"Erbfeind" meaning in German

See Erbfeind in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛrpˌfaɪ̯nt/ Audio: De-Erbfeind.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German erbevīnt (“the Devil as the hereditary enemy of mankind”). Equivalent to Erbe (“inheritance, heritage”) + Feind (“enemy”). Since the 15th century used of the Turks (seen as infidel and followers of the Devil). Then generalised to any long-standing enmity without religious context. The new narrowing to the French is an influence of 19th-century nationalism, which resented France for the Napeolonic invasions and for its general opposition to German national unity. This narrowing was never absolute, however, and the word continued to be used in other contexts. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|erbevīnt|t=the Devil as the hereditary enemy of mankind}} Middle High German erbevīnt (“the Devil as the hereditary enemy of mankind”), {{compound|de|Erbe|Feind|t1=inheritance, heritage|t2=enemy}} Erbe (“inheritance, heritage”) + Feind (“enemy”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s|f=in}} Erbfeind m (strong, genitive Erbfeindes or Erbfeinds, plural Erbfeinde, feminine Erbfeindin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s}} Forms: Erbfeindes [genitive], Erbfeinds [genitive], Erbfeinde [plural], Erbfeindin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Erbfeind [nominative, singular], Erbfeinde [definite, nominative, plural], Erbfeindes [genitive, singular], Erbfeinds [genitive, singular], Erbfeinde [definite, genitive, plural], Erbfeind [dative, singular], Erbfeinde [dative, singular], Erbfeinden [dative, definite, plural], Erbfeind [accusative, singular], Erbfeinde [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. A historical enemy, hereditary (inherited) or sworn enemy believed to be hostile for generations (male or of unspecified gender) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Erbfeind-de-noun-W6OfLDXw
  2. (dated) the Devil Tags: dated, masculine, strong Synonyms: Teufel, Satan, Luzifer, Höllenfürst
    Sense id: en-Erbfeind-de-noun-wW5T7RPL Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Erbfeindin, erbfeindlich, Erbfeindlichkeit, Erbfeindschaft Related terms: Erzfeind, Erzfeindin, Todfeind, Todfeindin

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Erbfeindin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "erbfeindlich"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Erbfeindlichkeit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Erbfeindschaft"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "erfvijand",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: erfvijand",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: erfvijand"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "erbevīnt",
        "t": "the Devil as the hereditary enemy of mankind"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German erbevīnt (“the Devil as the hereditary enemy of mankind”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Erbe",
        "3": "Feind",
        "t1": "inheritance, heritage",
        "t2": "enemy"
      },
      "expansion": "Erbe (“inheritance, heritage”) + Feind (“enemy”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German erbevīnt (“the Devil as the hereditary enemy of mankind”). Equivalent to Erbe (“inheritance, heritage”) + Feind (“enemy”).\nSince the 15th century used of the Turks (seen as infidel and followers of the Devil). Then generalised to any long-standing enmity without religious context. The new narrowing to the French is an influence of 19th-century nationalism, which resented France for the Napeolonic invasions and for its general opposition to German national unity. This narrowing was never absolute, however, and the word continued to be used in other contexts.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Erbfeindes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeinds",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeinde",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeindin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeind",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeinde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeindes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeinds",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeinde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeind",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeinde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeinden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeind",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeinde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s",
        "f": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "Erbfeind m (strong, genitive Erbfeindes or Erbfeinds, plural Erbfeinde, feminine Erbfeindin)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Erzfeind"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Erzfeindin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Todfeind"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Todfeindin"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In the dispute between South Korea and Japan, North Korea declared solidarity with its historical enemy South Korea every time.",
          "text": "Jakob Kubli, \"Marke zeigt vereinigtes Korea\", Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 1 February 2016.\nIm Disput zwischen Südkorea und Japan hat sich Nordkorea mit seinem Erbfeind Südkorea stets solidarisch erklärt.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A historical enemy, hereditary (inherited) or sworn enemy believed to be hostile for generations (male or of unspecified gender)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Erbfeind-de-noun-W6OfLDXw",
      "links": [
        [
          "historical",
          "historical"
        ],
        [
          "enemy",
          "enemy"
        ],
        [
          "hereditary",
