"greifen" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [German]

IPA: /ˈɡʁaɪ̯fən/, [ˈɡʁaɪ̯fən], [ˈɡʁaɪ̯fn̩], [ˈɡʁaɪ̯fɱ̩] Audio: De-greifen.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German grîfen, from Old High German grīfan, from Proto-West Germanic *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|grîfen}} Middle High German grîfen, {{inh|de|goh|grīfan}} Old High German grīfan, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*grīpan}} Proto-West Germanic *grīpan, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*grīpaną}} Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, {{der|de|ine-pro|*gʰreyb-|t=to grab, grasp}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”) Head templates: {{de-verb|greifen<griff,gegriffen>}} greifen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present greift, past tense griff, past participle gegriffen, auxiliary haben) Inflection templates: {{de-conj|greifen<griff,gegriffen>}} Forms: greift [present, singular, third-person], griff [past], gegriffen [participle, past], haben [auxiliary], strong [table-tags], haben [auxiliary], greifen [infinitive], greifend [participle, present], gegriffen [participle, past], greife [first-person, indicative, present, singular], greifen [first-person, indicative, plural, present], greife [first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], greifen [first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], greifst [indicative, present, second-person, singular], greift [indicative, plural, present, second-person], greifest [second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], greifet [plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], greift [indicative, present, singular, third-person], greifen [indicative, plural, present, third-person], greife [singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], greifen [plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], griff [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], griffen [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], griffe [first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], griffen [first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], griffst [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], grifft [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], griffest [formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], griffst [formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], griffet [formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], grifft [formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], griff [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], griffen [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], griffe [formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], griffen [formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], greif [imperative, second-person, singular], greife [imperative, second-person, singular], greift [imperative, plural, second-person], strong [table-tags], haben [auxiliary], habe gegriffen [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular], haben gegriffen [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural], habe gegriffen [first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive], haben gegriffen [first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive], hast gegriffen [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular], habt gegriffen [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person], habest gegriffen [multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], habet gegriffen [multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], hat gegriffen [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person], haben gegriffen [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, third-person], habe gegriffen [multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], haben gegriffen [multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], hatte gegriffen [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular], hatten gegriffen [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural], hätte gegriffen [first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive], hätten gegriffen [first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive], hattest gegriffen [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular], hattet gegriffen [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person], hättest gegriffen [multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], hättet gegriffen [multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], hatte gegriffen [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, third-person], hatten gegriffen [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, third-person], hätte gegriffen [multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], hätten gegriffen [multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], greifen werden [future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction], werde greifen [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werden greifen [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdest greifen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdet greifen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werde greifen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werden greifen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werde greifen [first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular], werden greifen [first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural], würde greifen [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würden greifen [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wirst greifen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], werdet greifen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person], würdest greifen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würdet greifen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wird greifen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person], werden greifen [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, third-person], würde greifen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], würden greifen [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], gegriffen haben werden [future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction], werde gegriffen haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werden gegriffen haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdest gegriffen haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdet gegriffen haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werde gegriffen haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werden gegriffen haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werde gegriffen haben [first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular], werden gegriffen haben [first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural], würde gegriffen haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würden gegriffen haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wirst gegriffen haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], werdet gegriffen haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person], würdest gegriffen haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würdet gegriffen haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wird gegriffen haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person], werden gegriffen haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, third-person], würde gegriffen haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], würden gegriffen haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person]
  1. (transitive) to grab; to grasp; to grip (something) Tags: class-1, strong, transitive
    Sense id: en-greifen-de-verb-AhrJjlxx
  2. (transitive) to grab; to seize; to snatch (in an aggressive way) Tags: class-1, strong, transitive
    Sense id: en-greifen-de-verb-DyrW3sA9 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 9 39 9 7 19 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 27 10 8 29 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 27 8 6 24 26
  3. (intransitive) to reach; to grab Tags: class-1, intransitive, strong
    Sense id: en-greifen-de-verb-btnLRCOX
  4. (transitive) to capture (someone) Tags: class-1, strong, transitive Synonyms: schnappen, fassen
    Sense id: en-greifen-de-verb-NRH-l~O2
  5. (transitive, music, chords) to strike Tags: class-1, strong, transitive Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: anschlagen
    Sense id: en-greifen-de-verb-ZBO0~SuA Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 27 10 8 29 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 27 8 6 24 26 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  6. (intransitive) to take hold; to bite Tags: class-1, intransitive, strong
    Sense id: en-greifen-de-verb--LiPfXzj Categories (other): German verbs using haben as auxiliary, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German verbs using haben as auxiliary: 14 19 14 12 15 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 27 10 8 29 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 27 8 6 24 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Grips [masculine]
Derived forms: abgreifen, angreifen, aufgreifen, ausgreifen, begreifen, Beutegreifer, durchgreifen, eingreifen, ergreifen, gegriffen, greifbar, Greifen, greifend, Greifvogel, Griff, herabgreifen, heraufgreifen, herausgreifen, hereingreifen, hergreifen, herübergreifen, heruntergreifen, hinabgreifen, hinaufgreifen, hinausgreifen, hineingreifen, hingreifen, hintergreifen, hinübergreifen, hinuntergreifen, übergreifen, um sich greifen, umgreifen, untergreifen, vergreifen, vorgreifen, zugreifen, zurückgreifen

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "abgreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "angreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "aufgreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ausgreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "begreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Beutegreifer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "durchgreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "eingreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ergreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gegriffen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "greifbar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Greifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "greifend"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Greifvogel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Griff"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "herabgreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "heraufgreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "herausgreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hereingreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hergreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "herübergreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "heruntergreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hinabgreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hinaufgreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hinausgreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hineingreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hingreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hintergreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hinübergreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hinuntergreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "übergreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "um sich greifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "umgreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "untergreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vergreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "vorgreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "zugreifen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "zurückgreifen"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "grîfen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German grîfen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "grīfan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German grīfan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*grīpan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *grīpan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*grīpaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *grīpaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʰreyb-",
