"Eber" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈeːbɐ/ Audio: De-Eber.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From Middle High German ëber, from Old High German ëbur, from Proto-West Germanic *ebur, from Proto-Germanic *eburaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-r-. Cognate with Dutch ever, Latin aper, Serbo-Croatian vepar. Despite the similarity in form and meaning, not related to obsolete dialectal Bär (“boar”) or to Bär (“bear”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|ëber}} Middle High German ëber, {{inh|de|goh|ëbur}} Old High German ëbur, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*ebur}} Proto-West Germanic *ebur, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*eburaz}} Proto-Germanic *eburaz, {{der|de|ine-pro|*h₁ep-r-}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-r-, {{cog|nl|ever}} Dutch ever, {{cog|la|aper}} Latin aper, {{cog|sh|vepar}} Serbo-Croatian vepar Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Eber m (strong, genitive Ebers, plural Eber) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Ebers [genitive], Eber [plural], strong [table-tags], Eber [nominative, singular], Eber [definite, nominative, plural], Ebers [genitive, singular], Eber [definite, genitive, plural], Eber [dative, singular], Ebern [dative, definite, plural], Eber [accusative, singular], Eber [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. boar (male pig, especially domestic) Tags: masculine, strong Synonyms: Keiler Derived forms: Eberspieß (english: boar-spear), Eberwurz (english: carline thistle), Eberzahn (english: boar's tusk), Zuchteber (english: herd boar)

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "ëber"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German ëber",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "ëbur"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German ëbur",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*ebur"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *ebur",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*eburaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *eburaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁ep-r-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-r-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ever"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch ever",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "aper"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin aper",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "vepar"
      },
      "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian vepar",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German ëber, from Old High German ëbur, from Proto-West Germanic *ebur, from Proto-Germanic *eburaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-r-.\nCognate with Dutch ever, Latin aper, Serbo-Croatian vepar. Despite the similarity in form and meaning, not related to obsolete dialectal Bär (“boar”) or to Bär (“bear”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ebers",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eber",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ebers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ebern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Eber m (strong, genitive Ebers, plural Eber)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Male animals",
          "orig": "de:Male animals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Pigs",
          "orig": "de:Pigs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "boar-spear",
          "translation": "boar-spear",
          "word": "Eberspieß"
        },
        {
          "english": "carline thistle",
          "translation": "carline thistle",
          "word": "Eberwurz"
        },
        {
          "english": "boar's tusk",
          "translation": "boar's tusk",
          "word": "Eberzahn"
        },
        {
          "english": "herd boar",
          "translation": "herd boar",
          "word": "Zuchteber"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "boar (male pig, especially domestic)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Eber-de-noun-Ns89L180",
      "links": [
        [
          "boar",
          "boar"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Keiler"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeːbɐ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Eber.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f4/De-Eber.ogg/De-Eber.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/De-Eber.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Eber"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "boar-spear",
      "translation": "boar-spear",
      "word": "Eberspieß"
    },
    {
      "english": "carline thistle",
      "translation": "carline thistle",
      "word": "Eberwurz"
    },
    {
      "english": "boar's tusk",
      "translation": "boar's tusk",
      "word": "Eberzahn"
    },
    {
      "english": "herd boar",
      "translation": "herd boar",
      "word": "Zuchteber"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "ëber"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German ëber",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "ëbur"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German ëbur",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*ebur"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *ebur",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*eburaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *eburaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁ep-r-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-r-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ever"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch ever",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "aper"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin aper",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "vepar"
      },
      "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian vepar",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German ëber, from Old High German ëbur, from Proto-West Germanic *ebur, from Proto-Germanic *eburaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-r-.\nCognate with Dutch ever, Latin aper, Serbo-Croatian vepar. Despite the similarity in form and meaning, not related to obsolete dialectal Bär (“boar”) or to Bär (“bear”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ebers",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eber",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ebers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ebern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Eber m (strong, genitive Ebers, plural Eber)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms derived from Middle High German",
        "German terms derived from Old High German",
        "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "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",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "de:Male animals",
        "de:Pigs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "boar (male pig, especially domestic)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boar",
          "boar"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Keiler"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeːbɐ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Eber.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f4/De-Eber.ogg/De-Eber.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/De-Eber.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Eber"
}

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