"Klangfarbe" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈklaŋˌfaʁbə/ Audio: De-Klangfarbe.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From klang (“sound”) + farbe (“colour”). Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|klang<t:sound>|farbe<t:colour>}}, {{compound|de|klang|farbe|t1=sound|t2=colour}} klang (“sound”) + farbe (“colour”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Klangfarbe f (genitive Klangfarbe, plural Klangfarben) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Klangfarbe [genitive], Klangfarben [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Klangfarbe [nominative, singular], Klangfarben [definite, nominative, plural], Klangfarbe [genitive, singular], Klangfarben [definite, genitive, plural], Klangfarbe [dative, singular], Klangfarben [dative, definite, plural], Klangfarbe [accusative, singular], Klangfarben [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. timbre (sound quality/colour) Tags: feminine Synonyms: Timbre Related terms: Klangfarbenmelodie

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "klang<t:sound>",
        "4": "farbe<t:colour>"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "klang",
        "3": "farbe",
        "t1": "sound",
        "t2": "colour"
      },
      "expansion": "klang (“sound”) + farbe (“colour”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From klang (“sound”) + farbe (“colour”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Klangfarbe",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klangfarben",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klangfarbe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klangfarben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klangfarbe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klangfarben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klangfarbe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klangfarben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klangfarbe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klangfarben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Klangfarbe f (genitive Klangfarbe, plural Klangfarben)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "klang",
        "far",
        "be"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "timbre (sound quality/colour)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Klangfarbe-de-noun-pfHWWYqZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "timbre",
          "timbre"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Klangfarbenmelodie"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Timbre"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklaŋˌfaʁbə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Klangfarbe.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/39/De-Klangfarbe.ogg/De-Klangfarbe.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/De-Klangfarbe.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Klangfarbe"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "klang<t:sound>",
        "4": "farbe<t:colour>"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
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        "3": "farbe",
        "t1": "sound",
        "t2": "colour"
      },
      "expansion": "klang (“sound”) + farbe (“colour”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From klang (“sound”) + farbe (“colour”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Klangfarbe",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klangfarben",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klangfarbe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klangfarben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klangfarbe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klangfarben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klangfarbe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klangfarben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klangfarbe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Klangfarben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Klangfarbe f (genitive Klangfarbe, plural Klangfarben)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "klang",
        "far",
        "be"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Klangfarbenmelodie"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German compound terms",
        "German entries referencing missing etymons",
        "German entries with etymon",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German feminine nouns",
        "German lemmas",
        "German nouns",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymon"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "timbre (sound quality/colour)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "timbre",
          "timbre"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Timbre"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklaŋˌfaʁbə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Klangfarbe.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/39/De-Klangfarbe.ogg/De-Klangfarbe.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/De-Klangfarbe.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Klangfarbe"
}

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