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"Berlin"
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}
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}
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"German lemmas",
"German neuter nouns",
"German nouns",
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]
},
{
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]
},
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]
},
{
"form": "Garn",
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Garn",
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"plural"
]
},
{
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"genitive",
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]
},
{
"form": "Garn",
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]
},
{
"form": "Garn",
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"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "Garn",
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"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Garn",
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"singular"
]
},
{
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]
}
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{
"categories": [
"German terms with obsolete senses"
],
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"Bavarian, Swabian and Rhine Franconian form of Gaden"
],
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"Gaden",
"Gaden#German"
]
],
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],
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]
}
],
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},
{
"ipa": "[ɡaʁn]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɡaɐ̯n]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɡaːn]"
},
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"tags": [
"Germany",
"Berlin"
]
}
],
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}
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