"Älchen" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛːl.çən/, [ˈʔɛːl-], [ˈʔeːl-], [-çən], [-çɪn], [-çn̩] Audio: De-Älchen.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛːlçən Etymology: From Aal (“eel”) + -chen (diminutive suffix). The sense “eelworm” (18th century) apparently after earlier Dutch aaltje. Etymology templates: {{affix|de|Aal|-chen|gloss1=eel|pos2=diminutive suffix}} Aal (“eel”) + -chen (diminutive suffix), {{der|de|nl|aaltje}} Dutch aaltje Head templates: {{de-noun|n}} Älchen n (strong, genitive Älchens, plural Älchen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n}} Forms: Älchens [genitive], Älchen [plural], strong [table-tags], Älchen [nominative, singular], Älchen [definite, nominative, plural], Älchens [genitive, singular], Älchen [definite, genitive, plural], Älchen [dative, singular], Älchen [dative, definite, plural], Älchen [accusative, singular], Älchen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (rare) diminutive of Aal: little eel Tags: diminutive, form-of, neuter, rare, strong Form of: Aal (extra: little eel)
    Sense id: en-Älchen-de-noun-vumSa3-v
  2. (biology) eelworm Tags: neuter, strong Categories (topical): Biology Categories (lifeform): Nematodes
    Sense id: en-Älchen-de-noun-bePy6yzZ Disambiguation of Nematodes: 30 70 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -chen, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -chen: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Essigälchen

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Essigälchen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Aal",
        "3": "-chen",
        "gloss1": "eel",
        "pos2": "diminutive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "Aal (“eel”) + -chen (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "aaltje"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch aaltje",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Aal (“eel”) + -chen (diminutive suffix). The sense “eelworm” (18th century) apparently after earlier Dutch aaltje.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Älchens",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Älchen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Älchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Älchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Älchens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Älchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Älchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Älchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Älchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Älchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Älchen n (strong, genitive Älchens, plural Älchen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Äl‧chen"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "little eel",
          "word": "Aal"
        }
      ],
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        "diminutive of Aal: little eel"
      ],
      "id": "en-Älchen-de-noun-vumSa3-v",
      "links": [
        [
          "Aal",
          "Aal#German"
        ],
        [
          "eel",
          "eel"
        ]
      ],
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        "(rare) diminutive of Aal: little eel"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "form-of",
        "neuter",
        "rare",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Biology",
          "orig": "de:Biology",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German terms suffixed with -chen",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Nematodes",
          "orig": "de:Nematodes",
          "parents": [
            "Worms",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eelworm"
      ],
      "id": "en-Älchen-de-noun-bePy6yzZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "eelworm",
          "eelworm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology) eelworm"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛːl.çən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔɛːl-]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔeːl-]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-çən]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-çɪn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-çn̩]"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛːlçən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Älchen"
}
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    "German lemmas",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Dutch",
    "German terms suffixed with -chen",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:German/ɛːlçən",
    "Rhymes:German/ɛːlçən/2 syllables",
    "de:Nematodes"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Essigälchen"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      },
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      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "aaltje"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch aaltje",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Aal (“eel”) + -chen (diminutive suffix). The sense “eelworm” (18th century) apparently after earlier Dutch aaltje.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Älchens",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Älchen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Älchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Älchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Älchens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Älchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Älchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Älchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Älchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Älchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Älchen n (strong, genitive Älchens, plural Älchen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Äl‧chen"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German diminutive nouns",
        "German terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "little eel",
          "word": "Aal"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of Aal: little eel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Aal",
          "Aal#German"
        ],
        [
          "eel",
          "eel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) diminutive of Aal: little eel"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "form-of",
        "neuter",
        "rare",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Biology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eelworm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ],
        [
          "eelworm",
          "eelworm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biology) eelworm"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛːl.çən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔɛːl-]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔeːl-]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-çən]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-çɪn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-çn̩]"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛːlçən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Älchen"
}

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