"Lachs" meaning in German

See Lachs in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /laks/ Audio: De-Lachs.OGG
Etymology: From Middle High German lahs, from Old High German lahs, from Proto-West Germanic *lahs, from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|lahs}} Middle High German lahs, {{inh|de|goh|lahs}} Old High German lahs, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*lahs}} Proto-West Germanic *lahs, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*lahsaz}} Proto-Germanic *lahsaz, {{dercat|de|ine-pro}} Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Lachs m (strong, genitive Lachses, plural Lachse) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Lachses [genitive], Lachse [plural], strong [table-tags], Lachs [nominative, singular], Lachse [definite, nominative, plural], Lachses [genitive, singular], Lachse [definite, genitive, plural], Lachs [dative, singular], Lachse [dative, singular], Lachsen [dative, definite, plural], Lachs [accusative, singular], Lachse [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. salmon, lax/lox Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Lachs-de-noun-3QPj2Qdb
  2. longissimus dorsi (core muscle, long back extensor muscle) of the back of slaughtered animals, especially pigs (Schweinelachs or Lachsfleisch), calves (Kalbslachs), and lambs (Lammlachs); part of the rib or chop cuts. Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Lachs-de-noun-J-BxvsiF Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Salmonids Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Salmonids: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lachsartig, lachsfarben
Categories (other): Seafood Disambiguation of Seafood: 0 0 Related terms: Alaska-Lachs, atlantischer Lachs, Donaulachs, Flammlachs, Flusslachs, Kamtschatka-Lachs, Königslachs, Lachsart, Lachsbrötchen, Lachsfang, Lachsfarm, Lachsfilet, Lachsfisch, Lachsforelle, Lachshering, lachsrosa, Lachsschaumspeise, Lachsschinken, Lachstreppe, Lachszucht, Räucherlachs, Seelachs, Silberlachs, Wildlachs, Zuchtlachs

Inflected forms

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      "langcode": "de",
      "name": "Seafood",
      "orig": "de:Seafood",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lachsartig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lachsfarben"
    }
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German lahs, from Old High German lahs, from Proto-West Germanic *lahs, from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Lachses",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lachse",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lachs",
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        "singular"
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    },
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    },
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lachs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lachse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Lachsen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lachs",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Lachs m (strong, genitive Lachses, plural Lachse)",
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    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "m"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Alaska-Lachs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "atlantischer Lachs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Donaulachs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Flammlachs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Flusslachs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Kamtschatka-Lachs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Königslachs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Lachsart"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Lachsbrötchen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Lachsfang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Lachsfarm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Lachsfilet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Lachsfisch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Lachsforelle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Lachshering"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lachsrosa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Lachsschaumspeise"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Lachsschinken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Lachstreppe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Lachszucht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Räucherlachs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Seelachs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Silberlachs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Wildlachs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Zuchtlachs"
    }
  ],
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        "salmon, lax/lox"
      ],
      "id": "en-Lachs-de-noun-3QPj2Qdb",
      "links": [
        [
          "salmon",
          "salmon"
        ],
        [
          "lax",
          "lax"
        ],
        [
          "lox",
          "lox"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
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          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Salmonids",
          "orig": "de:Salmonids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "longissimus dorsi (core muscle, long back extensor muscle) of the back of slaughtered animals, especially pigs (Schweinelachs or Lachsfleisch), calves (Kalbslachs), and lambs (Lammlachs); part of the rib or chop cuts."
      ],
      "id": "en-Lachs-de-noun-J-BxvsiF",
      "links": [
        [
          "longissimus",
          "longissimus"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/laks/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Lachs.OGG",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/De-Lachs.OGG/De-Lachs.OGG.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/De-Lachs.OGG"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Lacks"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lax"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Lachs"
}
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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 derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "de:Salmonids",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "lachsartig"
    },
    {
      "word": "lachsfarben"
    }
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    },
    {
      "form": "Lachse",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "strong",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "Lachs",
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Lachses",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lachse",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lachs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lachse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lachsen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lachs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "Lachs m (strong, genitive Lachses, plural Lachse)",
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    }
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Alaska-Lachs"
    },
    {
      "word": "atlantischer Lachs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Donaulachs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Flammlachs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Flusslachs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kamtschatka-Lachs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Königslachs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lachsart"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lachsbrötchen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lachsfang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lachsfarm"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lachsfilet"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lachsfisch"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lachsforelle"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lachshering"
    },
    {
      "word": "lachsrosa"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lachsschaumspeise"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lachsschinken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lachstreppe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lachszucht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Räucherlachs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Seelachs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Silberlachs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wildlachs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zuchtlachs"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "salmon, lax/lox"
      ],
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          "salmon",
          "salmon"
        ],
        [
          "lax",
          "lax"
        ],
        [
          "lox",
          "lox"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "longissimus dorsi (core muscle, long back extensor muscle) of the back of slaughtered animals, especially pigs (Schweinelachs or Lachsfleisch), calves (Kalbslachs), and lambs (Lammlachs); part of the rib or chop cuts."
      ],
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          "longissimus",
          "longissimus"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/laks/"
    },
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      "audio": "De-Lachs.OGG",
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "Lacks"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lax"
    }
  ],
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}

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