"Kennzeichen" meaning in German

See Kennzeichen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɛn.t͡saɪ̯.çən/ Audio: De-Kennzeichen.ogg
Etymology: kennen (“to know”) + Zeichen (“sign”) Etymology templates: {{etymon|de|af|kennen>to know|Zeichen>sign|id=characteristic}}, {{compound|de|kennen<t:to know>|Zeichen<t:sign>}} kennen (“to know”) + Zeichen (“sign”) Head templates: {{de-noun|n}} Kennzeichen n (strong, genitive Kennzeichens, plural Kennzeichen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n}} Forms: Kennzeichens [genitive], Kennzeichen [plural], strong [table-tags], Kennzeichen [nominative, singular], Kennzeichen [definite, nominative, plural], Kennzeichens [genitive, singular], Kennzeichen [definite, genitive, plural], Kennzeichen [dative, singular], Kennzeichen [dative, definite, plural], Kennzeichen [accusative, singular], Kennzeichen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. characteristic, mark Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Kennzeichen-de-noun-ERWKE99k
  2. earmark, marking, tag Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Kennzeichen-de-noun-QJDr3WiA
  3. (automotive) registration identifier Tags: neuter, strong Categories (topical): Automotive
    Sense id: en-Kennzeichen-de-noun-LMaIeH7c Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 8 16 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 25 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 11 85 Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Kennzeichenpflicht, Kraftfahrzeugkennzeichen, Kurzzeitkennzeichen, Luftfahrzeugkennzeichen, Schiffskennzeichen, Tarnkennzeichen, Truppenkennzeichen Related terms: Kennleuchte, Kennwort

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Kennzeichenpflicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Kraftfahrzeugkennzeichen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Kurzzeitkennzeichen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Luftfahrzeugkennzeichen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Schiffskennzeichen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Tarnkennzeichen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Truppenkennzeichen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "af",
        "3": "kennen>to know",
        "4": "Zeichen>sign",
        "id": "characteristic"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "kennen<t:to know>",
        "3": "Zeichen<t:sign>"
      },
      "expansion": "kennen (“to know”) + Zeichen (“sign”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "kennen (“to know”) + Zeichen (“sign”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Kennzeichens",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kennzeichen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kennzeichen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kennzeichen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kennzeichens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kennzeichen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kennzeichen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kennzeichen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kennzeichen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kennzeichen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Kennzeichen n (strong, genitive Kennzeichens, plural Kennzeichen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Kenn‧zei‧chen"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Kennleuchte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Kennwort"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "characteristic, mark"
      ],
      "id": "en-Kennzeichen-de-noun-ERWKE99k",
      "links": [
        [
          "characteristic",
          "characteristic"
        ],
        [
          "mark",
          "mark"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "earmark, marking, tag"
      ],
      "id": "en-Kennzeichen-de-noun-QJDr3WiA",
      "links": [
        [
          "earmark",
          "earmark"
        ],
        [
          "marking",
          "marking"
        ],
        [
          "tag",
          "tag"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Automotive",
          "orig": "de:Automotive",
          "parents": [
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 16 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 25 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 11 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "registration identifier"
      ],
      "id": "en-Kennzeichen-de-noun-LMaIeH7c",
      "links": [
        [
          "automotive",
          "automotive"
        ],
        [
          "registration",
          "registration"
        ],
        [
          "identifier",
          "identifier"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(automotive) registration identifier"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "automotive",
        "transport",
        "vehicles"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛn.t͡saɪ̯.çən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Kennzeichen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2c/De-Kennzeichen.ogg/De-Kennzeichen.ogg.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Kennzeichen"
}
{
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    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "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-Indo-European",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deyḱ-",
    "German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵneh₃-",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Kennzeichenpflicht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kraftfahrzeugkennzeichen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kurzzeitkennzeichen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Luftfahrzeugkennzeichen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schiffskennzeichen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tarnkennzeichen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Truppenkennzeichen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "af",
        "3": "kennen>to know",
        "4": "Zeichen>sign",
        "id": "characteristic"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "Zeichen<t:sign>"
      },
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      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "kennen (“to know”) + Zeichen (“sign”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Kennzeichens",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kennzeichen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kennzeichen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kennzeichen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kennzeichens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kennzeichen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kennzeichen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kennzeichen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kennzeichen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kennzeichen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Kennzeichen n (strong, genitive Kennzeichens, plural Kennzeichen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Kenn‧zei‧chen"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Kennleuchte"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kennwort"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "characteristic, mark"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "characteristic",
          "characteristic"
        ],
        [
          "mark",
          "mark"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "earmark, marking, tag"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "earmark",
          "earmark"
        ],
        [
          "marking",
          "marking"
        ],
        [
          "tag",
          "tag"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Automotive"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "registration identifier"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "automotive",
          "automotive"
        ],
        [
          "registration",
          "registration"
        ],
        [
          "identifier",
          "identifier"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(automotive) registration identifier"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "automotive",
        "transport",
        "vehicles"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛn.t͡saɪ̯.çən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Kennzeichen.ogg",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Kennzeichen"
}

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