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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "Letter",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Lettern",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "de-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Letter",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Lettern",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Letter",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Lettern",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Letter",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Lettern",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Letter",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Lettern",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "Letter f (genitive Letter, plural Lettern)",
"name": "de-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"name": "de-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
92,
99
]
],
"ref": "1827, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Der Gräfin Titinne O'Donell”, in Gedichte:",
"text": "Als der Knabe nach der Schule, / Das Pennal in Händen, ging / Und mit stumpfer Federspule / Lettern an zu kritzeln fing",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"letter (character)"
],
"id": "en-Letter-de-noun-5J0BA0MS",
"links": [
[
"letter",
"letter"
],
[
"character",
"character"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(now uncommon) letter (character)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Buchstabe"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 0 32",
"tags": [
"character",
"letter"
],
"word": "Buchstabe"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 0 32",
"word": "Litera"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 0 32",
"english": "maybe dated",
"translation": "maybe dated",
"word": "Litter"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 0 32",
"word": "Druckbuchstabe"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 0 32",
"word": "Druckletter"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 0 32",
"word": "Drucktype"
},
{
"_dis1": "68 0 32",
"word": "Type"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"uncommon"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "de",
"name": "Printing",
"orig": "de:Printing",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
30,
37
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
34,
38
]
],
"english": "letterpress printing with movable type",
"text": "der Buchdruck mit beweglichen Lettern",
"translation": "letterpress printing with movable type",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"type"
],
"id": "en-Letter-de-noun-EwPAawsB",
"links": [
[
"printing",
"printing#Noun"
],
[
"type",
"type"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(printing) type"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Drucktype"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"media",
"printing",
"publishing"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "5 14 81",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 14 79",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 13 82",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
31,
38
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
46,
53
]
],
"english": "His name was emblazoned on the door in golden letters.",
"text": "An der Tür prangte in goldenen Lettern sein Name.",
"translation": "His name was emblazoned on the door in golden letters.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"large or decorated letter as used for book covers, headlines, signs, and inscriptions"
],
"id": "en-Letter-de-noun-5hJcj6D9",
"links": [
[
"decorate",
"decorate"
],
[
"letter",
"letter"
],
[
"cover",
"cover"
],
[
"headline",
"headline"
],
[
"sign",
"sign"
],
[
"inscription",
"inscription"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Druckbuchstabe"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/ˈlɛtɐ/"
},
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"audio": "De-Letter.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/De-Letter.ogg/De-Letter.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/De-Letter.ogg"
}
],
"word": "Letter"
}
{
"categories": [
"German entries with incorrect language header",
"German feminine nouns",
"German lemmas",
"German nouns",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "Letter",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Lettern",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "de-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Letter",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Lettern",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Letter",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Lettern",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Letter",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Lettern",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Letter",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Lettern",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "Letter f (genitive Letter, plural Lettern)",
"name": "de-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"name": "de-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"German terms with quotations",
"German terms with uncommon senses",
"Requests for translations of German quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
92,
99
]
],
"ref": "1827, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Der Gräfin Titinne O'Donell”, in Gedichte:",
"text": "Als der Knabe nach der Schule, / Das Pennal in Händen, ging / Und mit stumpfer Federspule / Lettern an zu kritzeln fing",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"letter (character)"
],
"links": [
[
"letter",
"letter"
],
[
"character",
"character"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(now uncommon) letter (character)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Buchstabe"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"uncommon"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German terms with usage examples",
"de:Printing"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
30,
37
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
34,
38
]
],
"english": "letterpress printing with movable type",
"text": "der Buchdruck mit beweglichen Lettern",
"translation": "letterpress printing with movable type",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"type"
],
"links": [
[
"printing",
"printing#Noun"
],
[
"type",
"type"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(printing) type"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Drucktype"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"media",
"printing",
"publishing"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
31,
38
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
46,
53
]
],
"english": "His name was emblazoned on the door in golden letters.",
"text": "An der Tür prangte in goldenen Lettern sein Name.",
"translation": "His name was emblazoned on the door in golden letters.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"large or decorated letter as used for book covers, headlines, signs, and inscriptions"
],
"links": [
[
"decorate",
"decorate"
],
[
"letter",
"letter"
],
[
"cover",
"cover"
],
[
"headline",
"headline"
],
[
"sign",
"sign"
],
[
"inscription",
"inscription"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Druckbuchstabe"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɛtɐ/"
},
{
"audio": "De-Letter.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/De-Letter.ogg/De-Letter.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/De-Letter.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"character",
"letter"
],
"word": "Buchstabe"
},
{
"word": "Litera"
},
{
"english": "maybe dated",
"translation": "maybe dated",
"word": "Litter"
},
{
"word": "Druckbuchstabe"
},
{
"word": "Druckletter"
},
{
"word": "Drucktype"
},
{
"word": "Type"
}
],
"word": "Letter"
}
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