"Geviert" meaning in German

See Geviert in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡəˈfiːɐ̯t/, [ɡəˈfiːɐ̯t] Audio: De-Geviert.ogg
Etymology: Nominalization of the adjective geviert (16th century). Old High German gifiorōt, Middle High German gevier(e)t, from vieren. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|goh|gifiorōt}} Old High German gifiorōt, {{inh|de|gmh|gevier(e)t}} Middle High German gevier(e)t Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(e)s}} Geviert n (strong, genitive Geviertes or Gevierts, plural Gevierte) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(e)s}} Forms: Geviertes [genitive], Gevierts [genitive], Gevierte [plural], strong [table-tags], Geviert [nominative, singular], Gevierte [definite, nominative, plural], Geviertes [genitive, singular], Gevierts [genitive, singular], Gevierte [definite, genitive, plural], Geviert [dative, singular], Gevierte [dative, singular], Gevierten [dative, definite, plural], Geviert [accusative, singular], Gevierte [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (dated) square Tags: dated, neuter, strong Synonyms: Quadrat
    Sense id: en-Geviert-de-noun-S6Po43Zf
  2. (typography) quad, quadrat; (usually) em quad Tags: neuter, strong Synonyms: Quadrat Coordinate_terms: Halbgeviert, Viertelgeviert
    Sense id: en-Geviert-de-noun-1NTpOorn Categories (other): Typography, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98 Topics: media, publishing, typography
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: Viereck Derived forms: Geviertstrich (english: em dash), Geviertwurzel (english: square root)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "em dash",
      "translation": "em dash",
      "word": "Geviertstrich"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "square root",
      "translation": "square root",
      "word": "Geviertwurzel"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "gifiorōt"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German gifiorōt",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "gevier(e)t"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German gevier(e)t",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Nominalization of the adjective geviert (16th century).\nOld High German gifiorōt, Middle High German gevier(e)t, from vieren.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Geviertes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gevierts",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gevierte",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geviert",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gevierte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geviertes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gevierts",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gevierte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geviert",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gevierte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gevierten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geviert",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gevierte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s"
      },
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      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Viereck"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Ge",
        "viert"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              79,
              86
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1922, Gustav von Bodelschwingh, Friedrich v. Bodelschwingh: Ein Lebensbild, Bielefeld:",
          "text": "In Paris wartete das Londoner Holzhaus auf sie. Achtmal acht Meter hatte es im Geviert.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "square"
      ],
      "id": "en-Geviert-de-noun-S6Po43Zf",
      "links": [
        [
          "square",
          "square"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) square"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Quadrat"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Typography",
          "orig": "de:Typography",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "Halbgeviert"
        },
        {
          "word": "Viertelgeviert"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "¼ em",
          "text": "Viertelgeviert",
          "translation": "¼ em",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "quad, quadrat; (usually) em quad"
      ],
      "id": "en-Geviert-de-noun-1NTpOorn",
      "links": [
        [
          "typography",
          "typography"
        ],
        [
          "quad",
          "quad"
        ],
        [
          "quadrat",
          "quadrat"
        ],
        [
          "em quad",
          "em quad"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(typography) quad, quadrat; (usually) em quad"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Quadrat"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "typography"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡəˈfiːɐ̯t/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡəˈfiːɐ̯t]"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Geviert"
}
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  "categories": [
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    "German lemmas",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "em dash",
      "translation": "em dash",
      "word": "Geviertstrich"
    },
    {
      "english": "square root",
      "translation": "square root",
      "word": "Geviertwurzel"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "2": "goh",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "1": "de",
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        "3": "gevier(e)t"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German gevier(e)t",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Nominalization of the adjective geviert (16th century).\nOld High German gifiorōt, Middle High German gevier(e)t, from vieren.",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gevierts",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gevierte",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geviert",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gevierte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geviertes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gevierts",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gevierte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geviert",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gevierte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Gevierten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Geviert",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "Viereck"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "Ge",
        "viert"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "n,(e)s"
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German dated terms",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations"
      ],
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              79,
              86
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1922, Gustav von Bodelschwingh, Friedrich v. Bodelschwingh: Ein Lebensbild, Bielefeld:",
          "text": "In Paris wartete das Londoner Holzhaus auf sie. Achtmal acht Meter hatte es im Geviert.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "square"
      ],
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) square"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Quadrat"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples",
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "Halbgeviert"
        },
        {
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        }
      ],
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              7,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "¼ em",
          "text": "Viertelgeviert",
          "translation": "¼ em",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        [
          "typography",
          "typography"
        ],
        [
          "quad",
          "quad"
        ],
        [
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          "em quad",
          "em quad"
        ]
      ],
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        "(typography) quad, quadrat; (usually) em quad"
      ],
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        {
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        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ],
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        "media",
        "publishing",
        "typography"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɡəˈfiːɐ̯t/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡəˈfiːɐ̯t]"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Geviert"
}

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