"Quäntchen" meaning in All languages combined

See Quäntchen on Wiktionary

Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈkvɛntçən/ Audio: De-Quäntchen.ogg
Etymology: From the incorrect folk etymology which connected Quentchen with Quantum (“quantum”) and led to the spelling Quäntchen with ⟨ä⟩ instead of ⟨e⟩ in the 1996 spelling reform. Etymology templates: {{glossary|folk etymology}} folk etymology Head templates: {{de-noun|n}} Quäntchen n (strong, genitive Quäntchens, plural Quäntchen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n}} Forms: Quäntchens [genitive], Quäntchen [plural], strong [table-tags], Quäntchen [nominative, singular], Quäntchen [definite, nominative, plural], Quäntchens [genitive, singular], Quäntchen [definite, genitive, plural], Quäntchen [dative, singular], Quäntchen [dative, definite, plural], Quäntchen [accusative, singular], Quäntchen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. a small amount, scrap Tags: neuter, strong Synonyms: Quentchen (english: superseded)
    Sense id: en-Quäntchen-de-noun-I3El0OyS Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for Quäntchen meaning in All languages combined (2.7kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "folk etymology"
      },
      "expansion": "folk etymology",
      "name": "glossary"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the incorrect folk etymology which connected Quentchen with Quantum (“quantum”) and led to the spelling Quäntchen with ⟨ä⟩ instead of ⟨e⟩ in the 1996 spelling reform.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Quäntchens",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Quäntchen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Quäntchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Quäntchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Quäntchens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Quäntchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Quäntchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Quäntchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Quäntchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Quäntchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Quäntchen n (strong, genitive Quäntchens, plural Quäntchen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I lacked the necessary bit of luck.",
          "text": "Es fehlte mir das nötige Quäntchen Glück.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2018 December 28, Ulrike Guérot, “Die Freiheit ist schnell verspielt”, in Die Zeit",
          "text": "Hans-Peter Martins Buch, um gleich damit anzufangen, bleibt die Hoffnung schuldig, irgendein Quäntchen Hoffnung, dass sich an dieser menschengemachten Entwicklung noch ändern ließe.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a small amount, scrap"
      ],
      "id": "en-Quäntchen-de-noun-I3El0OyS",
      "links": [
        [
          "scrap",
          "scrap"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "superseded",
          "word": "Quentchen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkvɛntçən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Quäntchen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/be/De-Qu%C3%A4ntchen.ogg/De-Qu%C3%A4ntchen.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/De-Qu%C3%A4ntchen.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Quäntchen"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "folk etymology"
      },
      "expansion": "folk etymology",
      "name": "glossary"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the incorrect folk etymology which connected Quentchen with Quantum (“quantum”) and led to the spelling Quäntchen with ⟨ä⟩ instead of ⟨e⟩ in the 1996 spelling reform.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Quäntchens",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Quäntchen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Quäntchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Quäntchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Quäntchens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Quäntchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Quäntchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Quäntchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Quäntchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Quäntchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Quäntchen n (strong, genitive Quäntchens, plural Quäntchen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German 2-syllable words",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German neuter nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "German terms with audio links",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "German terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I lacked the necessary bit of luck.",
          "text": "Es fehlte mir das nötige Quäntchen Glück.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2018 December 28, Ulrike Guérot, “Die Freiheit ist schnell verspielt”, in Die Zeit",
          "text": "Hans-Peter Martins Buch, um gleich damit anzufangen, bleibt die Hoffnung schuldig, irgendein Quäntchen Hoffnung, dass sich an dieser menschengemachten Entwicklung noch ändern ließe.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a small amount, scrap"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scrap",
          "scrap"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkvɛntçən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Quäntchen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/be/De-Qu%C3%A4ntchen.ogg/De-Qu%C3%A4ntchen.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/De-Qu%C3%A4ntchen.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "superseded",
      "word": "Quentchen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Quäntchen"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.