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Noun [German]

IPA: /ʔɛlf/ Audio: De-Elf.ogg
Etymology: From elf (“eleven”). Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Elf f (genitive Elf, plural Elfen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Elf [genitive], Elfen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Elf [nominative, singular], Elfen [definite, nominative, plural], Elf [genitive, singular], Elfen [definite, genitive, plural], Elf [dative, singular], Elfen [dative, definite, plural], Elf [accusative, singular], Elfen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (a group of) eleven Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Elf-de-noun-6XkHTr1W Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 73 26 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 41 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 23 2
  2. football team, XI (so called because eleven is the number of players on such a team) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Elf-de-noun-~oU7NiGK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: Nationalelf
Etymology number: 1

Noun [German]

IPA: /ʔɛlf/ Audio: De-Elf.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from English elf in 18th century literature, from Old English ælf, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz. Doublet of Alb. Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|en|elf}} Borrowed from English elf, {{der|de|ang|ælf}} Old English ælf, {{der|de|gmw-pro|*albi}} Proto-West Germanic *albi, {{der|de|gem-pro|*albiz}} Proto-Germanic *albiz, {{doublet|de|Alb}} Doublet of Alb Head templates: {{de-noun|m,en:s,en}} Elf m (mixed, genitive Elfen or Elfs, plural Elfen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m.weak}}, {{de-ndecl|m,s,en}} Forms: Elfen [genitive], Elfs [genitive], Elfen [plural], weak [table-tags], Elf [nominative, singular], Elfen [definite, nominative, plural], Elfen [genitive, singular], Elfen [definite, genitive, plural], Elfen [dative, singular], Elfen [dative, definite, plural], Elfen [accusative, singular], Elfen [accusative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Elf [nominative, singular], Elfen [definite, nominative, plural], Elfs [genitive, singular], Elfen [definite, genitive, plural], Elf [dative, singular], Elfen [dative, definite, plural], Elf [accusative, singular], Elfen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. elf Tags: masculine, mixed Synonyms: Alb (alt: Alp), Elb (alt: Elbe), Elfe Derived forms: Elfe, Elfin (english: female forms), elfisch Related terms: Elfenkönig, elfenhaft
    Sense id: en-Elf-de-noun-eA2Esg16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "english": "But they do square, that all their Elues for feare / Creepe into Acorne cups and hide them there.",
          "ref": "1762, Christoph Martin Wieland, transl., Ein St. Johannis Nachts-Traum, translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, act 2, scene 1:",
          "text": "So heftig ist ihr Zwist, daß alle ihre Elfen / Vor Angst in Ahorn-Becher sich verkriechen.",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Elfen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,en:s,en"
      },
      "expansion": "Elf m (mixed, genitive Elfen or Elfs, plural Elfen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m.weak"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,s,en"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Elfenkönig"
    },
    {
      "word": "elfenhaft"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "But they do square, that all their Elues for feare / Creepe into Acorne cups and hide them there.",
          "ref": "1762, Christoph Martin Wieland, transl., Ein St. Johannis Nachts-Traum, translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, act 2, scene 1:",
          "text": "So heftig ist ihr Zwist, daß alle ihre Elfen / Vor Angst in Ahorn-Becher sich verkriechen.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "elf"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "elf",
          "elf"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "mixed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔɛlf/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Elf.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/15/De-Elf.ogg/De-Elf.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/De-Elf.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "alt": "Alp",
      "word": "Alb"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Elbe",
      "word": "Elb"
    },
    {
      "word": "Elfe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Elf"
}

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