"Birne" meaning in German

See Birne in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɪrnə/, [ˈbɪɐ̯nə], [ˈbɪʁnə], [ˈbɪrnə] Audio: De-at-Birne.ogg , De-Birne.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German bire, bir, from Old High German bira, pira, from Vulgar Latin pira, reanalysis of the plural of Latin pirum. Early Modern German birn is from the Middle High German plural and dative/genitive singular, whence a double plural birnen was formed. The contemporary Birne is a new backformation from this plural (perhaps influenced also by the older, still dialectal form bire). Thus, between Latin and modern German, the word was reformed on the basis of the plural three times. Cognate with Alemannic German Bire. Etymology templates: {{der|de|gmh|bire}} Middle High German bire, {{der|de|goh|bira}} Old High German bira, {{der|de|la-vul|pira}} Vulgar Latin pira, {{der|de|la|pirum}} Latin pirum, {{cog|gsw|Bire}} Alemannic German Bire Head templates: {{de-noun|f|dim=chen}} Birne f (genitive Birne, plural Birnen, diminutive Birnchen n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Birne [genitive], Birnen [plural], Birnchen [diminutive, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], Birne [nominative, singular], Birnen [definite, nominative, plural], Birne [genitive, singular], Birnen [definite, genitive, plural], Birne [dative, singular], Birnen [dative, definite, plural], Birne [accusative, singular], Birnen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. pear Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Birne-de-noun-l8--h1Ma Categories (other): Fruits, Pome fruits Disambiguation of Fruits: 50 5 45 Disambiguation of Pome fruits: 55 2 43
  2. lightbulb Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Birne-de-noun-vu2c2WE-
  3. (colloquial) head, bonce, noggin Tags: colloquial, feminine Synonyms: Rübe, Schädel, Dötz, Dez
    Sense id: en-Birne-de-noun-BKiyhO-Z Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Body parts, Fruits, Light sources Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 4 7 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 12 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 5 91 Disambiguation of Body parts: 6 8 86 Disambiguation of Fruits: 50 5 45 Disambiguation of Light sources: 33 16 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Abbruchbirne, Abrissbirne, birnenförmig, Birnenkompott, Birnenmus, Birnensaft, Birnenschnaps, Birnensorte, Butterbirne, Erdbirne, Glühbirne, Grundbirne, Kochbirne, Leuchtbirne, Saftbirne, Tafelbirne, Williamsbirne

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "birnenförmig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Birnenkompott"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Birnenmus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Birnensaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Birnenschnaps"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Birnensorte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Butterbirne"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Erdbirne"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Glühbirne"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Grundbirne"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Kochbirne"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Leuchtbirne"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Saftbirne"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Tafelbirne"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Williamsbirne"
    }
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "parents": [
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        },
        {
          "word": "Schädel"
        },
        {
          "word": "Dötz"
        },
        {
          "word": "Dez"
        }
      ],
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        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɪrnə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbɪɐ̯nə]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbɪʁnə]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbɪrnə]"
    },
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  ],
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}
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    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Latin",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
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    },
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      "word": "Abrissbirne"
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      "word": "birnenförmig"
    },
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      "word": "Birnenkompott"
    },
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      "word": "Birnenmus"
    },
    {
      "word": "Birnensaft"
    },
    {
      "word": "Birnenschnaps"
    },
    {
      "word": "Birnensorte"
    },
    {
      "word": "Butterbirne"
    },
    {
      "word": "Erdbirne"
    },
    {
      "word": "Glühbirne"
    },
    {
      "word": "Grundbirne"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kochbirne"
    },
    {
      "word": "Leuchtbirne"
    },
    {
      "word": "Saftbirne"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tafelbirne"
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      "ipa": "[ˈbɪɐ̯nə]"
    },
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