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{
"etymology_links": [
[
"Karl",
"Karl#German"
],
[
"-chen",
"-chen#German"
],
[
"Charlie",
"Charlie#English"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Karl",
"3": "chen"
},
"expansion": "Karl + -chen",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Charlie"
},
"expansion": "English Charlie",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Karl + -chen. Cognate to English Charlie.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Karlchens",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Karlchen",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "de-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Karlchen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Karlchen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Karlchens",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Karlchen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Karlchen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Karlchen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Karlchen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Karlchen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "n"
},
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"name": "de-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "n"
},
"name": "de-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "60 40",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "72 28",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a diminutive of the male given name Karl, equivalent to English Charlie"
],
"id": "en-Karlchen-de-noun-NWoEbPhF",
"links": [
[
"diminutive",
"diminutive"
],
[
"given name",
"given name"
],
[
"Karl",
"Karl#German"
],
[
"Charlie",
"Charlie#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"strong"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 72",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German terms suffixed with -chen",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a Jack of Clubs (dubbed Karlchen, i.e. Charlie) winning the last trick in a game of Doppelkopf (German card game)"
],
"id": "en-Karlchen-de-noun-AIufz4KI",
"links": [
[
"Jack",
"Jack"
],
[
"Clubs",
"Clubs"
],
[
"Doppelkopf",
"Doppelkopf"
]
],
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"word": "Klein-Erna"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"word": "Peterchen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"word": "Paulchen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"word": "Hänschen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"word": "Fritzchen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"word": "Mäxchen"
}
],
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"neuter",
"strong"
]
}
],
"word": "Karlchen"
}
{
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"German entries with incorrect language header",
"German lemmas",
"German neuter nouns",
"German nouns",
"German terms suffixed with -chen",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"Karl",
"Karl#German"
],
[
"-chen",
"-chen#German"
],
[
"Charlie",
"Charlie#English"
]
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Karl",
"3": "chen"
},
"expansion": "Karl + -chen",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Charlie"
},
"expansion": "English Charlie",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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{
"form": "Karlchens",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Karlchen",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "de-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Karlchen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Karlchen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Karlchens",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Karlchen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Karlchen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Karlchen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Karlchen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Karlchen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "n"
},
"expansion": "Karlchen n (strong, genitive Karlchens, plural Karlchen)",
"name": "de-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "n"
},
"name": "de-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "Klein-Erna"
},
{
"word": "Peterchen"
},
{
"word": "Paulchen"
},
{
"word": "Hänschen"
},
{
"word": "Fritzchen"
},
{
"word": "Mäxchen"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"German diminutives of male given names",
"German given names",
"German male given names"
],
"glosses": [
"a diminutive of the male given name Karl, equivalent to English Charlie"
],
"links": [
[
"diminutive",
"diminutive"
],
[
"given name",
"given name"
],
[
"Karl",
"Karl#German"
],
[
"Charlie",
"Charlie#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"strong"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a Jack of Clubs (dubbed Karlchen, i.e. Charlie) winning the last trick in a game of Doppelkopf (German card game)"
],
"links": [
[
"Jack",
"Jack"
],
[
"Clubs",
"Clubs"
],
[
"Doppelkopf",
"Doppelkopf"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"strong"
]
}
],
"word": "Karlchen"
}
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