"Hochstapler" meaning in German

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "hochštapler"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "hohštapler",
      "word": "хохштаплер"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "hochsztapler"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "hòhštapler"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Thieves' argot; from Stappler \"beggar\", not related to stapeln. Hochstapler means a beggar acting like he is originally high class, but in a dire situation.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Hochstaplers",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hochstapler",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hochstapler",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hochstapler",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hochstaplers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hochstapler",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hochstapler",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hochstaplern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hochstapler",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hochstapler",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Hochstapler m (strong, genitive Hochstaplers, plural Hochstapler)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Hoch",
        "stap",
        "ler"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "hochstapeln"
        },
        {
          "word": "Tiefstapler"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "conman, con man, impostor"
      ],
      "id": "en-Hochstapler-de-noun-nT6eBhbE",
      "links": [
        [
          "conman",
          "conman"
        ],
        [
          "con man",
          "con man"
        ],
        [
          "impostor",
          "impostor"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "hoch"
        },
        {
          "word": "stapeln"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Betrüger"
        },
        {
          "word": "Schwindler"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhoːxˌʃtaːp.lɐ/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Hochstapler"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "hochstapeln"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tiefstapler"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "hochštapler"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "hohštapler",
      "word": "хохштаплер"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "hochsztapler"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "hòhštapler"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Thieves' argot; from Stappler \"beggar\", not related to stapeln. Hochstapler means a beggar acting like he is originally high class, but in a dire situation.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Hochstaplers",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hochstapler",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hochstapler",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hochstapler",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hochstaplers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hochstapler",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hochstapler",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hochstaplern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hochstapler",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hochstapler",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Hochstapler m (strong, genitive Hochstaplers, plural Hochstapler)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Hoch",
        "stap",
        "ler"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "hoch"
    },
    {
      "word": "stapeln"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "conman, con man, impostor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "conman",
          "conman"
        ],
        [
          "con man",
          "con man"
        ],
        [
          "impostor",
          "impostor"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Betrüger"
        },
        {
          "word": "Schwindler"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhoːxˌʃtaːp.lɐ/"
    },
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}