"Klang" meaning in German

See Klang in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /klaŋ/ Audio: De-Klang.ogg
Rhymes: -aŋ Etymology: From Middle High German klanc, from Old High German klang, clanch. Related to klingen. Compare English clank. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|klanc}} Middle High German klanc, {{inh|de|goh|klang}} Old High German klang, {{cog|en|clank}} English clank Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,^e}} Klang m (strong, genitive Klanges or Klangs, plural Klänge) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,^e}} Forms: Klanges [genitive], Klangs [genitive], Klänge [plural], strong [table-tags], Klang [nominative, singular], Klänge [definite, nominative, plural], Klanges [genitive, singular], Klangs [genitive, singular], Klänge [definite, genitive, plural], Klang [dative, singular], Klange [dative, singular], Klängen [dative, definite, plural], Klang [accusative, singular], Klänge [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. sound, tone Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Klang-de-noun-ts-T3vJG
  2. tune, melody Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Klang-de-noun-UNNyIIfM Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 5 91 5 Derived forms: Abklang, Anklang, Ausklang, Beiklang, Doppelklang, Dreiklang, Durklang, Einklang, Flötenklang, Fortklang, Fünfklang, Gitarrenklang, Grundklang, Meeresklang, Mehrklang, Missklang, Mollklang, Nebenklang, Orchesterklang, Orgelklang, Raumklang, Spitzenklang, Unterklang, Vierklang, Vogelklang, Wellenklang, Zweiklang Related terms: Klangbild, Klangbildung, Klangbreite, Klangerzeugnis, Klangerzeugung, Klangfarbe, Klangfortpflanzung, Klangfülle, Klanggerät, Klanghöhe, Klanginstrument, Klanglehre, Klangschale, Klangschönheit, Klangspektrum, Klangspiel, Klangtiefe, Klangüberlagerung, Klangübersetzung, Klangübertragung, Klangverbreiterung, Klangverbreitung, Klangverdichtung, Klangverstärkung, Klangverzerrung, Klangverzögerung, Geräusch [neuter], Laut [masculine], Schall [masculine]
  3. reputation Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Klang-de-noun-VW7HSF22

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "klang"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German klang",
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "Klanges",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klänge",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klang",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klänge",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Klanges",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Klangs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klänge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Klang",
      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "Klange",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klang",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Klänge",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
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    }
  ],
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "english": "The sound of her voice was soft and sweet, and gave me a strange feeling.",
          "ref": "1960, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Gespenster:",
          "text": "Der Klang ihrer Stimme war weich und süß und gab mir ein merkwürdiges Gefühl.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      ]
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Abklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Anklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Ausklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Beiklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Doppelklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Dreiklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Durklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Einklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Flötenklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Fortklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Fünfklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Gitarrenklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Grundklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Meeresklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Mehrklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Missklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Mollklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Nebenklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Orchesterklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Orgelklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Raumklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Spitzenklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Unterklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Vierklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Vogelklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Wellenklang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Zweiklang"
        }
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          "tune"
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          "melody"
        ]
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klangbild"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klangbildung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klangbreite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klangerzeugnis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klangerzeugung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klangfarbe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klangfortpflanzung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klangfülle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klanggerät"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klanghöhe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klanginstrument"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klanglehre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klangschale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klangschönheit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klangspektrum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klangspiel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klangtiefe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klangüberlagerung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klangübersetzung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klangübertragung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klangverbreiterung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klangverbreitung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klangverdichtung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klangverstärkung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klangverzerrung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "word": "Klangverzögerung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Geräusch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Laut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schall"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "reputation"
      ],
      "id": "en-Klang-de-noun-VW7HSF22",
      "links": [
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          "reputation",
          "reputation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/klaŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aŋ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Klang.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9e/De-Klang.ogg/De-Klang.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/De-Klang.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Klang"
}
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    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:German/aŋ",
    "Rhymes:German/aŋ/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Abklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Anklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ausklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Beiklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Doppelklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dreiklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Durklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Einklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Flötenklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fortklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fünfklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gitarrenklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Grundklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Meeresklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mehrklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Missklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mollklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nebenklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Orchesterklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Orgelklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Raumklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spitzenklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Unterklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vierklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vogelklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wellenklang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zweiklang"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      },
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      "form": "Klanges",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klangs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klänge",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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    {
      "form": "Klang",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Klänge",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
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        "genitive",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Klänge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klang",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klange",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klängen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klang",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klänge",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "Klangbild"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klangbildung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klangbreite"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klangerzeugnis"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klangerzeugung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klangfarbe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klangfortpflanzung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klangfülle"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klanggerät"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klanghöhe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klanginstrument"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klanglehre"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klangschale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klangschönheit"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klangspektrum"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klangspiel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klangtiefe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klangüberlagerung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klangübersetzung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klangübertragung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klangverbreiterung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klangverbreitung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klangverdichtung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klangverstärkung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klangverzerrung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Klangverzögerung"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Geräusch"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Laut"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schall"
    }
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    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "The sound of her voice was soft and sweet, and gave me a strange feeling.",
          "ref": "1960, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Gespenster:",
          "text": "Der Klang ihrer Stimme war weich und süß und gab mir ein merkwürdiges Gefühl.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sound, tone"
      ],
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        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ],
        [
          "tone",
          "tone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tune, melody"
      ],
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        [
          "tune",
          "tune"
        ],
        [
          "melody",
          "melody"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "reputation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reputation",
          "reputation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/klaŋ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aŋ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Klang.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9e/De-Klang.ogg/De-Klang.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/De-Klang.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Klang"
}

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