"gember" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɣɛm.bər/ Audio: nl-gember.ogg Forms: gembers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle Dutch gingebare, from Old Dutch *gingibero, from Proto-West Germanic *gingiberō, from Late Latin gingiber, from Latin zingiber, from Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis), from Sauraseni Prakrit सिङ्गबेर (siṅgabera). Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|gingebare}} Middle Dutch gingebare, {{inh|nl|odt|*gingibero}} Old Dutch *gingibero, {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*gingiberō}} Proto-West Germanic *gingiberō, {{der|nl|la-lat|gingiber}} Late Latin gingiber, {{der|nl|la|zingiber}} Latin zingiber, {{der|nl|grc|ζιγγίβερις}} Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis), {{der|nl|pra-sau|सिङ्गबेर|tr=siṅgabera}} Sauraseni Prakrit सिङ्गबेर (siṅgabera) Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-s|-}} gember m (plural gembers, no diminutive)
  1. ginger (Zingiber officinale, a plant) Tags: masculine, no-diminutive
    Sense id: en-gember-nl-noun-Ad5RcmoD Categories (other): Ginger family plants, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46
  2. ginger (the root of Zingiber officinale used as spice) Tags: masculine, no-diminutive
    Sense id: en-gember-nl-noun-dHSe0rmr Categories (other): Spices, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gembercake, gemberjam, gemberlimonade, gemberplant, gembersiroop, gembertaart, gemberthee, gemberwortel

Inflected forms

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      "word": "gembercake"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gemberlimonade"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gemberplant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gembersiroop"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gembertaart"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gemberthee"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gemberwortel"
    }
  ],
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      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "gemmer"
    },
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      "lang": "Berbice Creole Dutch",
      "lang_code": "brc",
      "word": "gembru"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Jersey Dutch",
      "lang_code": "gmw-jdt",
      "word": "jäämver"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lokono",
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    },
    {
      "lang": "Papiamentu",
      "lang_code": "pap",
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      ],
      "word": "ehèmber"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Papiamentu",
      "lang_code": "pap",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gèmber"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Papiamentu",
      "lang_code": "pap",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "hember"
    },
    {
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "lang_code": "fy",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gimber"
    }
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        "2": "dum",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "3": "gingiber"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "zingiber"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin zingiber",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ζιγγίβερις"
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      "name": "der"
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      },
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    }
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      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
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        "gem",
        "ber"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Ginger family plants",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
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        },
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        [
          "Zingiber officinale",
          "Zingiber officinale#Translingual"
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      ]
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          "ginger",
          "ginger"
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          "Zingiber officinale",
          "Zingiber officinale#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine",
        "no-diminutive"
      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈɣɛm.bər/"
    },
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    "Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Dutch terms derived from Late Latin",
    "Dutch terms derived from Latin",
    "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
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      "word": "gembercake"
    },
    {
      "word": "gemberjam"
    },
    {
      "word": "gemberlimonade"
    },
    {
      "word": "gemberplant"
    },
    {
      "word": "gembersiroop"
    },
    {
      "word": "gembertaart"
    },
    {
      "word": "gemberthee"
    },
    {
      "word": "gemberwortel"
    }
  ],
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      "word": "gemmer"
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      "lang": "Berbice Creole Dutch",
      "lang_code": "brc",
      "word": "gembru"
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    {
      "lang": "Jersey Dutch",
      "lang_code": "gmw-jdt",
      "word": "jäämver"
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    {
      "lang": "Lokono",
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    {
      "lang": "Papiamentu",
      "lang_code": "pap",
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      "lang": "Papiamentu",
      "lang_code": "pap",
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        "borrowed"
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    {
      "lang": "Papiamentu",
      "lang_code": "pap",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "hember"
    },
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      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "lang_code": "fy",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gimber"
    }
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        "2": "dum",
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      },
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    {
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        "3": "gingiber"
      },
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "zingiber"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ζιγγίβερις"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "der"
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  ],
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  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    },
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