"Fach" meaning in German

See Fach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fax/, [fäχ] Audio: De-at-Fach.ogg , De-Fach.ogg
Rhymes: -ax Etymology: From Middle High German vach, from Old High German fah, from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|vach}} Middle High German vach, {{inh|de|goh|fah}} Old High German fah, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*fak}} Proto-West Germanic *fak, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*faką}} Proto-Germanic *faką Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(e)s,^er}} Fach n (strong, genitive Faches or Fachs, plural Fächer) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(e)s,^er}} Forms: Faches [genitive], Fachs [genitive], Fächer [plural], strong [table-tags], Fach [nominative, singular], Fächer [definite, nominative, plural], Faches [genitive, singular], Fachs [genitive, singular], Fächer [definite, genitive, plural], Fach [dative, singular], Fache [dative, singular], Fächern [dative, definite, plural], Fach [accusative, singular], Fächer [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. compartment Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Fach-de-noun-2VXvTfag Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 35 37 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 25 17 25 13 11 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 18 25 12 11 10
  2. drawer Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Fach-de-noun-0ynxHZpg Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 35 37 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 25 17 25 13 11 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 18 25 12 11 10
  3. subject Tags: neuter, strong, subjective
    Sense id: en-Fach-de-noun-qUkfTBv3 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 35 37 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 25 17 25 13 11 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 18 25 12 11 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Brieffach, Bücherfach, Fachausdruck, Fachbegriff, Fachhochschule, Fachidiot, Fachinformatiker, Fachjargon, Fachmarkt, Fachmesse, Fachsprache, Handschuhfach, Lieblingsfach, Postfach, Prüfungsfach [neuter], Regalfach, Schließfach, Schulfach, Stimmfach, Studienfach

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Brieffach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Bücherfach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Fachausdruck"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Fachbegriff"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Fachhochschule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Fachidiot"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Fachinformatiker"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Fachjargon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Fachmarkt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Fachmesse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Fachsprache"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Handschuhfach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Lieblingsfach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Postfach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Prüfungsfach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Regalfach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Schließfach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Schulfach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Stimmfach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Studienfach"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Fach",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Fach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Fach"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "fako",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: fako",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: fako"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "csb",
            "2": "fach",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kashubian: fach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kashubian: fach"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lb",
            "2": "Fach",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Luxembourgish: Fach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Luxembourgish: Fach"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "fach",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: fach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: fach"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "vach"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German vach",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "fah"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German fah",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*fak"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fak",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*faką"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *faką",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German vach, from Old High German fah, from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Faches",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fachs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fächer",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fächer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Faches",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fachs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fächer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fache",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fächern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fächer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s,^er"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Fach"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s,^er"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "_dis": "35 37 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 17 25 13 11 10",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 18 25 12 11 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "compartment"
      ],
      "id": "en-Fach-de-noun-2VXvTfag",
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        [
          "compartment",
          "compartment"
        ]
      ],
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        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "35 37 28",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 17 25 13 11 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 18 25 12 11 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "drawer"
      ],
      "id": "en-Fach-de-noun-0ynxHZpg",
      "links": [
        [
          "drawer",
          "drawer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 37 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 17 25 13 11 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 18 25 12 11 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "subject"
      ],
      "id": "en-Fach-de-noun-qUkfTBv3",
      "links": [
        [
          "subject",
          "subject"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong",
        "subjective"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fax/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fäχ]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-Fach.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/af/De-at-Fach.ogg/De-at-Fach.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/De-at-Fach.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Fach.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/De-Fach.ogg/De-Fach.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/De-Fach.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ax"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Fach"
}
{
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    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "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 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:German/ax",
    "Rhymes:German/ax/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Brieffach"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bücherfach"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fachausdruck"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fachbegriff"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fachhochschule"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fachidiot"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fachinformatiker"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fachjargon"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fachmarkt"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fachmesse"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fachsprache"
    },
    {
      "word": "Handschuhfach"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lieblingsfach"
    },
    {
      "word": "Postfach"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Prüfungsfach"
    },
    {
      "word": "Regalfach"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schließfach"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schulfach"
    },
    {
      "word": "Stimmfach"
    },
    {
      "word": "Studienfach"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Fach",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Fach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Fach"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "fako",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: fako",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: fako"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "csb",
            "2": "fach",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kashubian: fach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kashubian: fach"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lb",
            "2": "Fach",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Luxembourgish: Fach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Luxembourgish: Fach"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "fach",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: fach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: fach"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "vach"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "fah"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*fak"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*faką"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Faches",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fachs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fächer",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fächer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Faches",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fachs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fächer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fache",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fächern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fächer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s,^er"
      },
      "expansion": "Fach n (strong, genitive Faches or Fachs, plural Fächer)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Fach"
  ],
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    {
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      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "compartment"
      ],
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        [
          "compartment",
          "compartment"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "drawer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drawer",
          "drawer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "subject"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "subject",
          "subject"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong",
        "subjective"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fax/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fäχ]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-Fach.ogg",
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    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Fach.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/40/De-Fach.ogg/De-Fach.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/De-Fach.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ax"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Fach"
}

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