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"args": {
"1": "m,(e)s.sg"
},
"name": "de-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"beestings (first milk of a cow after giving birth)"
],
"links": [
[
"beestings",
"beestings"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"no-plural",
"strong"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/biːst/"
},
{
"audio": "De-Biest.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/56/De-Biest.ogg/De-Biest.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/De-Biest.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Elmar Seebold",
"Etymological Dictionary of the German Language",
"de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache"
],
"word": "Biest"
}
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