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{
"etymology_links": [
[
"prouest",
"prouest#Old_Danish"
],
[
"provest",
"provest#Middle_Low_German"
],
[
"prevost",
"prevost#Old_French"
],
[
"provost",
"provost#Old_French"
],
[
"praepositus",
"praepositus#Latin"
],
[
"provost",
"provost#English"
],
[
"Probst",
"Probst#German"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "gmq-oda",
"3": "prouest"
},
"expansion": "Old Danish prouest",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "gml",
"3": "provest"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German provest",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "fro",
"3": "prevost"
},
"expansion": "Old French prevost",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "la",
"3": "praepositus",
"4": "",
"5": "placed first, overseer"
},
"expansion": "Latin praepositus (“placed first, overseer”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "provost"
},
"expansion": "English provost",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Probst"
},
"expansion": "German Probst",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Danish prouest, via Middle Low German provest and Old French prevost, provost, from Latin praepositus (“placed first, overseer”), cognate with English provost and German Probst.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "provsten",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "provster",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "da-decl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "provst",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "provsten",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "provster",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "provsterne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "provsts",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "provstens",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "provsters",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "provsternes",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"10": "provster",
"11": "",
"12": "{{{pl-indef-2}}}",
"13": "",
"14": "{{{pl-indef-3}}}",
"15": "",
"16": "{{{com}}}",
"2": "noun",
"3": "singular definite",
"4": "provsten",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "plural indefinite",
"checkredlinks": "1",
"g": "c",
"g2": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "provst c (singular definite provsten, plural indefinite provster)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "er"
},
"expansion": "provst c (singular definite provsten, plural indefinite provster)",
"name": "da-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "er"
},
"name": "da-decl"
},
{
"args": {
"g": "c",
"gen-pl-def": "provsternes",
"gen-pl-def-2": "",
"gen-pl-def-3": "",
"gen-pl-indef": "provsters",
"gen-pl-indef-2": "",
"gen-sg-def": "provstens",
"gen-sg-def-2": "",
"gen-sg-indef": "provsts",
"gen-sg-indef-2": "",
"gen-sg-indef-3": "",
"pl-def": "provsterne",
"pl-def-2": "",
"pl-def-3": "",
"pl-indef": "provster",
"pl-indef-2": "",
"pl-indef-3": "",
"sg-def": "provsten",
"sg-def-2": "",
"sg-indef": "provst"
},
"name": "da-noun-infl-base"
}
],
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "domprovst"
},
{
"word": "provsti"
},
{
"word": "provstinde"
},
{
"word": "stiftsprovst"
}
],
"glosses": [
"provost, rural dean (clergyman)"
],
"id": "en-provst-da-noun-Srg9J7fw",
"links": [
[
"provost",
"provost"
],
[
"rural dean",
"rural dean"
]
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈpʰʁ̥ʌwˀsd̥]"
}
],
"word": "provst"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "domprovst"
},
{
"word": "provsti"
},
{
"word": "provstinde"
},
{
"word": "stiftsprovst"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"prouest",
"prouest#Old_Danish"
],
[
"provest",
"provest#Middle_Low_German"
],
[
"prevost",
"prevost#Old_French"
],
[
"provost",
"provost#Old_French"
],
[
"praepositus",
"praepositus#Latin"
],
[
"provost",
"provost#English"
],
[
"Probst",
"Probst#German"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "gmq-oda",
"3": "prouest"
},
"expansion": "Old Danish prouest",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "gml",
"3": "provest"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German provest",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "fro",
"3": "prevost"
},
"expansion": "Old French prevost",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "la",
"3": "praepositus",
"4": "",
"5": "placed first, overseer"
},
"expansion": "Latin praepositus (“placed first, overseer”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "provost"
},
"expansion": "English provost",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Probst"
},
"expansion": "German Probst",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Danish prouest, via Middle Low German provest and Old French prevost, provost, from Latin praepositus (“placed first, overseer”), cognate with English provost and German Probst.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "provsten",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "provster",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "da-decl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "provst",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "provsten",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "provster",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "provsterne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "provsts",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "provstens",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "provsters",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "provsternes",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"10": "provster",
"11": "",
"12": "{{{pl-indef-2}}}",
"13": "",
"14": "{{{pl-indef-3}}}",
"15": "",
"16": "{{{com}}}",
"2": "noun",
"3": "singular definite",
"4": "provsten",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "plural indefinite",
"checkredlinks": "1",
"g": "c",
"g2": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "provst c (singular definite provsten, plural indefinite provster)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "er"
},
"expansion": "provst c (singular definite provsten, plural indefinite provster)",
"name": "da-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "er"
},
"name": "da-decl"
},
{
"args": {
"g": "c",
"gen-pl-def": "provsternes",
"gen-pl-def-2": "",
"gen-pl-def-3": "",
"gen-pl-indef": "provsters",
"gen-pl-indef-2": "",
"gen-sg-def": "provstens",
"gen-sg-def-2": "",
"gen-sg-indef": "provsts",
"gen-sg-indef-2": "",
"gen-sg-indef-3": "",
"pl-def": "provsterne",
"pl-def-2": "",
"pl-def-3": "",
"pl-indef": "provster",
"pl-indef-2": "",
"pl-indef-3": "",
"sg-def": "provsten",
"sg-def-2": "",
"sg-indef": "provst"
},
"name": "da-noun-infl-base"
}
],
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Danish common-gender nouns",
"Danish entries with incorrect language header",
"Danish lemmas",
"Danish nouns",
"Danish nouns with red links in their headword lines",
"Danish terms derived from Latin",
"Danish terms derived from Middle Low German",
"Danish terms derived from Old Danish",
"Danish terms derived from Old French",
"Danish terms inherited from Old Danish",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"provost, rural dean (clergyman)"
],
"links": [
[
"provost",
"provost"
],
[
"rural dean",
"rural dean"
]
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈpʰʁ̥ʌwˀsd̥]"
}
],
"word": "provst"
}
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