"Genius" meaning in German

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Noun

Forms: Genius [genitive], Genien [plural]
Head templates: {{de-noun|m,-,Genien}} Genius m (strong, genitive Genius, plural Genien)
  1. genius (extraordinary mental capacity) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Genius-de-noun-FJHTCBBD Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 21 36 42
  2. a genius (a person with genius) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Genius-de-noun-UGLNNlyn Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 21 36 42
  3. (mythology) guardian spirit, genius Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Genius-de-noun-iuV~Fiyl Categories (other): Mythology, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 21 36 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 23 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 11 78 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Genie
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0
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