"Lemming" meaning in German

See Lemming in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈlɛmɪŋ/ Audio: De-Lemming.ogg
Etymology: Ca. 1800, from Dano-Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse læmingi, læmingr, lómundr (“lemming”). Further origin unknown, perhaps from Sami luomek. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|da|no}}, {{der|de|non|læmingi}} Old Norse læmingi, {{der|de|smi|-}} Sami Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Lemming m (strong, genitive Lemmings, plural Lemminge) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Lemmings [genitive], Lemminge [plural], strong [table-tags], Lemming [nominative, singular], Lemminge [definite, nominative, plural], Lemmings [genitive, singular], Lemminge [definite, genitive, plural], Lemming [dative, singular], Lemmingen [dative, definite, plural], Lemming [accusative, singular], Lemminge [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. lemming Tags: masculine, strong Derived forms: wie die Lemminge

Inflected forms

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      "form": "Lemmings",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lemminge",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lemming",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lemminge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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    },
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lemmingen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      ]
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}
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      ]
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    {
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "genitive",
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    },
    {
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lemming",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
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  ],
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      },
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    }
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      },
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  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
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        "German terms derived from Norwegian",
        "German terms derived from Old Norse",
        "German terms derived from Sami languages",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Undetermined language links",
        "de:Cricetids"
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        "strong"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Lemming"
}

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