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"word": "Gauleiter"
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"expansion": "West Frisian gea",
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"(now chiefly in placenames) shire; district"
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"an administrative unit of the Third Reich"
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"(historical) an administrative unit of the Third Reich"
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"(historical) nome of ancient Egypt"
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"4": "worst-case scenario"
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"etymology_text": "From the acronym GAU (“worst-case scenario”).",
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{
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"dative",
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{
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"english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
"roman": "Außerdem neigen die Blutplättchen von depressiven Menschen eher dazu, sich zu Gerinnseln zusammenzuballen. Diese können irgendwann wichtige Adern verstopfen und einen Gau im Herzen oder Hirn auslösen.",
"text": "Roland Kopp-Wichmann, Depression ist für das Herz genauso schädlich wie Rauchen",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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"(informal) an accident, a calamity"
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"German terms derived from Old High German",
"German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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"German terms inherited from Middle High German",
"German terms inherited from Old High German",
"German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"German terms with IPA pronunciation",
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{
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"expansion": "West Frisian gea",
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{
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"definite",
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{
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"pos": "noun",
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{
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"German nouns",
"German terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Rhymes:German/aʊ̯",
"Rhymes:German/aʊ̯/1 syllable"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "GAU",
"3": "",
"4": "worst-case scenario"
},
"expansion": "GAU (“worst-case scenario”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From the acronym GAU (“worst-case scenario”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Gaus",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Gaues",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Gaus",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Gaue",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "de-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Gau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Gaus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Gaue",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Gaus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Gaues",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Gaus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Gaue",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Gau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Gaue",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Gaus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Gauen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Gau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Gaus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Gaue",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m,s:es,s:e"
},
"expansion": "Gau m (strong, genitive Gaus or Gaues, plural Gaus or Gaue)",
"name": "de-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m,s:es,s:e"
},
"name": "de-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"German informal terms",
"German terms with quotations",
"Requests for translations of German quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
"roman": "Außerdem neigen die Blutplättchen von depressiven Menschen eher dazu, sich zu Gerinnseln zusammenzuballen. Diese können irgendwann wichtige Adern verstopfen und einen Gau im Herzen oder Hirn auslösen.",
"text": "Roland Kopp-Wichmann, Depression ist für das Herz genauso schädlich wie Rauchen",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"an accident, a calamity"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) an accident, a calamity"
],
"tags": [
"informal",
"masculine",
"strong"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɡaʊ̯/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aʊ̯"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Gau",
"de:Gau"
],
"word": "Gau"
}
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