"All" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: [ʔal] Audio: De-All.ogg Forms: Alls [genitive], neuter strong [table-tags], All [nominative, singular], Alls [genitive, singular], All [dative, singular], All [accusative, singular]
Rhymes: -al Etymology: Substantivized neuter singular of the adjective all (“all”), without pronominal ending; from Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz. Present meaning “cosmos” from the 2nd half of the 17th century onwards. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*all}} Proto-West Germanic *all, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*allaz}} Proto-Germanic *allaz Head templates: {{de-noun|n.sg}} All n (strong, genitive Alls, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n.sg}}
  1. cosmos Tags: neuter, no-plural, strong Synonyms: Weltall Derived forms: Weltall

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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  "etymology_text": "Substantivized neuter singular of the adjective all (“all”), without pronominal ending; from Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz. Present meaning “cosmos” from the 2nd half of the 17th century onwards.",
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      "form": "Alls",
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    },
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      "form": "neuter strong",
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        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "All",
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    },
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      "form": "All",
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Astronomy",
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          "name": "Space",
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          "english": "Civilization and Its Discontents",
          "ref": "1930, Sigmund Freud, Das Unbehagen in der Kultur [Civilization and Its Discontents], Vienna: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag:",
          "text": "Es ist überhaupt nicht durchführbar, alle Einrichtungen des Alls widerstreben ihm; man möchte sagen, die Absicht, daß der Mensch »glücklich« sei, ist im Plan der »Schöpfung« nicht enthalten.",
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        }
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    },
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        "singular"
      ]
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    }
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        "German neuter nouns",
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        "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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        "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations",
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        "Rhymes:German/al/1 syllable",
        "de:Astronomy",
        "de:Space"
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          "text": "Es ist überhaupt nicht durchführbar, alle Einrichtungen des Alls widerstreben ihm; man möchte sagen, die Absicht, daß der Mensch »glücklich« sei, ist im Plan der »Schöpfung« nicht enthalten.",
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    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for All meaning in German (2.7kB)

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