"-meter" meaning in German

See -meter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Audio: De--meter.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”). Etymology templates: {{der|de|grc|μέτρον||measure}} Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m:n}} -meter m or n (strong, genitive -meters, plural -meter) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m:n}} Forms: -meters [genitive], -meter [plural], strong [table-tags], -meter [definite, nominative, singular], -meter [definite, nominative, plural], -meters [genitive, singular], -meter [definite, genitive, plural], -meter [dative, singular], -metern [dative, definite, plural], -meter [accusative, definite, singular], -meter [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. -meter Tags: masculine, morpheme, neuter, strong

Inflected forms

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    },
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      ]
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    },
    {
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    },
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
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    },
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}

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