"Genie" meaning in German

See Genie in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʒeˈniː/, /d͡ʒɛˈniː/ (note: lax northern colloquial)
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: Borrowed from French génie, from Latin genius. Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|fr|génie}} Borrowed from French génie, {{der|de|la|genius}} Latin genius Head templates: {{de-noun|n,,s}} Genie n (strong, genitive Genies, plural Genies) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,,s}} Forms: Genies [genitive], Genies [plural], strong [table-tags], Genie [nominative, singular], Genies [definite, nominative, plural], Genies [genitive, singular], Genies [definite, genitive, plural], Genie [dative, singular], Genies [dative, definite, plural], Genie [accusative, singular], Genies [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. genius Tags: neuter, strong Categories (topical): People Synonyms: Genius
    Sense id: en-Genie-de-noun-ntFC1gxF Disambiguation of People: 98 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ʒeˈniː/, /d͡ʒɛˈniː/ (note: lax northern colloquial) Forms: Genies [genitive], neuter strong [table-tags], Genie [nominative, singular], Genies [genitive, singular], Genie [dative, singular], Genie [accusative, singular]
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: Borrowed from French génie. Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|fr|génie}} Borrowed from French génie Head templates: {{de-noun|n.sg}} Genie n (strong, genitive Genies, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n.sg}}
  1. (military) military engineers (unit) Tags: neuter, no-plural, strong Categories (topical): Military Synonyms: Geniewesen, Ingenieurwesen, Kriegsbauwesen
    Sense id: en-Genie-de-noun-sAwkAmKh Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 29 37 1 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 27 1 44 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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