"-lei" meaning in German

See -lei in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Audio: De--lei.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German lei f (“kind”), from Old French lei, from Latin lex. Cognate with Dutch -lei. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|lei|g=f|t=kind}} Middle High German lei f (“kind”), {{der|de|fro|lei}} Old French lei, {{der|de|la|lex}} Latin lex, {{cog|nl|-lei}} Dutch -lei Head templates: {{head|de|suffix}} -lei
  1. Suffix added to numerals and pronouns to create determiners/pronouns indicating variety Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -hand, -ley, -lay [obsolete], -erlei (english: different segmentation) Derived forms: beiderlei, deinerlei, dieserlei, jederlei, seinerlei, solcherlei, verschiedenerlei, welcherlei, waserlei
    Sense id: en--lei-de-suffix-tBFGx4eg Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for -lei meaning in German (1.8kB)

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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      },
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    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Dutch -lei",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German lei f (“kind”), from Old French lei, from Latin lex. Cognate with Dutch -lei.",
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        "1": "de",
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    }
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          "word": "beiderlei"
        },
        {
          "word": "deinerlei"
        },
        {
          "word": "dieserlei"
        },
        {
          "word": "jederlei"
        },
        {
          "word": "seinerlei"
        },
        {
          "word": "solcherlei"
        },
        {
          "word": "verschiedenerlei"
        },
        {
          "word": "welcherlei"
        },
        {
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        }
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        {
          "text": "alle (“all”) + -lei → allerlei (“all kinds [of]”)",
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        },
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          "text": "drei (“three”) + -lei → dreierlei (“three kinds [of]”)",
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      "word": "jederlei"
    },
    {
      "word": "seinerlei"
    },
    {
      "word": "solcherlei"
    },
    {
      "word": "verschiedenerlei"
    },
    {
      "word": "welcherlei"
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      },
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    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Dutch -lei",
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
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      },
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        "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
        "German terms with audio links"
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        {
          "text": "alle (“all”) + -lei → allerlei (“all kinds [of]”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "drei (“three”) + -lei → dreierlei (“three kinds [of]”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      ],
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      "word": "-ley"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "-lay"
    },
    {
      "english": "different segmentation",
      "word": "-erlei"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-lei"
}

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