"Girl" meaning in German

See Girl in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡœʁl/, [ɡœɐ̯l]
Etymology: Borrowed from English girl. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:bor|en:girl}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "young child", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*gaurā", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "gmw-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-ilā", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*gurilā", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "*gyrele", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "girle", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "girl", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Girl", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Girl">, {{bor+|de|en|girl}} Borrowed from English girl Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(s),s}} Girl n (strong, genitive Girls or Girl, plural Girls) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(s),s}} Forms: Girls [genitive], Girl [genitive], Girls [plural], strong [table-tags], Girl [nominative, singular], Girls [definite, nominative, plural], Girls [genitive, singular], Girl [genitive, singular], Girls [definite, genitive, plural], Girl [dative, singular], Girls [dative, definite, plural], Girl [accusative, singular], Girls [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. girl; young woman (usually implying physical attractiveness, often in the context of show or entertainment) Tags: neuter, strong

Inflected forms

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