"Etwas" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛtvas/ Audio: De-Etwas.ogg
Etymology: Substantivization of etwas (“something”). Etymology templates: {{m|de|etwas||something}} etwas (“something”) Head templates: {{de-noun|n,-,-}} Etwas n (strong, genitive Etwas, plural Etwas) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,-,-}} Forms: Etwas [genitive], Etwas [plural], strong [table-tags], Etwas [nominative, singular], Etwas [definite, nominative, plural], Etwas [genitive, singular], Etwas [definite, genitive, plural], Etwas [dative, singular], Etwas [dative, definite, plural], Etwas [accusative, singular], Etwas [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. thing, being Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Etwas-de-noun-icrkbkae
  2. a quality or talent that is hard to pin down Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Etwas-de-noun-jWlVe6bZ Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 5 95

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