"Ente" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛntə/ Audio: De-Ente.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛntə Etymology: From Middle High German ente, confluence of (1.) the plural and oblique singular of ant and (2.) the Old High German variant enita, both from older anut, from Proto-West Germanic *anad. Cognate with Dutch eend, dialectal English ennet. The sense “canard” (mid-19th c.) is a calque of French canard, but also ties in with the expression blaue Enten (“lies, humbug”, literally “blue ducks”, since 15th c.). Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|de|gmh|ente}} Middle High German ente, {{m|gmh|ant}} ant, {{inh|de|goh|-}} Old High German, {{m|goh|enita}} enita, {{m|goh|anut}} anut, {{der|de|gmw-pro|*anad}} Proto-West Germanic *anad, {{cog|nl|eend}} Dutch eend, {{cog|en|ennet}} English ennet, {{cal|de|fr|canard|nocap=1}} calque of French canard, {{m|de|blaue Enten}} blaue Enten Head templates: {{de-noun|f|dim=chen,lein}} Ente f (genitive Ente, plural Enten, diminutive Entchen n or Entlein n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Ente [genitive], Enten [plural], Entchen [diminutive, neuter], Entlein [diminutive, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], Ente [nominative, singular], Enten [definite, nominative, plural], Ente [genitive, singular], Enten [definite, genitive, plural], Ente [dative, singular], Enten [dative, definite, plural], Ente [accusative, singular], Enten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Ente-de-noun-YPyZjezb
  2. (especially) mallard; the most common duck species in the area, thought of as the typical duck Tags: especially, feminine
    Sense id: en-Ente-de-noun-Jc5HL2Bm
  3. (informal) Citroën 2CV (an economy car produced by the French company Citroën) Tags: feminine, informal Categories (topical): Newspapers Categories (lifeform): Ducks
    Sense id: en-Ente-de-noun-6eSvT39F Disambiguation of Newspapers: 2 19 45 24 11 Disambiguation of Ducks: 13 25 34 22 6 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 1 23 41 21 14
  4. (medicine) bedpan (bedpan for holding urine) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-Ente-de-noun-qOpdnBIY Topics: medicine, sciences
  5. (journalism) canard (false or misleading report) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Mass media Synonyms: Falschmeldung, Zeitungsente
    Sense id: en-Ente-de-noun-3eL9QfAG Categories (other): German terms with collocations Topics: journalism, media
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Erpel
Derived forms: Eiderente, Entenbraten, Entenbrust, Entenhausen, Entenkeule, Entenküken, Entenleber, Ententanz, Ententeich, Enterich, Entlein, Gummiente, Holzente, Krickente, Plastikente, Quietscheente, Stockente, Tigerente, Wasserente, Wildente

Inflected forms

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        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(especially) mallard; the most common duck species in the area, thought of as the typical duck"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "especially",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Citroën 2CV (an economy car produced by the French company Citroën)"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Citroën 2CV (an economy car produced by the French company Citroën)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bedpan (bedpan for holding urine)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "bedpan",
          "bedpan"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) bedpan (bedpan for holding urine)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with collocations",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations",
        "Requests for translations of German usage examples",
        "de:Mass media"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "einer Ente aufsitzen",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2022 December 22, Thomas Abeltshauser, “Balzac-Verfilmung „Verlorene Illusionen“: Als Fake News noch Enten waren”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN",
          "text": "Fake News etwa, die hier noch klassisch „Enten“ heißen, auch dafür gibt es eine Erklärung.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "canard (false or misleading report)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "journalism",
          "journalism"
        ],
        [
          "canard",
          "canard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(journalism) canard (false or misleading report)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Falschmeldung"
        },
        {
          "word": "Zeitungsente"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "journalism",
        "media"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛntə/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛntə"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Ente.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/31/De-Ente.ogg/De-Ente.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/De-Ente.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ente"
}

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