"Chamäleon" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /kaˈmɛːleˌɔn/ [Germany], /kaˈmeːleˌɔn/ [Austria] Audio: De-Chamäleon.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin chamaeleōn, from Ancient Greek χᾰμαιλέων (khămailéōn). Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|la|chamaeleōn}} Borrowed from Latin chamaeleōn, {{der|de|grc|χᾰμαιλέων}} Ancient Greek χᾰμαιλέων (khămailéōn) Head templates: {{de-noun|n,,s}} Chamäleon n (strong, genitive Chamäleons, plural Chamäleons) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,,s}} Forms: Chamäleons [genitive], Chamäleons [plural], strong [table-tags], Chamäleon [nominative, singular], Chamäleons [definite, nominative, plural], Chamäleons [genitive, singular], Chamäleons [definite, genitive, plural], Chamäleon [dative, singular], Chamäleons [dative, definite, plural], Chamäleon [accusative, singular], Chamäleons [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. chameleon Tags: neuter, strong Synonyms: Wurmzüngler
    Sense id: en-Chamäleon-de-noun-71jvPB4y
  2. (colloquial) flip-flopper Tags: colloquial, neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Chamäleon-de-noun-HzRPmULD
  3. (astronomy) Chamaeleon Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Chamäleon-de-noun-rDf66zyL Categories (other): Constellations, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Lizards Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 19 3 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 5 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 96 Disambiguation of Lizards: 4 4 93 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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