"Kaiser" meaning in German

See Kaiser in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈkaɪ̯zər/, [ˈkaɪ̯.zɐ] Audio: De-Kaiser.ogg Forms: Kaisers [genitive, masculine], Kaiser [genitive, masculine], Kaiser [feminine, genitive], Kaisers [plural], Kaiser [plural]
Etymology: From Middle High German keiser, from Old High German keisar, keisur, from Proto-West Germanic *kaisar (“emperor”), borrowed from Latin Caesar. Doublet of Cäsar and Zar. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gem-pro|la|inh=1}}, {{inh|de|gmh|keiser}} Middle High German keiser, {{inh|de|goh|keisar}} Old High German keisar, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*kaisar|t=emperor}} Proto-West Germanic *kaisar (“emperor”), {{bor|de|la|Caesar}} Latin Caesar, {{doublet|de|Cäsar|Zar}} Doublet of Cäsar and Zar Head templates: {{de-proper noun|surname}} Kaiser m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kaisers or (with an article) Kaiser, feminine genitive Kaiser, plural Kaisers or Kaiser)
  1. a common surname Tags: feminine, masculine, proper-noun, surname
    Sense id: en-Kaiser-de-name-N~2vzi2W Categories (other): German surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Kayser, Käiser, Käyser, Keiser, Keyser [obsolete]

Proper name

IPA: /ˈkaɪ̯zər/, [ˈkaɪ̯.zɐ] Audio: De-Kaiser.ogg Forms: der Kaiser [canonical, masculine], des Kaisers [definite, genitive]
Etymology: From Middle High German keiser, from Old High German keisar, keisur, from Proto-West Germanic *kaisar (“emperor”), borrowed from Latin Caesar. Doublet of Cäsar and Zar. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gem-pro|la|inh=1}}, {{inh|de|gmh|keiser}} Middle High German keiser, {{inh|de|goh|keisar}} Old High German keisar, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*kaisar|t=emperor}} Proto-West Germanic *kaisar (“emperor”), {{bor|de|la|Caesar}} Latin Caesar, {{doublet|de|Cäsar|Zar}} Doublet of Cäsar and Zar Head templates: {{de-proper noun|m.article}} der Kaiser m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Kaisers)
  1. (soccer, colloquial) nickname of Franz Beckenbauer Tags: colloquial, definite, proper-noun, strong, usually Categories (topical): Football (soccer), Heads of state, Individuals
    Sense id: en-Kaiser-de-name-E4mBlurq Disambiguation of Heads of state: 8 46 45 Disambiguation of Individuals: 7 48 45 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 13 61 26 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Kayser, Käiser, Käyser, Keiser, Keyser [obsolete]

Noun

IPA: /ˈkaɪ̯zər/, [ˈkaɪ̯.zɐ] Audio: De-Kaiser.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German keiser, from Old High German keisar, keisur, from Proto-West Germanic *kaisar (“emperor”), borrowed from Latin Caesar. Doublet of Cäsar and Zar. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gem-pro|la|inh=1}}, {{inh|de|gmh|keiser}} Middle High German keiser, {{inh|de|goh|keisar}} Old High German keisar, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*kaisar|t=emperor}} Proto-West Germanic *kaisar (“emperor”), {{bor|de|la|Caesar}} Latin Caesar, {{doublet|de|Cäsar|Zar}} Doublet of Cäsar and Zar Head templates: {{de-noun|m|f=in}} Kaiser m (strong, genitive Kaisers, plural Kaiser, feminine Kaiserin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Kaisers [genitive], Kaiser [plural], Kaiserin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Kaiser [nominative, singular], Kaiser [definite, nominative, plural], Kaisers [genitive, singular], Kaiser [definite, genitive, plural], Kaiser [dative, singular], Kaisern [dative, definite, plural], Kaiser [accusative, singular], Kaiser [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. emperor (ruler of certain monarchies; highest monarch) Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Heads of state, Individuals, Monarchy Derived forms: Kaiser von China, Kaiserkrone, kaiserlich, Kaiserreich, Kaisersemmel, kaisertreu, Kaisertum
    Sense id: en-Kaiser-de-noun-i5wXCxQe Disambiguation of Heads of state: 8 46 45 Disambiguation of Individuals: 7 48 45 Disambiguation of Monarchy: 12 36 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Kayser, Käiser, Käyser, Keiser, Keyser [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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            "1": "ru",
            "2": "ка́йзер",
            "bor": "1",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: ка́йзер (kájzer, kájzɛr)",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: ка́йзер (kájzer, kájzɛr)"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hsb",
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          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Upper Sorbian: kejžor"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "la",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gmh",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German keiser",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "keisar"
      },
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    },
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "Caesar"
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        "2": "Cäsar",
        "3": "Zar"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Cäsar and Zar",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "Kaisers",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kaiser",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kaiserin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kaiser",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kaiser",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kaisers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kaiser",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kaiser",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kaisern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kaiser",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kaiser",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "Kaiser m (strong, genitive Kaisers, plural Kaiser, feminine Kaiserin)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Kai‧ser"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "emperor (ruler of certain monarchies; highest monarch)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "emperor",
          "emperor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaɪ̯zər/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkaɪ̯.zɐ]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Kaiser.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/65/De-Kaiser.ogg/De-Kaiser.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/De-Kaiser.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Kayser"
    },
    {
      "word": "Käiser"
    },
    {
      "word": "Käyser"
    },
    {
      "word": "Keiser"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "Keyser"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kaiser"
}

