"Junker" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈjʊŋkɐ/ Audio: De-Junker.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From Middle High German juncherre (“young lord, not yet knighted nobleman”); a reduced form of a compound of the equivalents of jung (“young”) and Herr (“lord”). Compare similarly constructed and reduced Jungfer. Cognate of Dutch jonkheer, jonker. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|juncherre||young lord, not yet knighted nobleman}} Middle High German juncherre (“young lord, not yet knighted nobleman”), {{cog|nl|jonkheer,jonker}} Dutch jonkheer, jonker Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Junker m (strong, genitive Junkers, plural Junker) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Junkers [genitive], Junker [plural], strong [table-tags], Junker [nominative, singular], Junker [definite, nominative, plural], Junkers [genitive, singular], Junker [definite, genitive, plural], Junker [dative, singular], Junkern [dative, definite, plural], Junker [accusative, singular], Junker [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. junker Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Junker-de-noun-Ep~B5~9H Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
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    ],
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      "jung#German"
    ],
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      "Herr",
      "Herr#German"
    ],
    [
      "Jungfer",
      "Jungfer#German"
    ],
    [
      "jonkheer",
      "jonkheer#Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "jonker",
      "jonker#Dutch"
    ]
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Junker",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "strong",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Junker",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Junker",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Junker",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Junkern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Junker",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        [
          "junker",
          "junker"
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      ],
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        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
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    },
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    ],
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      "jung",
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      "Herr",
      "Herr#German"
    ],
    [
      "Jungfer",
      "Jungfer#German"
    ],
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      "jonkheer",
      "jonkheer#Dutch"
    ],
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      "jonker",
      "jonker#Dutch"
    ]
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Junker",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Junker",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Junker",
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    }
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    }
  ],
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      ]
    }
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "German lemmas",
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}

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