"Knäuel" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈknɔʏ̯əl/ Audio: De-Knäuel.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German *kniuwel (attested in the form knüel), dissimilation of kliuwel, diminutive of kliuwe, from Old High German kliuwa. Cognate with English clew. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|*kniuwel}} Middle High German *kniuwel, {{der|de|goh|kliuwa}} Old High German kliuwa, {{cog|en|clew}} English clew Head templates: {{de-noun|n:m}} Knäuel n or m (strong, genitive Knäuels, plural Knäuel) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n:m}} Forms: Knäuels [genitive], Knäuel [plural], strong [table-tags], Knäuel [definite, nominative, singular], Knäuel [definite, nominative, plural], Knäuels [genitive, singular], Knäuel [definite, genitive, plural], Knäuel [dative, singular], Knäueln [dative, definite, plural], Knäuel [accusative, definite, singular], Knäuel [accusative, definite, plural], Knauel [alternative]
  1. ball of yarn Tags: masculine, neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Knäuel-de-noun-NMeI1sVf Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 43 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 35 29
  2. tangle; mass of something entangled Tags: masculine, neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Knäuel-de-noun-f0SiinM1 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 32 61 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 43 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 35 29
  3. knawel (plant) Tags: masculine, neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Knäuel-de-noun-c0tnqJj3 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Carnation family plants Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 43 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 35 29 Disambiguation of Carnation family plants: 29 28 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Wollknäuel

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Wollknäuel"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "*kniuwel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German *kniuwel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "kliuwa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German kliuwa",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "clew"
      },
      "expansion": "English clew",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German *kniuwel (attested in the form knüel), dissimilation of kliuwel, diminutive of kliuwe, from Old High German kliuwa. Cognate with English clew.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Knäuels",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knäuel",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knäuel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knäuel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knäuels",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knäuel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knäuel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knäueln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knäuel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knäuel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knauel",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n:m"
      },
      "expansion": "Knäuel n or m (strong, genitive Knäuels, plural Knäuel)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Knäu‧el"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n:m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 43 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 35 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ball of yarn"
      ],
      "id": "en-Knäuel-de-noun-NMeI1sVf",
      "links": [
        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
        ],
        [
          "yarn",
          "yarn"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 61 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 43 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 35 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tangle; mass of something entangled"
      ],
      "id": "en-Knäuel-de-noun-f0SiinM1",
      "links": [
        [
          "tangle",
          "tangle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 43 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 35 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 28 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Carnation family plants",
          "orig": "de:Carnation family plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "knawel (plant)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Knäuel-de-noun-c0tnqJj3",
      "links": [
        [
          "knawel",
          "knawel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈknɔʏ̯əl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Knäuel.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/De-Kn%C3%A4uel.ogg/De-Kn%C3%A4uel.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/De-Kn%C3%A4uel.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Knäuel"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German nouns with multiple genders",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "de:Carnation family plants"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Wollknäuel"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "kliuwa"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German kliuwa",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "clew"
      },
      "expansion": "English clew",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German *kniuwel (attested in the form knüel), dissimilation of kliuwel, diminutive of kliuwe, from Old High German kliuwa. Cognate with English clew.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Knäuels",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knäuel",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knäuel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knäuel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knäuels",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knäuel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knäuel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knäueln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knäuel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knäuel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Knauel",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n:m"
      },
      "expansion": "Knäuel n or m (strong, genitive Knäuels, plural Knäuel)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Knäu‧el"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n:m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ball of yarn"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
        ],
        [
          "yarn",
          "yarn"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tangle; mass of something entangled"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tangle",
          "tangle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "knawel (plant)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "knawel",
          "knawel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈknɔʏ̯əl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Knäuel.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/De-Kn%C3%A4uel.ogg/De-Kn%C3%A4uel.ogg.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Knäuel"
}

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