"Ehefrau" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈeːəˌfʁaʊ̯/ Audio: De-Ehefrau.ogg
Etymology: From Ehe (“marriage”) + Frau (“woman”). Etymology templates: {{compound|de|Ehe|Frau|gloss1=marriage|gloss2=woman}} Ehe (“marriage”) + Frau (“woman”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f|dim=chen|m=Ehemann}} Ehefrau f (genitive Ehefrau, plural Ehefrauen, diminutive Ehefrauchen n, masculine Ehemann) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Ehefrau [genitive], Ehefrauen [plural], Ehefrauchen [diminutive, neuter], Ehemann [masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], Ehefrau [nominative, singular], Ehefrauen [definite, nominative, plural], Ehefrau [genitive, singular], Ehefrauen [definite, genitive, plural], Ehefrau [dative, singular], Ehefrauen [dative, definite, plural], Ehefrau [accusative, singular], Ehefrauen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. married woman, wife Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Female family members, Marriage Synonyms: Ehegattin, Gattin, Gemahlin, Frau, Angetraute, Eheweib Derived forms: Exehefrau, Ex-Ehefrau, Nochehefrau, Noch-Ehefrau, Scheißehefrau, Scheiß-Ehefrau
    Sense id: en-Ehefrau-de-noun-pLcNCuCQ Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Ehe",
        "3": "Frau",
        "gloss1": "marriage",
        "gloss2": "woman"
      },
      "expansion": "Ehe (“marriage”) + Frau (“woman”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ehe (“marriage”) + Frau (“woman”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ehefrau",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ehefrauen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ehefrauchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ehemann",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ehefrau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ehefrauen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ehefrau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ehefrauen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ehefrau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ehefrauen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ehefrau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ehefrauen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "dim": "chen",
        "m": "Ehemann"
      },
      "expansion": "Ehefrau f (genitive Ehefrau, plural Ehefrauen, diminutive Ehefrauchen n, masculine Ehemann)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Ehe‧frau"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Ehemann"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ehegatte"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gatte"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gemahl"
        },
        {
          "word": "Mann"
        },
        {
          "word": "Angetrauter"
        }
      ],
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          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Female family members",
          "orig": "de:Female family members",
          "parents": [
            "Family members",
            "Female people",
            "Family",
            "Female",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Marriage",
          "orig": "de:Marriage",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Family",
            "Society",
            "People",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Exehefrau"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ex-Ehefrau"
        },
        {
          "word": "Nochehefrau"
        },
        {
          "word": "Noch-Ehefrau"
        },
        {
          "word": "Scheißehefrau"
        },
        {
          "word": "Scheiß-Ehefrau"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "married woman, wife"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ehefrau-de-noun-pLcNCuCQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "married",
          "married"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ],
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Ehegattin"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gattin"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gemahlin"
        },
        {
          "word": "Frau"
        },
        {
          "word": "Angetraute"
        },
        {
          "word": "Eheweib"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeːəˌfʁaʊ̯/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Ehefrau.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/96/De-Ehefrau.ogg/De-Ehefrau.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/De-Ehefrau.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ehefrau"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Exehefrau"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ex-Ehefrau"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nochehefrau"
    },
    {
      "word": "Noch-Ehefrau"
    },
    {
      "word": "Scheißehefrau"
    },
    {
      "word": "Scheiß-Ehefrau"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "3": "Frau",
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      },
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      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ehe (“marriage”) + Frau (“woman”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ehefrau",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ehefrauen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ehefrauchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ehemann",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ehefrau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ehefrauen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ehefrau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ehefrauen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ehefrau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ehefrauen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ehefrau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ehefrauen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "dim": "chen",
        "m": "Ehemann"
      },
      "expansion": "Ehefrau f (genitive Ehefrau, plural Ehefrauen, diminutive Ehefrauchen n, masculine Ehemann)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Ehe‧frau"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Ehemann"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ehegatte"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gatte"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gemahl"
        },
        {
          "word": "Mann"
        },
        {
          "word": "Angetrauter"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "German compound terms",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German feminine nouns",
        "German lemmas",
        "German nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "de:Female family members",
        "de:Marriage"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "married woman, wife"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "married",
          "married"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ],
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Ehegattin"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gattin"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gemahlin"
        },
        {
          "word": "Frau"
        },
        {
          "word": "Angetraute"
        },
        {
          "word": "Eheweib"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeːəˌfʁaʊ̯/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Ehefrau.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/96/De-Ehefrau.ogg/De-Ehefrau.ogg.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Ehefrau"
}

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