"Abfall" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: [ˈapfal] Audio: De-Abfall.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German abfal, abefal, equivalent to ab- (“from”) + Fall (“fall”). Compare German Low German Offall, Dutch afval, English offal. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|abfal}} Middle High German abfal, {{pre|de|ab|Fall|t1=from|t2=fall}} ab- (“from”) + Fall (“fall”), {{cog|nds-de|Offall}} German Low German Offall, {{cog|nl|afval}} Dutch afval, {{cog|en|offal}} English offal Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,^e}} Abfall m (strong, genitive Abfalles or Abfalls, plural Abfälle) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,^e}} Forms: Abfalles [genitive], Abfalls [genitive], Abfälle [plural], strong [table-tags], Abfall [nominative, singular], Abfälle [definite, nominative, plural], Abfalles [genitive, singular], Abfalls [genitive, singular], Abfälle [definite, genitive, plural], Abfall [dative, singular], Abfalle [dative, singular], Abfällen [dative, definite, plural], Abfall [accusative, singular], Abfälle [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. waste, garbage, rubbish, litter Tags: masculine, strong Synonyms: Müll Derived forms (waste): Abfallwirtschaft, Abfalleimer, Bauabfall, Bioabfall, Gartenabfall
    Sense id: en-Abfall-de-noun-yPQCUekK Disambiguation of 'waste': 100 0 0 0
  2. decrease, decline, drop Tags: masculine, strong Derived forms (decline): Druckabfall (english: decline of pressure)
    Sense id: en-Abfall-de-noun-NO0klNRU Disambiguation of 'decline': 0 100 0 0
  3. (religion) apostasy Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-Abfall-de-noun-p3sJeN2T Topics: lifestyle, religion
  4. (obsolete) shutter, lid Tags: masculine, obsolete, strong
    Sense id: en-Abfall-de-noun-s78c7fAx Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms prefixed with ab-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 11 9 7 72 Disambiguation of German terms prefixed with ab-: 26 26 8 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 15 16 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 8 3 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Beifall

