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"given name",
"given name"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly Northern Germany) a male given name"
],
"tags": [
"Northern-Germany",
"feminine",
"masculine",
"proper-noun",
"strong"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German diminutives of female given names",
"German female given names",
"German given names",
"German terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"a diminutive of the female given name Katharina"
],
"links": [
[
"diminutive",
"diminutive"
],
[
"given name",
"given name"
],
[
"Katharina",
"Katharina#German"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) a diminutive of the female given name Katharina"
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine",
"proper-noun",
"rare",
"strong"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kaɪ̯/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪ̯"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Kaj"
},
{
"word": "Kay"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"de:Kai (Vorname)"
],
"word": "Kai"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e268c0e and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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