"Leitton" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlaɪ̯t.toːn/ Audio: De-Leitton.ogg
Etymology: leiten (“to lead”) + Ton (“note”) Etymology templates: {{af|de|leiten|Ton|t1=to lead|t2=note}} leiten (“to lead”) + Ton (“note”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,^e}} Leitton m (strong, genitive Leittones or Leittons, plural Leittöne) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,^e}} Forms: Leittones [genitive], Leittons [genitive], Leittöne [plural], strong [table-tags], Leitton [nominative, singular], Leittöne [definite, nominative, plural], Leittones [genitive, singular], Leittons [genitive, singular], Leittöne [definite, genitive, plural], Leitton [dative, singular], Leittone [dative, singular], Leittönen [dative, definite, plural], Leitton [accusative, singular], Leittöne [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (music) leading tone Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Leitton-de-noun-LQeVCTYQ Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Music Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Inflected forms

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    {
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        "2": "leiten",
        "3": "Ton",
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        "t2": "note"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "leiten (“to lead”) + Ton (“note”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Leittones",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leittons",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leittöne",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leitton",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leittöne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leittones",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leittons",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leittöne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leitton",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leittone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leittönen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leitton",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leittöne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s,^e"
      },
      "expansion": "Leitton m (strong, genitive Leittones or Leittons, plural Leittöne)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s,^e"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "de:Music",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "leading tone"
      ],
      "id": "en-Leitton-de-noun-LQeVCTYQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "leading tone",
          "leading tone"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
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        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlaɪ̯t.toːn/"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/De-Leitton.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Leitton"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "leiten",
        "3": "Ton",
        "t1": "to lead",
        "t2": "note"
      },
      "expansion": "leiten (“to lead”) + Ton (“note”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "leiten (“to lead”) + Ton (“note”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Leittones",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leittons",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leittöne",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leitton",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leittöne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leittones",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leittons",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leittöne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leitton",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leittone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leittönen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leitton",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leittöne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s,^e"
      },
      "expansion": "Leitton m (strong, genitive Leittones or Leittons, plural Leittöne)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s,^e"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "German compound terms",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "de:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "leading tone",
          "leading tone"
        ]
      ],
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        "(music) leading tone"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlaɪ̯t.toːn/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Leitton.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/De-Leitton.ogg/De-Leitton.ogg.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Leitton"
}

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