See Draht in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
[
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],
[
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"Draat#Low_German"
],
[
"thread",
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],
[
"tråd",
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],
[
"þráður",
"þráður#Icelandic"
]
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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},
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"name": "cog"
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},
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},
{
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},
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},
{
"args": {
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "is",
"2": "þráður"
},
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}
],
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"German nouns",
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"German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"German terms inherited from Middle High German",
"German terms inherited from Old High German",
"German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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{
"word": "drahtlos"
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{
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{
"word": "guter Draht"
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{
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],
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[
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrēduz"
],
[
"*treh₁-tu-",
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[
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],
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"draad",
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],
[
"Draat",
"Draat#Low_German"
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[
"thread",
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[
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[
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{
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"1": "sv",
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"word": "Drahtsieb"
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{
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},
{
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{
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},
{
"word": "Golddraht"
},
{
"word": "Kaninchendraht"
},
{
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},
{
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},
{
"word": "Nanodraht"
},
{
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{
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],
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}
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