        "t": "to grab, grasp"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German grîfen, from Old High German grīfan, from Proto-West Germanic *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "greift",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "griff",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gegriffen",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1 strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greifen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greifend",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gegriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greife",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greifen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greife",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greifen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greifst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greift",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greifest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greifet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greift",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greifen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greife",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greifen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "griff",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "griffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "griffe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "formal",
        "rare",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "griffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "formal",
        "plural",
        "rare",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "griffst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grifft",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "griffest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "rare",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "griffst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "rare",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "griffet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "plural",
        "rare",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grifft",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "plural",
        "rare",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "griff",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "griffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "griffe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "rare",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "griffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "plural",
        "rare",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greif",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greife",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "greift",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1 strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habe gegriffen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
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    {
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        "indicative",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "haben gegriffen",
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        "subjunctive"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "habt gegriffen",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habest gegriffen",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
      "form": "habet gegriffen",
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        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "hat gegriffen",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben gegriffen",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habe gegriffen",
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    },
    {
      "form": "haben gegriffen",
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    },
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      "form": "hatte gegriffen",
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      "form": "hatten gegriffen",
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    },
    {
      "form": "hätte gegriffen",
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        "singular",
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    },
    {
      "form": "hätten gegriffen",
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      "form": "hattest gegriffen",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hattet gegriffen",
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        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hättest gegriffen",
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        "singular",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hättet gegriffen",
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    },
    {
      "form": "hatte gegriffen",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatten gegriffen",
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      "form": "hätte gegriffen",
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    },
    {
      "form": "hätten gegriffen",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "greifen werden",
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        "future-i",
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "werde greifen",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden greifen",
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      ]
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      "form": "werdest greifen",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet greifen",
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    },
    {
      "form": "werde greifen",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "werden greifen",
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    },
    {
      "form": "werde greifen",
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    },
    {
      "form": "werden greifen",
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    },
    {
      "form": "würde greifen",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden greifen",
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        "future-i",
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    },
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      "form": "wirst greifen",
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        "future-i",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet greifen",
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        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdest greifen",
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        "future-i",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdet greifen",
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        "singular",
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde greifen",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden greifen",
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        "future-i",
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gegriffen haben werden",
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        "future-ii",
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde gegriffen haben",
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        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
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        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden gegriffen haben",
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        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
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        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdest gegriffen haben",
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        "second-person",
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        "subjunctive-i"
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    },
    {
      "form": "werdet gegriffen haben",
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        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
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        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde gegriffen haben",
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        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden gegriffen haben",
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        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde gegriffen haben",
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        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "werden gegriffen haben",
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        "future",
        "future-ii",
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        "multiword-construction",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde gegriffen haben",
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
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        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden gegriffen haben",
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
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        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirst gegriffen haben",
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        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet gegriffen haben",
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      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdest gegriffen haben",
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        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdet gegriffen haben",
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        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wird gegriffen haben",
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      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden gegriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde gegriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden gegriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "greifen<griff,gegriffen>"
      },
      "expansion": "greifen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present greift, past tense griff, past participle gegriffen, auxiliary haben)",
      "name": "de-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "greifen<griff,gegriffen>"
      },
      "name": "de-conj"
    }
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    }
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        "to grab; to grasp; to grip (something)"
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          "grab",
          "grab"
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          "grasp",
          "grasp"
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        [
          "grip",
          "grip"
