See Weisel on Wiktionary
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"German lemmas",
"German masculine nouns",
"German nouns",
"German uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"de:Beekeeping",
"de:Bees"
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"form": "der Weisel",
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"canonical",
"masculine"
]
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{
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"definite",
"genitive"
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"source": "declension",
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},
{
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
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{
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"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Weisel",
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"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Weisel",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
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]
}
],
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"1": "m.article.sg"
},
"expansion": "der Weisel m (strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Weisels, no definite plural)",
"name": "de-noun"
}
],
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"Wei‧sel"
],
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"args": {
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},
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}
],
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"German colloquialisms",
"German terms with usage examples"
],
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24
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],
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13,
19
]
],
"english": "to dismiss or reject someone",
"literal_meaning": "to give someone the boot",
"text": "jemandem den Weisel geben",
"type": "example"
},
{
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11,
15
]
],
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10
]
],
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"text": "den Weisel bekommen",
"type": "example"
}
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],
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"colloquial",
"definite",
"strong",
"usually"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "[ˈvaɪ̯zl̩]"
},
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}
],
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}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: no definite plural",
"path": [
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"section": "German",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "Weisel",
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}
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