"Kaiserslautern" meaning in German

See Kaiserslautern in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˌkaɪzɐsˈlaʊtɐn/ Audio: De-Kaiserslautern2.ogg Forms: Kaiserslauterns [genitive], Kaiserslautern [genitive, with-article], neuter [table-tags], Kaiserslautern [definite, nominative, singular], Kaiserslauterns [definite, genitive, singular], Kaiserslautern [definite, genitive, singular, with-article], Kaiserslautern [dative, definite, singular], Kaiserslautern [accusative, definite, singular]
Etymology: From Kaiser (“emperor (in reference to Frederick Barbarossa)”) + -s- + Lauter (the river on which the city was built) + -n (old dative ending). Etymology templates: {{af|de|Kaiser|-s-|Lauter|pos3=the river on which the city was built|t1=emperor (in reference to Frederick Barbarossa)}} Kaiser (“emperor (in reference to Frederick Barbarossa)”) + -s- + Lauter (the river on which the city was built) Head templates: {{de-proper noun|toponym}} Kaiserslautern n (proper noun, genitive Kaiserslauterns or (optionally with an article) Kaiserslautern) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|toponym}}
  1. Kaiserslautern (an independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate) Tags: neuter, proper-noun Categories (place): Places in Germany, Places in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Towns in Germany, Towns in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Synonyms: K-Town Related terms: Kaiseraugst, Kaiserswerth, Kaisersberg, Lautern, Oberlauter, Wieslauter
    Sense id: en-Kaiserslautern-de-name-Vm0lbrh7
  2. a rural district of Rhineland-Palatinate, partially surrounding but not including the town of Kaiserslautern, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat Tags: neuter, proper-noun Categories (place): Districts of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Places in Germany, Places in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
    Sense id: en-Kaiserslautern-de-name-D86GYMR9 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms interfixed with -s- Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of German terms interfixed with -s-: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms (Kaiserslauterner): Kaiserslauternerin
Disambiguation of 'Kaiserslauterner': 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "From Kaiser (“emperor (in reference to Frederick Barbarossa)”) + -s- + Lauter (the river on which the city was built) + -n (old dative ending).",
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      "form": "neuter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kaiserslautern",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    },
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        "definite",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "singular"
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    }
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    }
  ],
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  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "de",
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          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "word": "Kaiseraugst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "word": "Kaiserswerth"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "word": "Kaisersberg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "word": "Lautern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "word": "Oberlauter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 43",
          "word": "Wieslauter"
        }
      ],
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        }
      ],
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      ]
    },
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    "Frederick Barbarossa",
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  ],
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        "definite",
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    },
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    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "word": "Kaiserswerth"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kaisersberg"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lautern"
    },
    {
      "word": "Oberlauter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wieslauter"
    }
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