"Esther" meaning in German

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Proper name

Audio: De-Esther.ogg [Germany, Berlin] Forms: Ester [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|de|proper noun}} Esther
  1. Esther (biblical character)
    Sense id: en-Esther-de-name-C~E~~qQ2 Categories (other): Biblical characters, Books of the Bible Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 77 0 23 Disambiguation of Books of the Bible: 38 21 41
  2. the book of Esther
    Sense id: en-Esther-de-name-pR1oNTJe Categories (other): Books of the Bible Disambiguation of Books of the Bible: 38 21 41
  3. a female given name, a popular spelling variant of Ester
    Sense id: en-Esther-de-name-P293ymye Categories (other): German female given names, German given names, German entries with incorrect language header, Books of the Bible, Individuals Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 2 0 98 Disambiguation of Books of the Bible: 38 21 41 Disambiguation of Individuals: 25 0 75
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