See Wau on Wiktionary
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{
"form": "Waue",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Wau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Waue",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Waus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Wauen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Wau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Waus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Waue",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "n:m,-:s:es,s:e"
},
"expansion": "Wau n or m (strong, genitive Wau or Waus or Waues, plural Waus or Waue)",
"name": "de-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "n:m,-:s:es,s:e"
},
"name": "de-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"German terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"a woof, a short bark"
],
"links": [
[
"woof",
"woof"
],
[
"bark",
"bark"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) a woof, a short bark"
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter",
"rare",
"strong"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/vaʊ̯/"
},
{
"audio": "De-Wau.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7c/De-Wau.ogg/De-Wau.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/De-Wau.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aʊ̯"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"de:Reseda"
],
"word": "Wau"
}
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