See Ding on Wiktionary
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"3": "陳",
"tr": "Dĭng"
},
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"name": "bor"
}
],
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{
"form": "Ting",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"roman": "Dīng",
"sense": "Chinese surname (丁)",
"word": "丁"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "Dinʹ",
"sense": "Chinese surname (丁)",
"word": "Динь"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "Chinese surname (丁)",
"word": "Đinh"
}
],
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}
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"German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
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"German terms inherited from Old High German",
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"word": "dinglich"
},
{
"word": "Dings"
},
{
"word": "Dingens"
},
{
"word": "Dingsbums"
},
{
"word": "Dingsda"
},
{
"alt": "placeholder nouns used like English thingy and whatshisname",
"word": "Dingenskirchen"
},
{
"english": "optimistic; of good things",
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"literally"
],
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},
{
"word": "Unding"
}
],
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"args": {
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{
"args": {
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{
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "ding"
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "thing"
},
"expansion": "English thing",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "ting"
},
"expansion": "Danish ting",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle High German ding, from Old High German thing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing. Compare Low German ding, Dutch ding, English thing, Danish ting.",
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{
"form": "Dinges",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Dings",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Dinge",
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"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Dinger",
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"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Dinglein",
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"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Ding",
"source": "declension",
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Dinge",
"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Dinger",
"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Dings",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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"singular"
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},
{
"form": "Dinge",
"source": "declension",
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"plural"
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},
{
"form": "Dinger",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Ding",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Dinge",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Dingen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Dingern",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Ding",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
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},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
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"plural"
]
},
{
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"plural"
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"dim": "lein"
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}
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],
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"related": [
{
"word": "Sache"
},
{
"word": "Zeug"
},
{
"word": "Gegenstand"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
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{
"bold_english_offsets": [
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13,
18
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20,
24
]
],
"english": "What is that thing?",
"text": "Was ist das für ein Ding?",
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}
],
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"thing"
]
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[
"girl",
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[
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"boy"
]
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],
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"neuter",
"strong"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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"Thing (historic Germanic council)"
],
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"Thing",
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"(dated) Thing (historic Germanic council)"
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{
"word": "Thing"
}
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"strong"
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}
],
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"ipa": "/dɪŋ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/dɪŋk/"
},
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"word": "Dingel"
}
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"inh": "1"
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"name": "dercat"
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"name": "inh"
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{
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Ding"
},
"expansion": "German Ding",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "ding"
},
"expansion": "Dutch ding",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "ting"
},
"expansion": "Swedish ting",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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{
"form": "Dinge",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"3": "plural",
"4": "Dinge",
"g": "n"
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"name": "head"
}
],
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"Pages with entries",
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"Pennsylvania German lemmas",
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"Pennsylvania German nouns",
"Pennsylvania German terms derived from Middle High German",
"Pennsylvania German terms derived from Old High German",
"Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Pennsylvania German terms derived from Rhine Franconian",
"Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Middle High German",
"Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Old High German",
"Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Rhine Franconian",
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]
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}
],
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}
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"3": "ine-pro",
"inh": "2"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "dercat"
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{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "ofs",
"3": "thing"
},
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},
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"2": "gmw-pro",
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{
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
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},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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"form": "Dingere",
"tags": [
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}
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"Saterland Frisian nouns",
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"Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian",
"Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
],
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"thing"
],
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"thing",
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]
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}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈdɪŋ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪŋ"
}
],
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}
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