"Jesus" meaning in German

See Jesus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈjeːzʊs/ Audio: De-Jesus.ogg , De-Jesus2.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From Middle High German Jesus, cognate with Yiddish יעזוס (yezus). Etymology templates: {{etymon|de|:inh|gmh:Jesus<id:Jesus Christ>|id=Jesus Christ}} [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "Jesus", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "Jesus", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "transliteration" : "yeshúa, yēšū́aʿ", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "transliteration" : "y'hoshúa, yĕhōšúaʿ", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "transliteration" : "hoshéa, hōšḗaʿ", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Biblical Hebrew", "term" : "הוֹשֵׁעַ", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "hbo" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Biblical Hebrew", "term" : "יְהוֹשֻׁעַ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "hbo" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Hebrew", "term" : "י־שׁ־ע", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "he" } ], "keyword" : "root", "is_invisible" : "all" } ], "lang_name" : "Hebrew", "term" : "יֵשׁוּעַ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "he" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "Ἰησοῦς", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "Iēsūs", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle High German", "term" : "Jesus", "lang" : "gmh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Jesus", "lang" : "de" }" data-id="Jesus Christ" data-lang="de" data-title="Jesus" id="German:_Jesus_Christ">, {{inh|de|gmh|Jesus}} Middle High German Jesus, {{cog|yi|יעזוס}} Yiddish יעזוס (yezus) Head templates: {{de-proper noun|m.acc:-:Jesum.dat:-:Jesu.gen:Jesu:-:'.abl:-:Jesu.voc:Jesu:-}} Jesus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Jesu or Jesus or Jesus') Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m.acc:-:Jesum.dat:-:Jesu.gen:Jesu:-:'.abl:-:Jesu.voc:Jesu:-.sg}} Forms: Jesu [genitive], Jesus [genitive], Jesus' [genitive], masculine strong [table-tags], Jesus [nominative, singular], Jesu [genitive, singular], Jesus [genitive, singular], Jesus' [genitive, singular], Jesus [dative, singular], Jesu [dative, singular], Jesus [accusative, singular], Jesum [accusative, singular], Jesus [ablative, singular], Jesu [ablative, singular], Jesu [singular, vocative], Jesus [singular, vocative], Jhesus [alternative], JEsus [alternative]
  1. Jesus Tags: masculine, proper-noun, strong Synonyms: Christus, Jesus Christus Related terms: Jeses, Jesses
    Sense id: en-Jesus-de-name-Yv5IQ~-d Categories (other): German entries with etymon, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 18 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Pages with 18 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 18 entries: 6 6 6 6 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 6 7 3 6 6 6 6 0 3 1 1 0 6 6 6 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 6 6 6 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 6 6 3 6 6 6 6 0 4 1 2 0 6 6 6 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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