"Dose" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdoːzə/ Audio: De-Dose.ogg
Etymology: Spread via the Lower Rhineland from Middle Low German dōse and Middle Dutch dose. Probably from Latin dosis (“dose”), with semantic shift "a small amount (dose) of medicine" > "a container of such a dose of medicine" > "containers in general". Etymology templates: {{der|de|gml|dōse}} Middle Low German dōse, {{der|de|dum|dose}} Middle Dutch dose, {{der|de|la|dosis|t=dose}} Latin dosis (“dose”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f|dim=^chen,^lein}} Dose f (genitive Dose, plural Dosen, diminutive Döschen n or Döslein n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Dose [genitive], Dosen [plural], Döschen [diminutive, neuter], Döslein [diminutive, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], Dose [nominative, singular], Dosen [definite, nominative, plural], Dose [genitive, singular], Dosen [definite, genitive, plural], Dose [dative, singular], Dosen [dative, definite, plural], Dose [accusative, singular], Dosen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. box (container made from metal or plastic, less often wood) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Dose-de-noun-evI5TaTM Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 10 48 3 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 43 3 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 40 2 40 Derived forms: Bierdose, Blechdose, Coladose, Doseninhalt, Dosennahrung, Dosenöffner, eindosen, Holzdose, Konservendose, Metalldose, Plastikdose, Puderdose, Sprühdose, Steckdose, Unterputzdose
  2. tin, can (air-tight container for food) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Containers Synonyms: Büchse
    Sense id: en-Dose-de-noun-O5R9Ci0s Disambiguation of Containers: 28 39 2 31 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 10 48 3 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 43 3 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 40 2 40
  3. (informal, often diminutive) vagina, vulva Tags: diminutive, feminine, informal, often
    Sense id: en-Dose-de-noun-mdaSZ3DF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: Dose [genitive], Dosen [plural]
Etymology: From German Low German Dose, Döse, Dös, "moor", "light-coloured layer in a peat moor", or from its source, Middle Low German dose (“light-coloured peat”). Perhaps related to German Dost. Some sources have suggested a possible connection to dösig, but if there is any connection, it is not obvious. Etymology templates: {{bor|de|nds-de|Dose}} German Low German Dose, {{der|de|gml|dose||light-coloured peat}} Middle Low German dose (“light-coloured peat”), {{m+|de|Dost}} German Dost Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Dose f (genitive Dose, plural Dosen)
  1. a (small) moor in northwestern Germany (now chiefly in placenames) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Dose-de-noun-lPw2m6qD Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 10 48 3 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 43 3 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 40 2 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1928, August Kleene, Die Strassen Oldenburgs, geographisch betrachtet, page 7:",
          "text": "[…] Kesselmooren (Dose-Moor bei Molbergen, Elsterfeld bei Elsten).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1929, Josef Johann Böckenhoff-Grewing, Landwirtschaft und bauerntum im kreise Hümmling, page 50:",
          "text": "[…] Geestrücken das Tal ein und treten oft unmittelbar an das Niedermoor heran. Das Mittelradde-Marka-Tal. Auf der Wasserscheide im Mittelradde-Marka-Tal liegt ein Moosmoor, eine Dose.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a (small) moor in northwestern Germany (now chiefly in placenames)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "moor",
          "moor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Dose"
}

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