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    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German nouns with multiple genders",
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    "German terms derived from Latin",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old High German keisar",
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    },
    {
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kaisar",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kaisar (“emperor”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "Caesar"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Caesar",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Cäsar",
        "3": "Zar"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Cäsar and Zar",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German keiser, from Old High German keisar, keisur, from Proto-West Germanic *kaisar (“emperor”), borrowed from Latin Caesar. Doublet of Cäsar and Zar.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Kaisers",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kaiser",
      "raw_tags": [
        "with an article"
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kaiser",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kaisers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kaiser",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "surname"
      },
      "expansion": "Kaiser m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kaisers or (with an article) Kaiser, feminine genitive Kaiser, plural Kaisers or Kaiser)",
      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Kai‧ser"
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a common surname"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "surname"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "proper-noun",
        "surname"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaɪ̯zər/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkaɪ̯.zɐ]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Kaiser.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/65/De-Kaiser.ogg/De-Kaiser.ogg.mp3",
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Kayser"
    },
    {
      "word": "Käiser"
    },
    {
      "word": "Käyser"
    },
    {
      "word": "Keiser"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "Keyser"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kaiser"
}

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    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "goh",
        "3": "keisar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German keisar",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kaisar",
        "t": "emperor"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kaisar (“emperor”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "Caesar"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Caesar",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Cäsar",
        "3": "Zar"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Cäsar and Zar",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German keiser, from Old High German keisar, keisur, from Proto-West Germanic *kaisar (“emperor”), borrowed from Latin Caesar. Doublet of Cäsar and Zar.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "der Kaiser",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "des Kaisers",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m.article"
      },
      "expansion": "der Kaiser m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Kaisers)",
      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Kai‧ser"
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German colloquialisms",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations",
        "de:Football (soccer)"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2024 February 27, Gerald Fricke, “Der Beckenbavatar”, in taz:",
          "text": "In Mexiko kam der virtuelle Beckenbauer aber noch nicht zum Einsatz, wegen der dünnen Luft („Montezumas Rache“). Und aus Datenschutzgründen nicht bei der Heim-EM 1988 in Deutschland. Einen ersten unbemerkten Kurzzeiteinsatz des Kaisers als Hologramm gab es bei der WM 1990, im Spiel der Deutschen gegen die Tschechoslowakei (1:0).",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nickname of Franz Beckenbauer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soccer",
          "soccer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(soccer, colloquial) nickname of Franz Beckenbauer"
      ],
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        "colloquial",
        "definite",
        "proper-noun",
        "strong",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaɪ̯zər/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkaɪ̯.zɐ]"
    },
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      "audio": "De-Kaiser.ogg",
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Kayser"
    },
    {
      "word": "Käiser"
    },
    {
      "word": "Käyser"
    },
    {
      "word": "Keiser"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Keyser"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kaiser"
}

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