"Charakter" meaning in German

See Charakter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kaˈraktər/, [kaˈʁak.tɐ], /karakˈteːr/, [ka.ʁakˈteːɐ̯], [-ˈtɛɐ̯] Audio: De-Charakter.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German karacter, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “I engrave”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|karacter}} Middle High German karacter, {{der|de|la|character}} Latin character, {{der|de|grc|χαρακτήρ||type, nature, character}} Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,e:-}} Charakter m (strong, genitive Charakters, plural Charaktere or Charakter) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,e:-}} Forms: Charakters [genitive], Charaktere [plural], Charakter [plural], strong [table-tags], Charakter [nominative, singular], Charaktere [definite, nominative, plural], Charakter [definite, nominative, plural], Charakters [genitive, singular], Charaktere [definite, genitive, plural], Charakter [definite, genitive, plural], Charakter [dative, singular], Charakteren [dative, definite, plural], Charaktern [dative, definite, plural], Charakter [accusative, singular], Charaktere [accusative, definite, plural], Charakter [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. character; the totality of someone's personal qualities Tags: masculine, strong Synonyms: Persönlichkeit, Character, Karakter (english: noun 1; dated) Hyponyms: Gesellschaftscharakter, Individualcharakter, Halbmetallcharakter, Sozialcharakter Derived forms: charakterlos, Charakteristik, charakterisieren
    Sense id: en-Charakter-de-noun-DSMYleuC Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 41 12 14 2 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 45 10 10 4 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 7 7 3 31 Related terms: Charakterarmut, Charakterbuchstabe, Charaktereigenschaft, Charakterfehler, Charakterkunde, Charakterlehre, Charaktermangel, Charaktermord, Charakterschwäche, Charakterschwein, Charakterstärke, Charakterstruktur, Charakterstudie, Charakterzug
  2. character, characteristic feature or nature of a thing, place, or people Tags: masculine, strong Synonyms: Merkmal
    Sense id: en-Charakter-de-noun--Qk2GQ9k
  3. (becoming dated) character, symbol, written glyph Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Charakter-de-noun-G-hPf2EO
  4. (dated, possibly archaic) title, rank Tags: archaic, dated, masculine, possibly, strong
    Sense id: en-Charakter-de-noun-1HlGU89Q

Noun

IPA: /kaˈraktər/, [kaˈʁak.tɐ], /karakˈteːr/, [ka.ʁakˈteːɐ̯], [-ˈtɛɐ̯] Audio: De-Charakter.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German karacter, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “I engrave”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|karacter}} Middle High German karacter, {{der|de|la|character}} Latin character, {{der|de|grc|χαρακτήρ||type, nature, character}} Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,e}} Charakter m (strong, genitive Charakters, plural Charaktere) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,e}} Forms: Charakters [genitive], Charaktere [plural], strong [table-tags], Charakter [nominative, singular], Charaktere [definite, nominative, plural], Charakters [genitive, singular], Charaktere [definite, genitive, plural], Charakter [dative, singular], Charakteren [dative, definite, plural], Charakter [accusative, singular], Charaktere [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. a character; role/figure in a theatrical play, video game etc., which has a noticeable character (set of personal qualities) Tags: masculine, strong Related terms: Charakterdarsteller, Charakterrolle
    Sense id: en-Charakter-de-noun--9OZ81Ln

Inflected forms

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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Charaktere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Charakter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "m,,e:-"
      },
      "expansion": "Charakter m (strong, genitive Charakters, plural Charaktere or Charakter)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "Gesellschaftscharakter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Individualcharakter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Halbmetallcharakter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sozialcharakter"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,e:-"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Charakterarmut"
    },
    {
      "word": "Charakterbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Charaktereigenschaft"
    },
    {
      "word": "Charakterfehler"
    },
    {
      "word": "Charakterkunde"
    },
    {
      "word": "Charakterlehre"
    },
    {
      "word": "Charaktermangel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Charaktermord"
    },
    {
      "word": "Charakterschwäche"
    },
    {
      "word": "Charakterschwein"
    },
    {
      "word": "Charakterstärke"
    },
    {
      "word": "Charakterstruktur"
    },
    {
      "word": "Charakterstudie"
    },
    {
      "word": "Charakterzug"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with quotations",
        "German terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A man of excellent character.",
          "text": "Ein Mann von ausgezeichnetem Charakter.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1790, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Torquato Tasso, Leipzig:",
          "text": "Es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille, / Sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "character; the totality of someone's personal qualities"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Persönlichkeit"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the character of the city",
          "text": "der Charakter der Stadt",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the character of the people",
          "text": "der Charakter des Volkes",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the national character",
          "text": "der nationale Charakter",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "character, characteristic feature or nature of a thing, place, or people"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "characteristic",
          "characteristic"
        ],
        [
          "feature",
          "feature"
        ],
        [
          "nature",
          "nature"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Merkmal"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1979, Eduard Mörike, chapter 5, in Maler Nolten:",
          "text": "Er zog ein mit sonderbaren Charakteren geschriebenes Heft hervor, […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "character, symbol, written glyph"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "character",
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        ],
        [
          "symbol",
          "symbol"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "becoming dated",
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        "(becoming dated) character, symbol, written glyph"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German dated terms",
        "German terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "title, rank"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "title",
          "title"
        ],
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          "rank",
          "rank"
        ]
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        "(dated, possibly archaic) title, rank"
      ],
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        "dated",
        "masculine",
        "possibly",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈraktər/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaˈʁak.tɐ]"
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/karakˈteːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka.ʁakˈteːɐ̯]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-ˈtɛɐ̯]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Character"
    },
    {
      "english": "noun 1; dated",
      "word": "Karakter"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Charakter"
}

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  "categories": [
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    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "German terms derived from Latin",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
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    {
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German karacter",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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    },
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "χαρακτήρ",
        "4": "",
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "Charakters",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Charaktere",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Charakter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Charaktere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Charakters",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Charaktere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Charakter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Charakteren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Charakter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Charaktere",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,e"
      },
      "expansion": "Charakter m (strong, genitive Charakters, plural Charaktere)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,e"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Charakterdarsteller"
    },
    {
      "word": "Charakterrolle"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a character; role/figure in a theatrical play, video game etc., which has a noticeable character (set of personal qualities)"
      ],
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        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "role",
          "role"
        ],
        [
          "figure",
          "figure"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/kaˈraktər/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaˈʁak.tɐ]"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e1/De-Charakter.ogg/De-Charakter.ogg.mp3",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/karakˈteːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka.ʁakˈteːɐ̯]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-ˈtɛɐ̯]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Character"
    },
    {
      "english": "noun 1; dated",
      "word": "Karakter"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Charakter"
}

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