"-erl" meaning in German

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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "-erlīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German -erlīn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-er",
        "3": "-el",
        "nocat": "1",
        "pos2": "diminutive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-er + -el (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle High German -erlīn, -ærelīn, equivalent to -er + -el (diminutive suffix).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes",
        "cat3": "diminutive suffixes",
        "g": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "-erl n",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Austrian German",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Bavarian German",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Becherl"
        },
        {
          "word": "Fleckerl"
        },
        {
          "word": "Nockerl"
        },
        {
          "word": "Patscherl"
        },
        {
          "word": "Schanzerl"
        },
        {
          "word": "Spaßerl"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Häfn + -erl → Häferl",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffix used to create a diminutive form"
      ],
      "id": "en--erl-de-suffix-tvJLZCzx",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Bavaria, Austria, chiefly informal) suffix used to create a diminutive form"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "-i"
        },
        {
          "word": "-chen"
        },
        {
          "word": "-lein"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Austria",
        "Bavaria",
        "informal",
        "morpheme",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɐl]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De--erl.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/10/De--erl.ogg/De--erl.ogg.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "-erl"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Becherl"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fleckerl"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nockerl"
    },
    {
      "word": "Patscherl"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schanzerl"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spaßerl"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "-erlīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German -erlīn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-er",
        "3": "-el",
        "nocat": "1",
        "pos2": "diminutive suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-er + -el (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle High German -erlīn, -ærelīn, equivalent to -er + -el (diminutive suffix).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes",
        "cat3": "diminutive suffixes",
        "g": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "-erl n",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-i"
    },
    {
      "word": "-chen"
    },
    {
      "word": "-lein"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Austrian German",
        "Bavarian German",
        "German diminutive suffixes",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German informal terms",
        "German lemmas",
        "German neuter suffixes",
        "German noun-forming suffixes",
        "German suffixes",
        "German terms derived from Middle High German",
        "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
        "German terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Häfn + -erl → Häferl",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suffix used to create a diminutive form"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Bavaria, Austria, chiefly informal) suffix used to create a diminutive form"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Austria",
        "Bavaria",
        "informal",
        "morpheme",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɐl]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De--erl.ogg",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "-erl"
}