"Elen" meaning in German

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      "expansion": "Middle High German eln",
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "olt",
        "3": "elenis"
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        "2": "Elch",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German eln, elent (mid-13th c.). Usually derived from Old Lithuanian elenis (“deer”, modern élnias), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el-. This derivation is supported by the fact that the el(e)n form appears during a time when the elk was gradually dying out in the German-speaking lands. However, it must be noted that the Lithuanian word does not refer to the elk specifically. Even more importantly, elen (from elhen by regular loss of prevocalic h in Central and Low German dialects) can represent a generalised oblique case or plural of Proto-Germanic *elhô, weak-stem variant of *elhaz. This would make it a mere byform of Elch.",
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      "form": "Elens",
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Elen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Elen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Elen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
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    },
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      "form": "Elens",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "Elen",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Elen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Elen",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Elen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Elen",
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Cervids",
          "orig": "de:Cervids",
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            "Even-toed ungulates",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
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            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
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      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Elenantilope"
        },
        {
          "word": "Elentier"
        }
      ],
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        "moose, Eurasian elk (Alces alces)"
      ],
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        [
          "moose",
          "moose"
        ],
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          "elk",
          "elk"
        ],
        [
          "Alces alces",
          "Alces alces#Translingual"
        ]
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        "(archaic) moose, Eurasian elk (Alces alces)"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Elendshaut"
        },
        {
          "word": "Elendskoller"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Elch"
        },
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          ],
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        }
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        "masculine",
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      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeːlən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Elen"
}

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      "word": "Elenantilope"
    },
    {
      "word": "Elentier"
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German eln, elent (mid-13th c.). Usually derived from Old Lithuanian elenis (“deer”, modern élnias), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el-. This derivation is supported by the fact that the el(e)n form appears during a time when the elk was gradually dying out in the German-speaking lands. However, it must be noted that the Lithuanian word does not refer to the elk specifically. Even more importantly, elen (from elhen by regular loss of prevocalic h in Central and Low German dialects) can represent a generalised oblique case or plural of Proto-Germanic *elhô, weak-stem variant of *elhaz. This would make it a mere byform of Elch.",
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      "form": "Elens",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Elen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Elen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Elen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Elens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Elen",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "Elen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "Elen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Elen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Elen",
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Elendshaut"
    },
    {
      "word": "Elendskoller"
    }
  ],
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        "German lemmas",
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        "German neuter nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German nouns with multiple genders",
        "German terms derived from Middle High German",
        "German terms derived from Old Lithuanian",
        "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
        "German terms with archaic senses",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "de:Cervids"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "moose, Eurasian elk (Alces alces)"
      ],
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          "moose",
          "moose"
        ],
        [
          "elk",
          "elk"
        ],
        [
          "Alces alces",
          "Alces alces#Translingual"
        ]
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        "(archaic) moose, Eurasian elk (Alces alces)"
      ],
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeːlən/"
    }
  ],
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      ],
      "word": "Elend"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Elen"
}