"Brandstifter" meaning in German

See Brandstifter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbrantˌʃtɪftər/, [ˈbʁan(t)ˌʃtɪf.tɐ] Audio: De-Brandstifter.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: 16th century, from Brand (“fire”) + stiften (“to bring about”) + -er (agentive suffix). The formation appears to be of Lower Rhenish origin, being first attested as Ripuarian brant stichter (1507) and Dutch brandtstichter (1542), both with the development ft > cht (as in Nichte etc.). Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gmw-cfr}}, {{af|de|Brand|stiften|-er|id3=agent noun|pos3=agentive suffix|t1=fire|t2=to bring about}} Brand (“fire”) + stiften (“to bring about”) + -er (agentive suffix), {{der|de|nl|brandstichter|brandtstichter}} Dutch brandtstichter Head templates: {{de-noun|m|f=in}} Brandstifter m (strong, genitive Brandstifters, plural Brandstifter, feminine Brandstifterin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Brandstifters [genitive], Brandstifter [plural], Brandstifterin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Brandstifter [nominative, singular], Brandstifter [definite, nominative, plural], Brandstifters [genitive, singular], Brandstifter [definite, genitive, plural], Brandstifter [dative, singular], Brandstiftern [dative, definite, plural], Brandstifter [accusative, singular], Brandstifter [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. arsonist (person who has committed the act of arson) Wikipedia link: Lower Rhine Tags: masculine, strong Hyponyms: Serienbrandstifter Related terms: Brandstiftung

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "brandstifter"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "lang_code": "lb",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "Brandstëfter"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "brandstiftare"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
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        "2": "gmw-cfr"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Brand",
        "3": "stiften",
        "4": "-er",
        "id3": "agent noun",
        "pos3": "agentive suffix",
        "t1": "fire",
        "t2": "to bring about"
      },
      "expansion": "Brand (“fire”) + stiften (“to bring about”) + -er (agentive suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "brandstichter",
        "4": "brandtstichter"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch brandtstichter",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "16th century, from Brand (“fire”) + stiften (“to bring about”) + -er (agentive suffix). The formation appears to be of Lower Rhenish origin, being first attested as Ripuarian brant stichter (1507) and Dutch brandtstichter (1542), both with the development ft > cht (as in Nichte etc.).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Brandstifters",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Brandstifter",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Brandstifterin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Brandstifter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Brandstifter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Brandstifters",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Brandstifter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Brandstifter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Brandstiftern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Brandstifter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Brandstifter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "Brandstifter m (strong, genitive Brandstifters, plural Brandstifter, feminine Brandstifterin)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Brand",
        "stif",
        "ter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Crime",
          "orig": "de:Crime",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Fire",
          "orig": "de:Fire",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "de:People",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "arsonist (person who has committed the act of arson)"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Serienbrandstifter"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-Brandstifter-de-noun-NXkbzMTh",
      "links": [
        [
          "arsonist",
          "arsonist"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Brandstiftung"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Lower Rhine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbrantˌʃtɪftər/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbʁan(t)ˌʃtɪf.tɐ]"
    },
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      "audio": "De-Brandstifter.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/De-Brandstifter.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Brandstifter"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "brandstifter"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "lang_code": "lb",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "Brandstëfter"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "brandstiftare"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-cfr"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Brand",
        "3": "stiften",
        "4": "-er",
        "id3": "agent noun",
        "pos3": "agentive suffix",
        "t1": "fire",
        "t2": "to bring about"
      },
      "expansion": "Brand (“fire”) + stiften (“to bring about”) + -er (agentive suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "brandstichter",
        "4": "brandtstichter"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch brandtstichter",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "16th century, from Brand (“fire”) + stiften (“to bring about”) + -er (agentive suffix). The formation appears to be of Lower Rhenish origin, being first attested as Ripuarian brant stichter (1507) and Dutch brandtstichter (1542), both with the development ft > cht (as in Nichte etc.).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Brandstifters",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Brandstifter",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Brandstifterin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Brandstifter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Brandstifter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Brandstifters",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Brandstifter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Brandstifter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Brandstiftern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Brandstifter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Brandstifter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "Brandstifter m (strong, genitive Brandstifters, plural Brandstifter, feminine Brandstifterin)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Brand",
        "stif",
        "ter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "Serienbrandstifter"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
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      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Brandstiftung"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "German compound terms",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms derived from Central Franconian",
        "German terms derived from Dutch",
        "German terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "de:Crime",
        "de:Fire",
        "de:People"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "arsonist (person who has committed the act of arson)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "arsonist",
          "arsonist"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbrantˌʃtɪftər/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbʁan(t)ˌʃtɪf.tɐ]"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/De-Brandstifter.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Brandstifter"
}

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