"-ator" meaning in German

See -ator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin -ātor. Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|la|-ātor}} Borrowed from Latin -ātor Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,en}} -ator m (mixed, genitive -ators, plural -atoren) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,en}} Forms: -ators [genitive], -atoren [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], -ator [nominative, singular], -atoren [definite, nominative, plural], -ators [genitive, singular], -atoren [definite, genitive, plural], -ator [dative, singular], -atoren [dative, definite, plural], -ator [accusative, singular], -atoren [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -ieren Tags: masculine, mixed, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ator-de-suffix-ak0q40~K Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-ātor"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Latin -ātor",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin -ātor.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ators",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-atoren",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ator",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-atoren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ators",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-atoren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ator",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-atoren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ator",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-atoren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,en"
      },
      "expansion": "-ator m (mixed, genitive -ators, plural -atoren)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,en"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -ieren"
      ],
      "id": "en--ator-de-suffix-ak0q40~K",
      "links": [
        [
          "agent noun",
          "agent noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "-ieren",
          "-ieren#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "mixed",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ator"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "-ātor"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Latin -ātor",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin -ātor.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ators",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-atoren",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ator",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-atoren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ators",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-atoren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ator",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-atoren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ator",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-atoren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,en"
      },
      "expansion": "-ator m (mixed, genitive -ators, plural -atoren)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,en"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine suffixes",
        "German mixed suffixes",
        "German noun-forming suffixes",
        "German suffixes",
        "German terms borrowed from Latin",
        "German terms derived from Latin",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 9 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -ieren"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "agent noun",
          "agent noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "-ieren",
          "-ieren#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "mixed",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ator"
}

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