"Christkind" meaning in German

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈkʁɪstˌkɪnt/ Audio: De-Christkind.ogg Forms: Christkindes [genitive], Christkinds [genitive], Christkindchen [diminutive, neuter], Christkindlein [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: Christ (“Christ”) + Kind (“child”). Etymology templates: {{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 Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-Christkind-de-name-kGjHLfJA 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

Noun

IPA: /ˈkʁɪstˌkɪnt/ Audio: De-Christkind.ogg
Etymology: Christ (“Christ”) + Kind (“child”). Etymology templates: {{compound|de|Christ|Kind|t1=Christ|t2=child}} Christ (“Christ”) + Kind (“child”) Head templates: {{de-proper noun|n,(e)s,er}} Christkind n (proper noun, 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, proper-noun, 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, proper-noun, strong
    Sense id: en-Christkind-de-noun-jmb9b4KA Categories (other): Austrian German, Southern German
  3. (Austria, otherwise humorous) giver of a Christmas gift Tags: Austria, neuter, proper-noun, strong
    Sense id: en-Christkind-de-noun-Myt~BPCD Categories (other): Austrian German
  4. (humorous) someone born on Christmas Eve Tags: humorous, neuter, proper-noun, strong Categories (topical): Christmas
    Sense id: en-Christkind-de-noun-tLD7xSW8 Disambiguation of Christmas: 16 21 4 6 8 46 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 12 23 2 15 15 33

Inflected forms

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        "German humorous terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "giver of a Christmas gift"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "giver",
          "giver"
        ],
        [
          "Christmas",
          "Christmas"
        ],
        [
          "gift",
          "gift"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "otherwise humorous",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Austria, otherwise humorous) giver of a Christmas gift"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Austria",
        "neuter",
        "proper-noun",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German humorous terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "someone born on Christmas Eve"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "Christmas Eve",
          "Christmas Eve"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humorous) someone born on Christmas Eve"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "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",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "de:Christkind"
  ],
  "word": "Christkind"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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