"Alpaka" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /alˈpaka/ Audio: De-Alpaka.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa. Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|es|alpaca}} Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, {{der|de|ay|allpaqa}} Aymara allpaqa Head templates: {{de-noun|n,,s}} Alpaka n (strong, genitive Alpakas, plural Alpakas) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,,s}} Forms: Alpakas [genitive], Alpakas [plural], strong [table-tags], Alpaka [nominative, singular], Alpakas [definite, nominative, plural], Alpakas [genitive, singular], Alpakas [definite, genitive, plural], Alpaka [dative, singular], Alpakas [dative, definite, plural], Alpaka [accusative, singular], Alpakas [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. alpaca (mammal) Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Alpaka-de-noun-68xMbqpq
  2. alpaca, alpacca, nickel silver (metal alloy) Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Alpaka-de-noun-8aoa-V1D
  3. a type of guinea pig with long hair Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Alpaka-de-noun-Acitpv4G Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Camelids Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 2 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 95 Disambiguation of Camelids: 6 6 88

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "sense": "nickel silver",
      "word": "alpaka"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "alpaca"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Spanish alpaca",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ay",
        "3": "allpaqa"
      },
      "expansion": "Aymara allpaqa",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Alpakas",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alpakas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alpaka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alpakas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alpakas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alpakas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alpaka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alpakas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alpaka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alpakas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,,s"
      },
      "expansion": "Alpaka n (strong, genitive Alpakas, plural Alpakas)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,,s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "alpaca (mammal)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Alpaka-de-noun-68xMbqpq",
      "links": [
        [
          "alpaca",
          "alpaca"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "alpaca, alpacca, nickel silver (metal alloy)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Alpaka-de-noun-8aoa-V1D",
      "links": [
        [
          "alpaca",
          "alpaca"
        ],
        [
          "alpacca",
          "alpacca"
        ],
        [
          "nickel silver",
          "nickel silver"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 95",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 6 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Camelids",
          "orig": "de:Camelids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a type of guinea pig with long hair"
      ],
      "id": "en-Alpaka-de-noun-Acitpv4G",
      "links": [
        [
          "guinea pig",
          "guinea pig"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/alˈpaka/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Alpaka.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/De-Alpaka.ogg/De-Alpaka.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/De-Alpaka.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Alpaka"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms borrowed from Spanish",
    "German terms derived from Aymara",
    "German terms derived from Spanish",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "de:Camelids"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "sense": "nickel silver",
      "word": "alpaka"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "alpaca"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Spanish alpaca",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ay",
        "3": "allpaqa"
      },
      "expansion": "Aymara allpaqa",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Alpakas",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alpakas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alpaka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alpakas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alpakas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alpakas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alpaka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alpakas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alpaka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alpakas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,,s"
      },
      "expansion": "Alpaka n (strong, genitive Alpakas, plural Alpakas)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,,s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "alpaca (mammal)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alpaca",
          "alpaca"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "alpaca, alpacca, nickel silver (metal alloy)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alpaca",
          "alpaca"
        ],
        [
          "alpacca",
          "alpacca"
        ],
        [
          "nickel silver",
          "nickel silver"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a type of guinea pig with long hair"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "guinea pig",
          "guinea pig"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/alˈpaka/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Alpaka.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/De-Alpaka.ogg/De-Alpaka.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/De-Alpaka.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Alpaka"
}

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