"Leni" meaning in German

See Leni in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{de-proper noun|f,s.gen:s:-}} Leni f (proper noun, genitive Lenis or Leni, plural Lenis) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f,s.gen:s:-}} Forms: Lenis [genitive], Leni [genitive], Lenis [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Leni [nominative, singular], Lenis [definite, nominative, plural], Lenis [genitive, singular], Leni [genitive, singular], Lenis [definite, genitive, plural], Leni [dative, singular], Lenis [dative, definite, plural], Leni [accusative, singular], Lenis [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. a diminutive of the female given names Helene and Magdalene Tags: feminine, proper-noun

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Lenis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leni",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lenis",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lenis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lenis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lenis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lenis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lenis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f,s.gen:s:-"
      },
      "expansion": "Leni f (proper noun, genitive Lenis or Leni, plural Lenis)",
      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f,s.gen:s:-"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German diminutives of female given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German female given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              30,
              34
            ],
            [
              30,
              35
            ],
            [
              45,
              49
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The Trial",
          "ref": "c. 1914, Franz Kafka, Der Prozess [The Trial], Berlin: Die Schmiede, published 1925:",
          "text": "Der Advokat trank, K. drückte Lenis Hand und Leni wagte es manchmal K.s Haare sanft zu streicheln.",
          "translation": "The Trial",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a diminutive of the female given names Helene and Magdalene"
      ],
      "id": "en-Leni-de-name-3Kfd11r0",
      "links": [
        [
          "diminutive",
          "diminutive"
        ],
        [
          "given names",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Helene",
          "Helene#German"
        ],
        [
          "Magdalene",
          "Magdalene#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "proper-noun"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Leni"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Lenis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leni",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lenis",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lenis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lenis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lenis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lenis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Leni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Lenis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f,s.gen:s:-"
      },
      "expansion": "Leni f (proper noun, genitive Lenis or Leni, plural Lenis)",
      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f,s.gen:s:-"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German diminutives of female given names",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German female given names",
        "German feminine nouns",
        "German given names",
        "German lemmas",
        "German proper nouns",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              30,
              34
            ],
            [
              30,
              35
            ],
            [
              45,
              49
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The Trial",
          "ref": "c. 1914, Franz Kafka, Der Prozess [The Trial], Berlin: Die Schmiede, published 1925:",
          "text": "Der Advokat trank, K. drückte Lenis Hand und Leni wagte es manchmal K.s Haare sanft zu streicheln.",
          "translation": "The Trial",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a diminutive of the female given names Helene and Magdalene"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "diminutive",
          "diminutive"
        ],
        [
          "given names",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Helene",
          "Helene#German"
        ],
        [
          "Magdalene",
          "Magdalene#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "proper-noun"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Leni"
}

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