See Kiel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "Kiel",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"with-article"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "toponym"
},
"expansion": "Kiel n (proper noun, genitive Kiels or (optionally with an article) Kiel)",
"name": "de-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"de:Cities in Germany",
"de:Cities in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany",
"de:Places in Germany",
"de:Places in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany"
],
"glosses": [
"Kiel (an independent city in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)"
],
"links": [
[
"Kiel",
"Kiel#English"
],
[
"independent city",
"independent city"
],
[
"Schleswig-Holstein",
"Schleswig-Holstein#English"
],
[
"Germany",
"Germany#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"proper-noun"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kiːl/"
},
{
"audio": "De-Kiel.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a4/De-Kiel.ogg/De-Kiel.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/De-Kiel.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːl"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Kiel Fjord",
"Nicoline van der Sijs"
],
"word": "Kiel"
}
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