"Meerschweinchen" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈmeːɐ̯ˌʃvaɪ̯nçn̩/, /ˈmeːɐ̯ˌʃvaɪ̯nçən/ Audio: De-Meerschweinchen.ogg
Etymology: From Meer (“sea”) + Schwein (“pig, swine”) + -chen (diminutive suffix), literally “little sea pig”, or from Meerschwein + -chen. The use of Meer refers to the animal as coming from overseas. Etymology templates: {{af|de|Meer|Schwein|-chen|lit=little sea pig|pos3=diminutive suffix|t1=sea|t2=pig, swine}} Meer (“sea”) + Schwein (“pig, swine”) + -chen (diminutive suffix), literally “little sea pig”, {{af|de|Meerschwein|-chen}} Meerschwein + -chen Head templates: {{de-noun|n}} Meerschweinchen n (strong, genitive Meerschweinchens, plural Meerschweinchen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n}} Forms: Meerschweinchens [genitive], Meerschweinchen [plural], strong [table-tags], Meerschweinchen [nominative, singular], Meerschweinchen [definite, nominative, plural], Meerschweinchens [genitive, singular], Meerschweinchen [definite, genitive, plural], Meerschweinchen [dative, singular], Meerschweinchen [dative, definite, plural], Meerschweinchen [accusative, singular], Meerschweinchen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. guinea pig, cavy Tags: neuter, strong Categories (lifeform): Caviomorphs Derived forms: Nacktmeerschweinchen (english: skinny pig) Related terms: Meerschwein (english: guinea pig) [diminutive, usually]

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Meer",
        "3": "Schwein",
        "4": "-chen",
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        "pos3": "diminutive suffix",
        "t1": "sea",
        "t2": "pig, swine"
      },
      "expansion": "Meer (“sea”) + Schwein (“pig, swine”) + -chen (diminutive suffix), literally “little sea pig”",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Meerschwein",
        "3": "-chen"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Meer (“sea”) + Schwein (“pig, swine”) + -chen (diminutive suffix), literally “little sea pig”, or from Meerschwein + -chen. The use of Meer refers to the animal as coming from overseas.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Meerschweinchens",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Meerschweinchen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Meerschweinchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Meerschweinchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Meerschweinchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Meerschweinchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Meer‧schwein‧chen"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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            "Lemmas"
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Caviomorphs",
          "orig": "de:Caviomorphs",
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            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
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            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "skinny pig",
          "word": "Nacktmeerschweinchen"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        ],
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          "cavy"
        ]
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          "english": "guinea pig",
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          ],
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        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmeːɐ̯ˌʃvaɪ̯nçn̩/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmeːɐ̯ˌʃvaɪ̯nçən/"
    },
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  ],
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}
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    }
  ],
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        "3": "Schwein",
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      },
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    },
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      },
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    }
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Meerschweinchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Meerschweinchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Meerschweinchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Meerschweinchen n (strong, genitive Meerschweinchens, plural Meerschweinchen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Meer‧schwein‧chen"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "guinea pig",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "Meerschwein"
    }
  ],
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        "German diminutiva tantum",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German neuter nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms suffixed with -chen",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "de:Caviomorphs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "guinea pig, cavy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "guinea pig",
          "guinea pig"
        ],
        [
          "cavy",
          "cavy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmeːɐ̯ˌʃvaɪ̯nçn̩/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmeːɐ̯ˌʃvaɪ̯nçən/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Meerschweinchen"
}

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