"Agent" meaning in German

See Agent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: De-Agent.ogg
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin agēns. Etymology templates: {{etymon|de|:der|la:agēns<id:acting>|id=agent}}, {{der|de|la|agēns}} Latin agēns Head templates: {{de-noun|m.weak|f=in}} Agent m (weak, genitive Agenten, plural Agenten, feminine Agentin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m.weak}} Forms: Agenten [genitive], Agenten [plural], Agentin [feminine], weak [table-tags], Agent [nominative, singular], Agenten [definite, nominative, plural], Agenten [genitive, singular], Agenten [definite, genitive, plural], Agenten [dative, singular], Agenten [dative, definite, plural], Agenten [accusative, singular], Agenten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. agent (male or of unspecified gender) (intermediary for certain services, such as for artistic performances or public relations) Tags: masculine, weak
    Sense id: en-Agent-de-noun-bnO46~iz Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Occupations Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Occupations: 62 38
  2. agent, spy (male or of unspecified gender) (person working for a secret service) Tags: masculine, weak
    Sense id: en-Agent-de-noun-xY8yZIYf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: Doppelagent
Categories (other): Espionage Disambiguation of Espionage: 0 0

Inflected forms

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      "form": "Agentin",
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    "German terms derived from Proto-Italic",
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