"Christkind" meaning in German

See Christkind in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈkʁɪstˌkɪnt/ Audio: De-Christkind.ogg [Germany, Berlin] Forms: Christkindes [genitive], Christkinds [genitive], Christkindchen [diminutive, neuter], Christkindlein [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: Christ (“Christ”) + Kind (“child”). Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|Christ<t:Christ>|Kind<t:child>}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "produce", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ǵenh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*kinþą", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*kind", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old High German", "term" : "kind", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "goh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle High German", "term" : "kint", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Kind", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Christkind", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Christkind">, {{compound|de|Christ|Kind|t1=Christ|t2=child}} Christ (“Christ”) + Kind (“child”) Head templates: {{de-proper noun|n,(e)s|dim=chen,lein}} Christkind n (proper noun, strong, genitive Christkindes or Christkinds, diminutive Christkindchen n or Christkindlein n)
  1. (Christianity) Baby Jesus Tags: neuter, proper-noun, strong
    Sense id: en-Christkind-de-name-kGjHLfJA Categories (other): Christianity, Pages using etymon with no ID, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 21 12 19 4 10 10 23 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 10 23 9 16 16 25 Topics: Christianity
  2. A fictional angel-like creature, typically thought of as an apparition of Baby Jesus, which traditionally takes the place of Santa Claus as a bringer of Christmas presents in the German-language area, particularly but not exclusively in Catholic regions. Tags: neuter, proper-noun, strong
    Sense id: en-Christkind-de-name-ROfhDn06 Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, German entries referencing missing etymons, German entries with incorrect language header, Christmas Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 21 12 19 4 10 10 23 Disambiguation of German entries referencing missing etymons: 10 26 8 20 20 17 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 10 23 9 16 16 25 Disambiguation of Christmas: 0 17 0 22 31 31

Noun

IPA: /ˈkʁɪstˌkɪnt/ Audio: De-Christkind.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Christ (“Christ”) + Kind (“child”). Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|Christ<t:Christ>|Kind<t:child>}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "produce", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ǵenh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*kinþą", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*kind", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old High German", "term" : "kind", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "goh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle High German", "term" : "kint", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Kind", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Christkind", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Christkind">, {{compound|de|Christ|Kind|t1=Christ|t2=child}} Christ (“Christ”) + Kind (“child”) Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(e)s,er}} Christkind n (strong, genitive Christkindes or Christkinds, plural Christkinder) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(e)s,er}} Forms: Christkindes [genitive], Christkinds [genitive], Christkinder [plural], strong [table-tags], Christkind [nominative, singular], Christkinder [definite, nominative, plural], Christkindes [genitive, singular], Christkinds [genitive, singular], Christkinder [definite, genitive, plural], Christkind [dative, singular], Christkinde [dative, singular], Christkindern [dative, definite, plural], Christkind [accusative, singular], Christkinder [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. A representation of the Christkind (as above) Tags: neuter, strong Derived forms: Christkindel, Christkindelein, Christkindl, Christkindli, Christkindlin (english: additional diminutives) [archaic, regional] Related terms: Christkindlmarkt, Weihnachtsmann
    Sense id: en-Christkind-de-noun-D6faXe6z
  2. (Austria, Southern Germany) Christmas gift Tags: Austria, Southern-Germany, neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Christkind-de-noun-jmb9b4KA Categories (other): Austrian German, Southern German, Pages using etymon with no ID, German entries with incorrect language header, Christmas Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 21 12 19 4 10 10 23 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 10 23 9 16 16 25 Disambiguation of Christmas: 0 17 0 22 31 31
  3. (Austria, otherwise humorous) giver of a Christmas gift Tags: Austria, neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Christkind-de-noun-Myt~BPCD Categories (other): Austrian German, Pages using etymon with no ID, German entries with incorrect language header, Christmas Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 21 12 19 4 10 10 23 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 10 23 9 16 16 25 Disambiguation of Christmas: 0 17 0 22 31 31
  4. (humorous) someone born on Christmas Eve Tags: humorous, neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Christkind-de-noun-tLD7xSW8 Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, German entries with incorrect language header, Christmas Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 21 12 19 4 10 10 23 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 10 23 9 16 16 25 Disambiguation of Christmas: 0 17 0 22 31 31

Inflected forms

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      "name": "ety"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Christ",
        "3": "Kind",
        "t1": "Christ",
        "t2": "child"
      },
      "expansion": "Christ (“Christ”) + Kind (“child”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Christ (“Christ”) + Kind (“child”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Christkindes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Christkinds",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Christkindchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Christkindlein",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s",
        "dim": "chen,lein"
      },
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      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Christianity"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Baby Jesus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "Baby",
          "baby"
        ],
        [
          "Jesus",
          "Jesus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Christianity) Baby Jesus"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "proper-noun",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A fictional angel-like creature, typically thought of as an apparition of Baby Jesus, which traditionally takes the place of Santa Claus as a bringer of Christmas presents in the German-language area, particularly but not exclusively in Catholic regions."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fictional",
          "fictional"
        ],
        [
          "angel",
          "angel"
        ],
        [
          "creature",
          "creature"
        ],
        [
          "apparition",
          "apparition"
        ],
        [
          "traditional",
          "traditional"
        ],
        [
          "Santa Claus",
          "Santa Claus"
        ],
        [
          "Christmas",
          "Christmas"
        ],
        [
          "present",
          "present"
        ],
        [
          "German",
          "German"
        ],
        [
          "Catholic",
          "Catholic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "proper-noun",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʁɪstˌkɪnt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Christkind.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/De-Christkind.ogg/De-Christkind.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/De-Christkind.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Christkind"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "German compound terms",
    "German entries referencing missing etymons",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German proper nouns",
    "German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "de:Christmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Christkindel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Christkindelein"
    },
    {
      "word": "Christkindl"
    },
    {
      "word": "Christkindli"
    },
    {
      "english": "additional diminutives",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "regional"
      ],
      "translation": "additional diminutives",
      "word": "Christkindlin"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Cajun French",
      "lang_code": "frc",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Christine"
    }
  ],
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    }
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    {
      "form": "Christkindes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Christkinds",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Christkinder",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Christkind",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Christkinder",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Christkindes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Christkinds",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Christkinder",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Christkind",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Christkinde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Christkindern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Christkind",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Christkinder",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s,er"
      },
      "expansion": "Christkind n (strong, genitive Christkindes or Christkinds, plural Christkinder)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s,er"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Christkindlmarkt"
    },
    {
      "word": "Weihnachtsmann"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A representation of the Christkind (as above)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Austrian German",
        "Southern German"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Christmas gift"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Christmas",
          "Christmas"
        ],
        [
          "gift",
          "gift"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Austria, Southern Germany) Christmas gift"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Austria",
        "Southern-Germany",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Austrian German",
        "German humorous terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "giver of a Christmas gift"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "giver",
          "giver"
        ],
        [
          "Christmas",
          "Christmas"
        ],
        [
          "gift",
          "gift"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "otherwise humorous",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Austria, otherwise humorous) giver of a Christmas gift"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Austria",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German humorous terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "someone born on Christmas Eve"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Christmas Eve",
          "Christmas Eve"
        ]
      ],
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        "(humorous) someone born on Christmas Eve"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʁɪstˌkɪnt/"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Christkind"
}

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