"Herkunft" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: [ˈheːɐ̯kʊnft] Audio: De-Herkunft.ogg
Etymology: her- + kunft, from kommen. The second element's spelling development is similar to Abkunft. Etymology templates: {{prefix|de|her|kunft}} her- + kunft, {{m|de|kommen}} kommen, {{m|de|Abkunft}} Abkunft Head templates: {{de-noun|f,^e}} Herkunft f (genitive Herkunft, plural Herkünfte) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f,^e}} Forms: Herkunft [genitive], Herkünfte [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Herkunft [nominative, singular], Herkünfte [definite, nominative, plural], Herkunft [genitive, singular], Herkünfte [definite, genitive, plural], Herkunft [dative, singular], Herkünften [dative, definite, plural], Herkunft [accusative, singular], Herkünfte [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. origin, source Tags: feminine Synonyms: Ursprung
    Sense id: en-Herkunft-de-noun-tSNt4Uuu Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms prefixed with her- Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 45 18 38 Disambiguation of German terms prefixed with her-: 61 22 17
  2. descent (lineage or hereditary derivation) Tags: feminine Synonyms: Abstammung, Abkunft
    Sense id: en-Herkunft-de-noun-OlhTHVh2 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 45 18 38
  3. etymology (origin of a word) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: Etymologie, Abkunft
    Sense id: en-Herkunft-de-noun-Dr192Uvw Disambiguation of Linguistics: 17 16 67 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 45 18 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Herkunftsort, Herkunftsland, Herkunftsgebiet, Herkunftsnachweis, Herkunftsbezeichnung, Namensherkunft Related terms: herkommen

Inflected forms

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      "word": "Herkunftsort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Herkunftsland"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Herkunftsgebiet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Herkunftsnachweis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Herkunftsbezeichnung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Namensherkunft"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "m"
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        "2": "Abkunft"
      },
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    }
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      "form": "Herkunft",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Herkünfte",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    },
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      ]
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      "form": "Herkunft",
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    {
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    },
    {
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    },
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "text": "Meine Familie sind germanischer Herkunft.",
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        }
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            "Sciences",
            "Society",
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          "word": "Abkunft"
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      "ipa": "[ˈheːɐ̯kʊnft]"
    },
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    }
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    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
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    "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "German terms with audio links",
    "de:Linguistics"
  ],
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      "word": "Herkunftsort"
    },
    {
      "word": "Herkunftsland"
    },
    {
      "word": "Herkunftsgebiet"
    },
    {
      "word": "Herkunftsnachweis"
    },
    {
      "word": "Herkunftsbezeichnung"
    },
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      "word": "Namensherkunft"
    }
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    },
    {
      "form": "Herkünfte",
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      ]
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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    },
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    }
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        }
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          "word": "Abstammung"
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      "ipa": "[ˈheːɐ̯kʊnft]"
    },
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      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
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}

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