See geus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"name": "nl-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"geus"
]
}
],
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"synonym of geuzelambiek"
],
"links": [
[
"geuzelambiek",
"geuzelambiek#Dutch"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "geuzelambiek"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɣøːs/"
},
{
"audio": "Nl-geus.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/55/Nl-geus.ogg/Nl-geus.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Nl-geus.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-øːs"
}
],
"word": "geus"
}
{
"categories": [
"Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"Dutch feminine nouns",
"Dutch lemmas",
"Dutch nouns",
"Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Dutch/øːs",
"Rhymes:Dutch/øːs/1 syllable"
],
"etymology_number": 3,
"etymology_text": "Shortened form of geuzenvlag.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "geuzen",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "geusje",
"tags": [
"diminutive",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"2": "-zen",
"3": "+"
},
"expansion": "geus f (plural geuzen, diminutive geusje n)",
"name": "nl-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"geus"
]
}
],
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"jack (a small type of flag, flown at a ship's bowsprit); originally a geuzenvlag"
],
"links": [
[
"jack",
"jack"
],
[
"flown",
"fly#English"
],
[
"bowsprit",
"bowsprit#English"
],
[
"geuzenvlag",
"geuzenvlag"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɣøːs/"
},
{
"audio": "Nl-geus.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/55/Nl-geus.ogg/Nl-geus.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Nl-geus.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-øːs"
}
],
"word": "geus"
}
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