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        "(transitive) to grab; to grasp; to grip (something)"
      ],
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        "class-1",
        "strong",
        "transitive"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 27 10 8 29 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 27 8 6 24 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "to grab; to seize; to snatch (in an aggressive way)"
      ],
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        [
          "grab",
          "grab"
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        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ],
        [
          "snatch",
          "snatch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to grab; to seize; to snatch (in an aggressive way)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "strong",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "to touch something (literally, “to grab onto something”)",
          "text": "an etwas greifen",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to reach for something",
          "text": "nach etwas greifen",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to reach for something",
          "text": "zu etwas greifen",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to reach into something",
          "text": "in etwas greifen",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to reach; to grab"
      ],
      "id": "en-greifen-de-verb-btnLRCOX",
      "links": [
        [
          "reach",
          "reach"
        ],
        [
          "grab",
          "grab"
        ]
      ],
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        "(intransitive) to reach; to grab"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "intransitive",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        "to capture (someone)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "capture",
          "capture"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to capture (someone)"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "schnappen"
        },
        {
          "word": "fassen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "strong",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "de:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 27 10 8 29 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 27 8 6 24 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He went to the piano room, struck a few chords on the out-of-tune grand piano, but soon left the room again, …",
          "ref": "1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 14:",
          "text": "Er begab sich ins Klavierzimmer, griff ein paar Akkorde auf dem verstimmten Flügel, verließ aber bald wieder den Raum, [...]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to strike"
      ],
      "id": "en-greifen-de-verb-ZBO0~SuA",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "strike",
          "strike"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "chords",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, music, chords) to strike"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "anschlagen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "strong",
        "transitive"
      ],
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        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 19 14 12 15 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German verbs using haben as auxiliary",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 27 10 8 29 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 27 8 6 24 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The tires did bite perfectly despite the bad weather.",
          "text": "Trotz des schlechten Wetters griffen die Reifen hervorragend",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take hold; to bite"
      ],
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        [
          "take hold",
          "take hold"
        ],
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          "bite",
          "bite"
        ]
      ],
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        "(intransitive) to take hold; to bite"
      ],
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        "class-1",
        "intransitive",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡʁaɪ̯fən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡʁaɪ̯fən]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡʁaɪ̯fn̩]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡʁaɪ̯fɱ̩]"
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    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
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    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German verbs",
    "German verbs using haben as auxiliary",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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      "word": "Griff"
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      "word": "hineingreifen"
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      "word": "hingreifen"
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      "word": "hintergreifen"
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      "word": "hinübergreifen"
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      "word": "hinuntergreifen"
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      "word": "übergreifen"
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      "word": "um sich greifen"
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      "word": "untergreifen"
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      "word": "vergreifen"
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      "word": "vorgreifen"
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    {
      "form": "gegriffen haben werden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde gegriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden gegriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdest gegriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet gegriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde gegriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden gegriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde gegriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden gegriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde gegriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden gegriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirst gegriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet gegriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdest gegriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würdet gegriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wird gegriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden gegriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würde gegriffen haben",
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      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "würden gegriffen haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "future-ii",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "greifen<griff,gegriffen>"
      },
      "expansion": "greifen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present greift, past tense griff, past participle gegriffen, auxiliary haben)",
      "name": "de-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "greifen<griff,gegriffen>"
      },
      "name": "de-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Grips"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to grab; to grasp; to grip (something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grab",
          "grab"
        ],
        [
          "grasp",
          "grasp"
        ],
        [
          "grip",
          "grip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to grab; to grasp; to grip (something)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "strong",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to grab; to seize; to snatch (in an aggressive way)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grab",
          "grab"
        ],
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ],
        [
          "snatch",
          "snatch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to grab; to seize; to snatch (in an aggressive way)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "strong",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German intransitive verbs",
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to touch something (literally, “to grab onto something”)",
          "text": "an etwas greifen",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to reach for something",
          "text": "nach etwas greifen",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to reach for something",
          "text": "zu etwas greifen",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to reach into something",
          "text": "in etwas greifen",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to reach; to grab"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reach",
          "reach"
        ],
        [
          "grab",
          "grab"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to reach; to grab"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "intransitive",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to capture (someone)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "capture",
          "capture"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to capture (someone)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "schnappen"
        },
        {
          "word": "fassen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "strong",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with quotations",
        "German transitive verbs",
        "de:Music"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He went to the piano room, struck a few chords on the out-of-tune grand piano, but soon left the room again, …",
          "ref": "1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 14:",
          "text": "Er begab sich ins Klavierzimmer, griff ein paar Akkorde auf dem verstimmten Flügel, verließ aber bald wieder den Raum, [...]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to strike"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "strike",
          "strike"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "chords",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, music, chords) to strike"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "anschlagen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "strong",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German intransitive verbs",
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The tires did bite perfectly despite the bad weather.",
          "text": "Trotz des schlechten Wetters griffen die Reifen hervorragend",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take hold; to bite"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take hold",
          "take hold"
        ],
        [
          "bite",
          "bite"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to take hold; to bite"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "intransitive",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡʁaɪ̯fən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡʁaɪ̯fən]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡʁaɪ̯fn̩]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡʁaɪ̯fɱ̩]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-greifen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5c/De-greifen.ogg/De-greifen.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/De-greifen.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "greifen"
}

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