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"expansion": "Fahrenheit n (strong, genitive Fahrenheit, no plural)",
"name": "de-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"Fah‧ren‧heit"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "n,-.sg"
},
"name": "de-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"German 3-syllable words",
"German entries with incorrect language header",
"German eponyms",
"German lemmas",
"German neuter nouns",
"German nouns",
"German terms with IPA pronunciation",
"German terms with audio links",
"German uncountable nouns",
"de:Sciences"
],
"glosses": [
"Fahrenheit"
],
"links": [
[
"sciences",
"sciences"
],
[
"Fahrenheit",
"#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(sciences) Fahrenheit"
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"no-plural",
"strong"
],
"topics": [
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈfaːʁənhaɪ̯t/"
},
{
"audio": "De-Fahrenheit.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/54/De-Fahrenheit.ogg/De-Fahrenheit.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/De-Fahrenheit.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "Fahrenheit"
}
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