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Proper name [English]

Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sən Head templates: {{en-prop}} Person
  1. A surname. Derived forms: Person County

Noun [German]

IPA: /pɛrˈzoːn/, [pɛɐ̯ˈzoːn], [pɛʁˈzoːn] Audio: De-Person.ogg , De-Person2.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German persōn, persōne. Etymology templates: {{der|de|gmh|persōn}} Middle High German persōn Head templates: {{de-noun|f|dim=^chen}} Person f (genitive Person, plural Personen, diminutive Persönchen n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Person [genitive], Personen [plural], Persönchen [diminutive, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], Person [nominative, singular], Personen [definite, nominative, plural], Person [genitive, singular], Personen [definite, genitive, plural], Person [dative, singular], Personen [dative, definite, plural], Person [accusative, singular], Personen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. person, individual Tags: feminine Derived forms: Frauensperson, Hauptperson, Mannsperson, Personal, personell, persönlich, Unperson, Weibsperson
    Sense id: en-Person-de-noun-18-Ei~r5
  2. (derogatory, dated) someone (often female) who is not proper company, mostly because they are of lower class or doubtful morals Tags: dated, derogatory, feminine
    Sense id: en-Person-de-noun-9S1Z3jPq Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96

Noun [Hunsrik]

IPA: /pʰɛˈsoːn/ Forms: Persone [plural]
Head templates: {{hrx-noun|f|pl=Persone}} Person f (plural Persone)
  1. person Tags: feminine Derived forms: persenlich
    Sense id: en-Person-hrx-noun-OKgeh-eW Categories (other): Hunsrik entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Proper name [Swedish]

Forms: Persons [genitive]
Etymology: Originally a patronymic form Per + -son "son of Per". A rare spelling variant of Persson. Etymology templates: {{suffix|sv|Per|son}} Per + -son Head templates: {{head|sv|proper noun|genitive|Persons|g=c|head=}} Person c (genitive Persons), {{sv-proper noun|c}} Person c (genitive Persons)
  1. a surname originating as a patronymic Tags: common-gender

Inflected forms

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      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)sən"
    }
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          "word": "Mannsperson"
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "word": "personell"
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "text": "Ein Tisch für zwei Personen, bitte!",
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          "text": "An der Schlägerei waren mehrere polizeibekannte Personen beteiligt.",
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        [
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    },
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      "ipa": "[pɛɐ̯ˈzoːn]"
    },
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      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/pɛrˈzoːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pɛɐ̯ˈzoːn]"
    },
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  ],
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        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swedish common-gender nouns",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish proper nouns",
        "Swedish surnames",
        "Swedish surnames from patronymics",
        "Swedish terms suffixed with -son"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname originating as a patronymic"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Person"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Person meaning in All languages combined (5.7kB)

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