"Rattenschwanz" meaning in All languages combined

See Rattenschwanz on Wiktionary

Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈʁatn̩ˌʃvant͡s/ Audio: De-Rattenschwanz.ogg
Etymology: Ratte (“rat”) + -n- + Schwanz (“tail”) Etymology templates: {{af|de|Ratte|-n-|Schwanz|t1=rat|t3=tail}} Ratte (“rat”) + -n- + Schwanz (“tail”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,^e}} Rattenschwanz m (strong, genitive Rattenschwanzes, plural Rattenschwänze) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,^e}} Forms: Rattenschwanzes [genitive], Rattenschwänze [plural], strong [table-tags], Rattenschwanz [nominative, singular], Rattenschwänze [definite, nominative, plural], Rattenschwanzes [genitive, singular], Rattenschwänze [definite, genitive, plural], Rattenschwanz [dative, singular], Rattenschwanze [dative, singular], Rattenschwänzen [dative, definite, plural], Rattenschwanz [accusative, singular], Rattenschwänze [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (literal) rat tail Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Rattenschwanz-de-noun-xUtykGlf
  2. (colloquial, figurative, collective) slew (large amount; often of negative consequences) Tags: collective, colloquial, figuratively, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Rattenschwanz-de-noun-ddRHYVDh
  3. rattail (hairstyle characterized by a long lock of tail-like hair) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Rattenschwanz-de-noun-9JFqiXTo Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms interfixed with -n- Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 3 11 86 Disambiguation of German terms interfixed with -n-: 9 33 57

Download JSON data for Rattenschwanz meaning in All languages combined (3.8kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Ratte",
        "3": "-n-",
        "4": "Schwanz",
        "t1": "rat",
        "t3": "tail"
      },
      "expansion": "Ratte (“rat”) + -n- + Schwanz (“tail”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ratte (“rat”) + -n- + Schwanz (“tail”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Rattenschwanzes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rattenschwänze",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rattenschwanz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rattenschwänze",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rattenschwanzes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rattenschwänze",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rattenschwanz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rattenschwanze",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rattenschwänzen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rattenschwanz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rattenschwänze",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,^e"
      },
      "expansion": "Rattenschwanz m (strong, genitive Rattenschwanzes, plural Rattenschwänze)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,^e"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rat tail"
      ],
      "id": "en-Rattenschwanz-de-noun-xUtykGlf",
      "links": [
        [
          "rat",
          "rat"
        ],
        [
          "tail",
          "tail"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal) rat tail"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008 February 17, Bruno Schoch, “Debatte Kosovo-Unabhängigkeit: Das schlechte Beispiel”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN",
          "roman": "This policy of fait accompli also raises a whole slew of subsequent problems.",
          "text": "Auch wirft diese Politik des Fait accompli einen Rattenschwanz von Folgeproblemen auf.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "But this law entails a slew of regulations that companies would have to deal with in the middle of the worst economic crisis since the Second World War.",
          "ref": "2020 October 7, Kolja Rudzio, Jens Tönnesmann, “Home oder Office?”, in Die Zeit, number 42",
          "text": "Aber auch an diesem Gesetz hängt ein ganzer Rattenschwanz von Regelungen, mit denen sich Firmen mitten in der schlimmsten Wirtschaftskrise seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg beschäftigen müssten.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "slew (large amount; often of negative consequences)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Rattenschwanz-de-noun-ddRHYVDh",
      "links": [
        [
          "slew",
          "slew"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, figurative, collective) slew (large amount; often of negative consequences)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "colloquial",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 11 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 33 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German terms interfixed with -n-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rattail (hairstyle characterized by a long lock of tail-like hair)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Rattenschwanz-de-noun-9JFqiXTo",
      "links": [
        [
          "rattail",
          "rattail"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʁatn̩ˌʃvant͡s/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Rattenschwanz.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9a/De-Rattenschwanz.ogg/De-Rattenschwanz.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/De-Rattenschwanz.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Rattenschwanz"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German 3-syllable words",
    "German compound terms",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms interfixed with -n-",
    "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "German terms with audio links"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Ratte",
        "3": "-n-",
        "4": "Schwanz",
        "t1": "rat",
        "t3": "tail"
      },
      "expansion": "Ratte (“rat”) + -n- + Schwanz (“tail”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ratte (“rat”) + -n- + Schwanz (“tail”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Rattenschwanzes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rattenschwänze",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rattenschwanz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rattenschwänze",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rattenschwanzes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rattenschwänze",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rattenschwanz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rattenschwanze",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rattenschwänzen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rattenschwanz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Rattenschwänze",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,^e"
      },
      "expansion": "Rattenschwanz m (strong, genitive Rattenschwanzes, plural Rattenschwänze)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,^e"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rat tail"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rat",
          "rat"
        ],
        [
          "tail",
          "tail"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal) rat tail"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German collective nouns",
        "German colloquialisms",
        "German terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008 February 17, Bruno Schoch, “Debatte Kosovo-Unabhängigkeit: Das schlechte Beispiel”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN",
          "roman": "This policy of fait accompli also raises a whole slew of subsequent problems.",
          "text": "Auch wirft diese Politik des Fait accompli einen Rattenschwanz von Folgeproblemen auf.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "But this law entails a slew of regulations that companies would have to deal with in the middle of the worst economic crisis since the Second World War.",
          "ref": "2020 October 7, Kolja Rudzio, Jens Tönnesmann, “Home oder Office?”, in Die Zeit, number 42",
          "text": "Aber auch an diesem Gesetz hängt ein ganzer Rattenschwanz von Regelungen, mit denen sich Firmen mitten in der schlimmsten Wirtschaftskrise seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg beschäftigen müssten.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "slew (large amount; often of negative consequences)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "slew",
          "slew"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, figurative, collective) slew (large amount; often of negative consequences)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "colloquial",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rattail (hairstyle characterized by a long lock of tail-like hair)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rattail",
          "rattail"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʁatn̩ˌʃvant͡s/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Rattenschwanz.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9a/De-Rattenschwanz.ogg/De-Rattenschwanz.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/De-Rattenschwanz.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Rattenschwanz"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-31 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (91e95e7 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.