See Degen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"de:History"
],
"glosses": [
"hero, warrior, soldier"
],
"links": [
[
"history",
"history"
],
[
"hero",
"hero"
],
[
"warrior",
"warrior"
],
[
"soldier",
"soldier"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic, poetic, history) hero, warrior, soldier"
],
"senseid": [
"de:hero"
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"masculine",
"poetic",
"strong"
],
"topics": [
"history",
"human-sciences",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈdeːɡən/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈdeː.ɡŋ̍]"
},
{
"ipa": "[-ɡən]"
},
{
"audio": "De-Degen.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b7/De-Degen.ogg/De-Degen.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/De-Degen.ogg"
}
],
"word": "Degen"
}
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