Inflected forms

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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "abfal",
            "bor": "1",
            "qq1": "obsolete"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: abfal (obsolete)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: abfal (obsolete)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "abfal"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German abfal",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ab",
        "3": "Fall",
        "t1": "from",
        "t2": "fall"
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      "expansion": "ab- (“from”) + Fall (“fall”)",
      "name": "pre"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "Offall"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German Offall",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "afval"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch afval",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "offal"
      },
      "expansion": "English offal",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German abfal, abefal, equivalent to ab- (“from”) + Fall (“fall”). Compare German Low German Offall, Dutch afval, English offal.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Abfalles",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfalls",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfälle",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfall",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfälle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfalles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfalls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfälle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfall",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfalle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfällen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfall",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfälle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s,^e"
      },
      "expansion": "Abfall m (strong, genitive Abfalles or Abfalls, plural Abfälle)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Ab‧fall"
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s,^e"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Beifall"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "sense": "waste",
          "word": "Abfallwirtschaft"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "sense": "waste",
          "word": "Abfalleimer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "sense": "waste",
          "word": "Bauabfall"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "sense": "waste",
          "word": "Bioabfall"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "sense": "waste",
          "word": "Gartenabfall"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "radioactive waste",
          "text": "radioaktiver Abfall",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "waste, garbage, rubbish, litter"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "waste",
          "waste"
        ],
        [
          "garbage",
          "garbage"
        ],
        [
          "rubbish",
          "rubbish"
        ],
        [
          "litter",
          "litter"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Müll"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
          "english": "decline of pressure",
          "sense": "decline",
          "word": "Druckabfall"
        }
      ],
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        "decrease, decline, drop"
      ],
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          "decrease",
          "decrease"
        ],
        [
          "decline",
          "decline"
        ],
        [
          "drop",
          "drop"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
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          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Religion",
          "orig": "de:Religion",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "apostasy from the creed",
          "text": "Abfall vom Glauben",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "apostasy"
      ],
      "id": "en-Abfall-de-noun-p3sJeN2T",
      "links": [
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
          "apostasy",
          "apostasy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(religion) apostasy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "11 9 7 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 26 8 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German terms prefixed with ab-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 15 16 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 8 3 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1680, Franciszek à Mesgnien Meninski, “Abfall”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum (in Ottoman Turkish, Turkish, Latin, German, Italian, French, and Polish), Vienna, column 3865",
          "text": "کپنک kepenk. Decipula & janua seu fenestra lignea, quae elevatur in officinis, aut tabernis ad arcendam pluviam, umbramque captandam. Abfall/Ladenfall Trappola di casa, balconata di bottega. Lápáczká/dách u kramnicy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shutter, lid"
      ],
      "id": "en-Abfall-de-noun-s78c7fAx",
      "links": [
        [
          "shutter",
          "shutter"
        ],
        [
          "lid",
          "lid"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) shutter, lid"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈapfal]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Abfall.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c4/De-Abfall.ogg/De-Abfall.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/De-Abfall.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Abfall"
}
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    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms prefixed with ab-",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "sense": "waste",
      "word": "Abfallwirtschaft"
    },
    {
      "sense": "waste",
      "word": "Abfalleimer"
    },
    {
      "sense": "waste",
      "word": "Bauabfall"
    },
    {
      "sense": "waste",
      "word": "Bioabfall"
    },
    {
      "sense": "waste",
      "word": "Gartenabfall"
    },
    {
      "english": "decline of pressure",
      "sense": "decline",
      "word": "Druckabfall"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "pl",
            "2": "abfal",
            "bor": "1",
            "qq1": "obsolete"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: abfal (obsolete)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: abfal (obsolete)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "abfal"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German abfal",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ab",
        "3": "Fall",
        "t1": "from",
        "t2": "fall"
      },
      "expansion": "ab- (“from”) + Fall (“fall”)",
      "name": "pre"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "Offall"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German Offall",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "afval"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch afval",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "offal"
      },
      "expansion": "English offal",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German abfal, abefal, equivalent to ab- (“from”) + Fall (“fall”). Compare German Low German Offall, Dutch afval, English offal.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Abfalles",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfalls",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfälle",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfall",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfälle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfalles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfalls",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfälle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfall",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfalle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfällen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfall",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Abfälle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "m,(e)s,^e"
      },
      "expansion": "Abfall m (strong, genitive Abfalles or Abfalls, plural Abfälle)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Ab‧fall"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s,^e"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "Beifall"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "radioactive waste",
          "text": "radioaktiver Abfall",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "waste, garbage, rubbish, litter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "waste",
          "waste"
        ],
        [
          "garbage",
          "garbage"
        ],
        [
          "rubbish",
          "rubbish"
        ],
        [
          "litter",
          "litter"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Müll"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "decrease, decline, drop"
      ],
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        [
          "decrease",
          "decrease"
        ],
        [
          "decline",
          "decline"
        ],
        [
          "drop",
          "drop"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples",
        "de:Religion"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "apostasy from the creed",
          "text": "Abfall vom Glauben",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "apostasy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
          "apostasy",
          "apostasy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(religion) apostasy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
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        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "German terms with obsolete senses",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1680, Franciszek à Mesgnien Meninski, “Abfall”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum (in Ottoman Turkish, Turkish, Latin, German, Italian, French, and Polish), Vienna, column 3865",
          "text": "کپنک kepenk. Decipula & janua seu fenestra lignea, quae elevatur in officinis, aut tabernis ad arcendam pluviam, umbramque captandam. Abfall/Ladenfall Trappola di casa, balconata di bottega. Lápáczká/dách u kramnicy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shutter, lid"
      ],
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        [
          "shutter",
          "shutter"
        ],
        [
          "lid",
          "lid"
        ]
      ],
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        "(obsolete) shutter, lid"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈapfal]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Abfall.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/De-Abfall.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Abfall"
}

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