"meter" meaning in Danish

See meter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Via German Meter, from French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron). Etymology templates: {{bor|da|de|Meter}} German Meter, {{der|da|fr|mètre}} French mètre, {{der|da|la|metrum}} Latin metrum, {{der|da|grc|μέτρον}} Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) Head templates: {{head|da|noun|singular definite|meteren||{{{sg-def-2}}}|||plural indefinite|meter||{{{pl-indef-2}}}||{{{pl-indef-3}}}||{{{com}}}|checkredlinks=1|g=c|g2=|head=}} meter c (singular definite meteren, plural indefinite meter), {{da-noun|en}} meter c (singular definite meteren, plural indefinite meter) Inflection templates: {{da-noun-infl|en||ne}}, {{da-noun-infl-base|g=c|gen-pl-def=meternes|gen-pl-def-2=|gen-pl-def-3=|gen-pl-indef=meters|gen-pl-indef-2=|gen-sg-def=meterens|gen-sg-def-2=|gen-sg-indef=meters|gen-sg-indef-2=|gen-sg-indef-3=|pl-def=meterne|pl-def-2=|pl-def-3=|pl-indef=meter|pl-indef-2=|pl-indef-3=|sg-def=meteren|sg-def-2=|sg-indef=meter}} Forms: meteren [definite, singular], meter [indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], meter [indefinite, nominative, singular], meteren [definite, nominative, singular], meter [indefinite, nominative, plural], meterne [definite, nominative, plural], meters [genitive, indefinite, singular], meterens [definite, genitive, singular], meters [genitive, indefinite, plural], meternes [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a metre, or meter (US) (SI unit of measurement) Tags: common-gender Derived forms: 1000 meter stafet, centimeter, kilometer, kvadratmeter, mikrometer, millimeter, sekundmeter
    Sense id: en-meter-da-noun-B-SVec99 Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 21 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "Meter",
      "Meter#German"
    ],
    [
      "mètre",
      "mètre#French"
    ],
    [
      "metrum",
      "metrum#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "μέτρον",
      "μέτρον#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Meter"
      },
      "expansion": "German Meter",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "mètre"
      },
      "expansion": "French mètre",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "metrum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin metrum",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "μέτρον"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Via German Meter, from French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meteren",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meter",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "da-noun-infl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meteren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meterne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meters",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meterens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meters",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meternes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "meter",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl-indef-2}}}",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{pl-indef-3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{com}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "singular definite",
        "4": "meteren",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural indefinite",
        "checkredlinks": "1",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "meter c (singular definite meteren, plural indefinite meter)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "meter c (singular definite meteren, plural indefinite meter)",
      "name": "da-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "ne"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "c",
        "gen-pl-def": "meternes",
        "gen-pl-def-2": "",
        "gen-pl-def-3": "",
        "gen-pl-indef": "meters",
        "gen-pl-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-def": "meterens",
        "gen-sg-def-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef": "meters",
        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
        "pl-def": "meterne",
        "pl-def-2": "",
        "pl-def-3": "",
        "pl-indef": "meter",
        "pl-indef-2": "",
        "pl-indef-3": "",
        "sg-def": "meteren",
        "sg-def-2": "",
        "sg-indef": "meter"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl-base"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 21 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "1000 meter stafet"
        },
        {
          "word": "centimeter"
        },
        {
          "word": "kilometer"
        },
        {
          "word": "kvadratmeter"
        },
        {
          "word": "mikrometer"
        },
        {
          "word": "millimeter"
        },
        {
          "word": "sekundmeter"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a metre, or meter (US) (SI unit of measurement)"
      ],
      "id": "en-meter-da-noun-B-SVec99",
      "links": [
        [
          "metre",
          "metre"
        ],
        [
          "meter",
          "meter#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "meter"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "1000 meter stafet"
    },
    {
      "word": "centimeter"
    },
    {
      "word": "kilometer"
    },
    {
      "word": "kvadratmeter"
    },
    {
      "word": "mikrometer"
    },
    {
      "word": "millimeter"
    },
    {
      "word": "sekundmeter"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "Meter",
      "Meter#German"
    ],
    [
      "mètre",
      "mètre#French"
    ],
    [
      "metrum",
      "metrum#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "μέτρον",
      "μέτρον#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Meter"
      },
      "expansion": "German Meter",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "mètre"
      },
      "expansion": "French mètre",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "metrum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin metrum",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "μέτρον"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Via German Meter, from French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meteren",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meter",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "da-noun-infl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meteren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meterne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meters",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meterens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meters",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meternes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "10": "meter",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl-indef-2}}}",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{pl-indef-3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{com}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "singular definite",
        "4": "meteren",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{sg-def-2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural indefinite",
        "checkredlinks": "1",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "meter c (singular definite meteren, plural indefinite meter)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "meter c (singular definite meteren, plural indefinite meter)",
      "name": "da-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "ne"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "c",
        "gen-pl-def": "meternes",
        "gen-pl-def-2": "",
        "gen-pl-def-3": "",
        "gen-pl-indef": "meters",
        "gen-pl-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-def": "meterens",
        "gen-sg-def-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef": "meters",
        "gen-sg-indef-2": "",
        "gen-sg-indef-3": "",
        "pl-def": "meterne",
        "pl-def-2": "",
        "pl-def-3": "",
        "pl-indef": "meter",
        "pl-indef-2": "",
        "pl-indef-3": "",
        "sg-def": "meteren",
        "sg-def-2": "",
        "sg-indef": "meter"
      },
      "name": "da-noun-infl-base"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Danish common-gender nouns",
        "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Danish lemmas",
        "Danish nouns",
        "Danish terms borrowed from German",
        "Danish terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Danish terms derived from French",
        "Danish terms derived from German",
        "Danish terms derived from Latin",
        "Pages with 21 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a metre, or meter (US) (SI unit of measurement)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "metre",
          "metre"
        ],
        [
          "meter",
          "meter#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "meter"
}

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