See lens in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"predicative",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "lenze",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"positive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lenzere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lenste",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "lens",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"positive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lenzer",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lenste",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"singular",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "lenze",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "lenzere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lenste",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "lenze",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "lenzere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"definite"
]
},
{
"form": "lenste",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "lens",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "lenzers",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"partitive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lenzer"
},
"expansion": "lens (comparative lenzer, superlative meest lens or lenst)",
"name": "nl-adj"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"lens"
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lenze"
},
"name": "nl-decl-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"empty"
],
"links": [
[
"empty",
"empty"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"weak, flaccid"
],
"links": [
[
"weak",
"weak"
],
[
"flaccid",
"flaccid"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/lɛns/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛns"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"nl:lens (optiek)"
],
"word": "lens"
}
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