"Kurve" meaning in German

See Kurve in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkʊʁvə/, /ˈkʊʁfə/ Audio: De-at-Kurve.ogg [Austria], De-Kurve.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin curva (linea). Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|la|curva|alt=curva (linea)}} Borrowed from Latin curva (linea) Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Kurve f (genitive Kurve, plural Kurven) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Kurve [genitive], Kurven [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Kurve [nominative, singular], Kurven [definite, nominative, plural], Kurve [genitive, singular], Kurven [definite, genitive, plural], Kurve [dative, singular], Kurven [dative, definite, plural], Kurve [accusative, singular], Kurven [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. bend (curve) Tags: feminine Synonyms: Biegung, Krümmung
    Sense id: en-Kurve-de-noun-TRpdWxQx
  2. (mathematics) curve Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Kurve-de-noun-gMEBikyP Categories (other): Mathematics Topics: mathematics, sciences
  3. (sports, chiefly soccer) ellipsis of Fankurve Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine Alternative form of: Fankurve
    Sense id: en-Kurve-de-noun-y1FfGTO2 Categories (other): German ellipses, Football (soccer), Sports, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 1 12 85 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 16 72 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 9 84 4 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
  4. (informal, in the plural) curve (attractive shape of a woman's body) Tags: feminine, in-plural, informal
    Sense id: en-Kurve-de-noun-~6TbzkGu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: Fieberkurve, Haarnadelkurve, Linkskurve, Rechtskurve, Sinuskurve, S-Kurve, Steilkurve, Straßenkurve, Zielkurve Derived forms: kurvig Related terms: Kurvengrad, kurvenreich, Kurvenmaximum, Kurvenminimum, Kurvenwinkel, die Kurve kratzen, die Kurve kriegen

Inflected forms

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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "word": "die Kurve kratzen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    }
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        },
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          "word": "Krümmung"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈkʊʁfə/"
    },
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      "word": "Kurvenmaximum"
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