"Filz" meaning in German

See Filz in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fɪlts/ Audio: De-Filz.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German vilz, from Old High German filz, from Proto-West Germanic *felt, akin to Old Saxon filt. More at English felt. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|vilz}} Middle High German vilz, {{inh|de|goh|filz}} Old High German filz, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*felt}} Proto-West Germanic *felt, {{cog|osx|filt}} Old Saxon filt, {{cog|en|felt}} English felt Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Filz m (strong, genitive Filzes, plural Filze) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Filzes [genitive], Filze [plural], strong [table-tags], Filz [nominative, singular], Filze [definite, nominative, plural], Filzes [genitive, singular], Filze [definite, genitive, plural], Filz [dative, singular], Filze [dative, singular], Filzen [dative, definite, plural], Filz [accusative, singular], Filze [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. felt Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Filz-de-noun-BZcOMFVf Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Materials Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 46 41 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 40 14 Disambiguation of Materials: 49 39 12
  2. sleaze (corruption) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Filz-de-noun-0pX104sT Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 36 57 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 46 41 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 40 14
  3. miser Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Filz-de-noun-OUPw9Q8Q Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 46 41 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 40 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: filzen, Filzer, filzig, Filzlaus, Filzstift, verfilzen

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Saterland Frisian",
      "lang_code": "stq",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Fils"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "filc"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "fȉlc"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "vilz"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German vilz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "filz"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German filz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*felt"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *felt",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "filt"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon filt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "felt"
      },
      "expansion": "English felt",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German vilz, from Old High German filz, from Proto-West Germanic *felt, akin to Old Saxon filt. More at English felt.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Filzes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Filze",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Filz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Filze",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Filzes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Filze",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Filz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Filze",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Filzen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Filz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Filze",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Filz m (strong, genitive Filzes, plural Filze)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "filzen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Filzer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "filzig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Filzlaus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Filzstift"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "verfilzen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 41 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 40 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 39 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Materials",
          "orig": "de:Materials",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "felt"
      ],
      "id": "en-Filz-de-noun-BZcOMFVf",
      "links": [
        [
          "felt",
          "felt"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 57 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 41 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 40 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sleaze (corruption)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Filz-de-noun-0pX104sT",
      "links": [
        [
          "sleaze",
          "sleaze"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 41 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 40 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "miser"
      ],
      "id": "en-Filz-de-noun-OUPw9Q8Q",
      "links": [
        [
          "miser",
          "miser"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɪlts/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Filz.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7a/De-Filz.ogg/De-Filz.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/De-Filz.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Filz"
}

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  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "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-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "de:Materials"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Saterland Frisian",
      "lang_code": "stq",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Fils"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "filc"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "fȉlc"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "vilz"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German vilz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "filz"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German filz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*felt"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *felt",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "filt"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon filt",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "felt"
      },
      "expansion": "English felt",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German vilz, from Old High German filz, from Proto-West Germanic *felt, akin to Old Saxon filt. More at English felt.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Filzes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Filze",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Filz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Filze",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Filzes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Filze",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Filz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Filze",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Filzen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Filz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Filze",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Filz m (strong, genitive Filzes, plural Filze)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "filzen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Filzer"
    },
    {
      "word": "filzig"
    },
    {
      "word": "Filzlaus"
    },
    {
      "word": "Filzstift"
    },
    {
      "word": "verfilzen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "felt"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "felt",
          "felt"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sleaze (corruption)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sleaze",
          "sleaze"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "miser"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "miser",
          "miser"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɪlts/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Filz.ogg",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Filz"
}

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