"Altertum" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: [ˈʔaltɐtuːm] Audio: De-Altertum.ogg
Etymology: From Alter + -tum. Etymology templates: {{suffix|de|Alter|tum}} Alter + -tum Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(e)s,^er}} Altertum n (strong, genitive Altertumes or Altertums, plural Altertümer) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(e)s,^er}} Forms: Altertumes [genitive], Altertums [genitive], Altertümer [plural], strong [table-tags], Altertum [nominative, singular], Altertümer [definite, nominative, plural], Altertumes [genitive, singular], Altertums [genitive, singular], Altertümer [definite, genitive, plural], Altertum [dative, singular], Altertume [dative, singular], Altertümern [dative, definite, plural], Altertum [accusative, singular], Altertümer [accusative, definite, plural], Alterthum [alternative]
  1. antiquity Tags: neuter, strong Derived forms: altertümlich, Altertumskunde, Altertumswissenschaft

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Alter",
        "3": "tum"
      },
      "expansion": "Alter + -tum",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Alter + -tum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Altertumes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altertums",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altertümer",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altertum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altertümer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altertumes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altertums",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altertümer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altertum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altertume",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altertümern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altertum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altertümer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alterthum",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s,^er"
      },
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      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
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  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s,^er"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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        {
          "word": "altertümlich"
        },
        {
          "word": "Altertumskunde"
        },
        {
          "word": "Altertumswissenschaft"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Humanism shall be a spiritual movement that is rooted in an urge for the revival of the classical antiquity.",
          "ref": "1930, Paul Joachimsen, “Der Humanismus und die Entwicklung des deutschen Geistes”, in Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte, 8, page 419:",
          "text": "Humanismus soll eine geistige Bewegung sein, die in einem Drang nach Wiederbelebung des klassischen Altertums wurzelt.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        [
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          "antiquity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔaltɐtuːm]"
    },
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      "word": "altertümlich"
    },
    {
      "word": "Altertumskunde"
    },
    {
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    }
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Alter + -tum.",
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      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altertümer",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altertümer",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altertümer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altertum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altertume",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altertümern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altertum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Altertümer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alterthum",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "n,(e)s,^er"
      },
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      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
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  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s,^er"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "German lemmas",
        "German neuter nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms suffixed with -tum",
        "German terms with quotations",
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        "Pages with entries"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Humanism shall be a spiritual movement that is rooted in an urge for the revival of the classical antiquity.",
          "ref": "1930, Paul Joachimsen, “Der Humanismus und die Entwicklung des deutschen Geistes”, in Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte, 8, page 419:",
          "text": "Humanismus soll eine geistige Bewegung sein, die in einem Drang nach Wiederbelebung des klassischen Altertums wurzelt.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        [
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          "antiquity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[ˈʔaltɐtuːm]"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Altertum"
}

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