speaking Countries===
In [[Germany]] and [[German language|German]]-speaking countries like [[Austria]], the term ''[[Unteroffizier]]''  describes a class of ranks between normal enlisted personnel (''Mannschaften'' or in Austria ''Chargen'') and officers (''Offiziere''). In this group of ranks there are, in Germany, two other classes: ''[[Unteroffiziere mit Portepee]]'' (with [[sword-knot]]) and ''[[Unteroffiziere ohne Portepee]]'' (without swordknot), both containing several ranks, which in Austria would be ''Unteroffiziere'' (NCOs) and ''Höhere Unteroffiziere'' (senior NCOs or literally translated as "higher under officers"). (''Unteroffizier'' can be literally translated as "under officer", or perhaps more idiomatically as "lower officer" or "sub-officer".)