"Elle" meaning in German

See Elle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛlə/ Audio: De-Elle.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German elle, backformation from earlier el(e)n, ellen, from Old High German elina. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gmw-pro|gem-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|de|gmh|elle}} Middle High German elle, {{inh|de|goh|elina}} Old High German elina Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Elle f (genitive Elle, plural Ellen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Elle [genitive], Ellen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Elle [nominative, singular], Ellen [definite, nominative, plural], Elle [genitive, singular], Ellen [definite, genitive, plural], Elle [dative, singular], Ellen [dative, definite, plural], Elle [accusative, singular], Ellen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (anatomy) ulna (bone of the forearm) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Skeleton
    Sense id: en-Elle-de-noun-qo3b5oHB Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. ell (historic unit of length) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Elle-de-noun-rEB1r5sd Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Ellbogen, Ellenbogen, ellenlang

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ellbogen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ellenbogen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ellenlang"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "gem-pro",
        "inh": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "elle"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German elle",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "elina"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German elina",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German elle, backformation from earlier el(e)n, ellen, from Old High German elina.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Elle",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ellen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Elle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ellen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Elle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ellen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Elle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ellen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Elle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ellen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Elle f (genitive Elle, plural Ellen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Skeleton",
          "orig": "de:Skeleton",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "All topics",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "Health"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ulna (bone of the forearm)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Elle-de-noun-qo3b5oHB",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "ulna",
          "ulna"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) ulna (bone of the forearm)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ell (historic unit of length)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Elle-de-noun-rEB1r5sd",
      "links": [
        [
          "ell",
          "ell"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛlə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Elle.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/76/De-Elle.ogg/De-Elle.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/De-Elle.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Elle"
}
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  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German nouns",
    "German palindromes",
    "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-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 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Ellbogen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ellenbogen"
    },
    {
      "word": "ellenlang"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "gem-pro",
        "inh": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "elle"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German elle",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "elina"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German elina",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German elle, backformation from earlier el(e)n, ellen, from Old High German elina.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Elle",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ellen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Elle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ellen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Elle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ellen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Elle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ellen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Elle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ellen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Elle f (genitive Elle, plural Ellen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Skeleton"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ulna (bone of the forearm)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "ulna",
          "ulna"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) ulna (bone of the forearm)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ell (historic unit of length)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ell",
          "ell"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛlə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Elle.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/76/De-Elle.ogg/De-Elle.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/De-Elle.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Elle"
}

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