Mär in All languages combined

IPA: /mɛːʁ/, [mɛ(ː)ɐ̯], [meːɐ̯] Audio: De-Mär.ogg

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Etymology: From Middle High German mære, from Old High German mārī, ultimately from the adjective māri (“well known, famous”), from Proto-West Germanic *mārī, from Proto-Germanic *mērijaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|mære}} Middle High German mære, {{inh|de|goh|mārī}} Old High German mārī, {{der|de|gmw-pro|*mārī}} Proto-West Germanic *mārī, {{der|de|gem-pro|*mērijaz}} Proto-Germanic *mērijaz Head templates: {{de-noun|f,en􂀿now rare􂁀|dim=chen,lein}} Mär f (genitive Mär, plural (now rare) Mären, diminutive Märchen n or Märlein n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Mär [genitive], Mären [archaic, plural], Märchen [diminutive, neuter], Märlein [diminutive, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], Mär [nominative, singular], Mären [definite, nominative, plural], Mär [genitive, singular], Mären [definite, genitive, plural], Mär [dative, singular], Mären [dative, definite, plural], Mär [accusative, singular], Mären [accusative, definite, plural]

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    },
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    {
      "form": "Märchen",
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      "form": "Märlein",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      ]
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        "1": "f,en􂀿now rare􂁀",
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          "english": "the fable of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq",
          "text": "die Mär von Massenvernichtungswaffen im Irak",
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      ],
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        "(higher register) an often repeated untruth, a fable, a false narrative"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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        "(archaic) tale, fairytale, fable"
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        {
          "english": "From heaven above I come to bring you good new tidings.",
          "text": "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, ich bring euch gute neue Mär.",
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        "(archaic) tidings, news"
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    {
      "ipa": "/mɛːʁ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɛ(ː)ɐ̯]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[meːɐ̯]"
    },
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      "homophone": "Meer"
    },
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      "homophone": "mehr (many speakers)"
    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Märe"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "German lemmas",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
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      },
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      "form": "Märchen",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Märlein",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "Mären",
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        "definite",
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          "english": "the fable of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq",
          "text": "die Mär von Massenvernichtungswaffen im Irak",
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      ],
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      ],
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      ],
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        "(higher register) an often repeated untruth, a fable, a false narrative"
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        "feminine"
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        {
          "english": "From heaven above I come to bring you good new tidings.",
          "text": "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, ich bring euch gute neue Mär.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "tidings, news"
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          "tidings",
          "tidings"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/mɛːʁ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɛ(ː)ɐ̯]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[meːɐ̯]"
    },
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      "homophone": "Meer"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "mehr (many speakers)"
    }
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    {
      "word": "Märe"
    }
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}

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"Mär" meaning in All languages combined

Noun [German]

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