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"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header",
"Pennsylvania German lemmas",
"Pennsylvania German masculine nouns",
"Pennsylvania German nouns"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Brief"
},
"expansion": "German Brief",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "brief"
},
"expansion": "Dutch brief",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "brief"
},
"expansion": "English brief",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Compare German Brief, Dutch brief, English brief.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Brief",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "pdc",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "Brief",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "Brief m (plural Brief)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Pennsylvania German",
"lang_code": "pdc",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"letter (written message)"
],
"links": [
[
"letter",
"letter"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"package"
],
"links": [
[
"package",
"package"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "Brief"
}
Download raw JSONL data for Brief meaning in All languages combined (7.5kB)
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"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
"path": [
"Brief"
],
"section": "Hunsrik",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "Brief",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
"path": [
"Brief"
],
"section": "Hunsrik",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "Brief",
"trace": ""
}
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