          "hereditary"
        ],
        [
          "inherited",
          "inherited"
        ],
        [
          "sworn",
          "sworn"
        ],
        [
          "generation",
          "generation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the Devil"
      ],
      "id": "en-Erbfeind-de-noun-wW5T7RPL",
      "links": [
        [
          "Devil",
          "Devil"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) the Devil"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Teufel"
        },
        {
          "word": "Satan"
        },
        {
          "word": "Luzifer"
        },
        {
          "word": "Höllenfürst"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛrpˌfaɪ̯nt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Erbfeind.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/De-Erbfeind.ogg/De-Erbfeind.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/De-Erbfeind.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Napoleonic Wars"
  ],
  "word": "Erbfeind"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German compound terms",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "Pages with 1 entry"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Erbfeindin"
    },
    {
      "word": "erbfeindlich"
    },
    {
      "word": "Erbfeindlichkeit"
    },
    {
      "word": "Erbfeindschaft"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "erfvijand",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: erfvijand",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: erfvijand"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "erbevīnt",
        "t": "the Devil as the hereditary enemy of mankind"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German erbevīnt (“the Devil as the hereditary enemy of mankind”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Erbe",
        "3": "Feind",
        "t1": "inheritance, heritage",
        "t2": "enemy"
      },
      "expansion": "Erbe (“inheritance, heritage”) + Feind (“enemy”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German erbevīnt (“the Devil as the hereditary enemy of mankind”). Equivalent to Erbe (“inheritance, heritage”) + Feind (“enemy”).\nSince the 15th century used of the Turks (seen as infidel and followers of the Devil). Then generalised to any long-standing enmity without religious context. The new narrowing to the French is an influence of 19th-century nationalism, which resented France for the Napeolonic invasions and for its general opposition to German national unity. This narrowing was never absolute, however, and the word continued to be used in other contexts.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Erbfeindes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeinds",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeinde",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeindin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeind",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeinde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeindes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeinds",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeinde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeind",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeinde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeinden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeind",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Erbfeinde",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s",
        "f": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "Erbfeind m (strong, genitive Erbfeindes or Erbfeinds, plural Erbfeinde, feminine Erbfeindin)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Erzfeind"
    },
    {
      "word": "Erzfeindin"
    },
    {
      "word": "Todfeind"
    },
    {
      "word": "Todfeindin"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In the dispute between South Korea and Japan, North Korea declared solidarity with its historical enemy South Korea every time.",
          "text": "Jakob Kubli, \"Marke zeigt vereinigtes Korea\", Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 1 February 2016.\nIm Disput zwischen Südkorea und Japan hat sich Nordkorea mit seinem Erbfeind Südkorea stets solidarisch erklärt.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A historical enemy, hereditary (inherited) or sworn enemy believed to be hostile for generations (male or of unspecified gender)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "historical",
          "historical"
        ],
        [
          "enemy",
          "enemy"
        ],
        [
          "hereditary",
          "hereditary"
        ],
        [
          "inherited",
          "inherited"
        ],
        [
          "sworn",
          "sworn"
        ],
        [
          "generation",
          "generation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German dated terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the Devil"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Devil",
          "Devil"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) the Devil"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Teufel"
        },
        {
          "word": "Satan"
        },
        {
          "word": "Luzifer"
        },
        {
          "word": "Höllenfürst"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛrpˌfaɪ̯nt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Erbfeind.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1f/De-Erbfeind.ogg/De-Erbfeind.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/De-Erbfeind.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Napoleonic Wars"
  ],
  "word": "Erbfeind"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Erbfeind meaning in German (4.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-08-20 using wiktextract (8e41825 and f99c758). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.