"Lexikon" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɛksikɔn/ Audio: De-Lexikon.ogg
Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek λεξικόν (lexikón, “dictionary”), from λεξικός (lexikós) Etymology templates: {{der|de|grc|λεξικόν||dictionary}} Ancient Greek λεξικόν (lexikón, “dictionary”), {{m|grc|λεξικός}} λεξικός (lexikós) Head templates: {{de-noun|n,,Lexika:Lexiken:Lexikons􂀿nonstandard, rather rare􂁀:Lexikas􂀿nonstandard, rather rare􂁀}} Lexikon n (strong, genitive Lexikons, plural Lexika or Lexiken or (nonstandard, rather rare) Lexikons or Lexikas) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,,Lexika:Lexiken:Lexikons􂀿nonstandard, rather rare􂁀:Lexikas􂀿nonstandard, rather rare􂁀}} Forms: Lexikons [genitive], Lexika [plural], Lexiken [plural], Lexikons [error-unknown-tag, nonstandard, plural, rare], Lexikas [plural], strong [table-tags], Lexikon [nominative, singular], Lexika [definite, nominative, plural], Lexiken [definite, nominative, plural], Lexikons [definite, nominative, plural], Lexikas [definite, nominative, plural], Lexikons [genitive, singular], Lexika [definite, genitive, plural], Lexiken [definite, genitive, plural], Lexikons [definite, genitive, plural], Lexikas [definite, genitive, plural], Lexikon [dative, singular], Lexika [dative, definite, plural], Lexiken [dative, definite, plural], Lexikons [dative, definite, plural], Lexikas [dative, definite, plural], Lexikon [accusative, singular], Lexika [accusative, definite, plural], Lexiken [accusative, definite, plural], Lexikons [accusative, definite, plural], Lexikas [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. reference book; a book, usually alphabetically ordered, in which definitions and facts can be looked up, such as an encyclopaedia, dictionary, etc. Tags: neuter, strong Categories (topical): Reference works Synonyms: Nachschlagewerk, schlaues Buch
    Sense id: en-Lexikon-de-noun-mKhuR13O Disambiguation of Reference works: 61 39
  2. a lexicon, in other words the vocabulary of a language, field, or individual person. Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Lexikon-de-noun-Au9Zu1YW Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Lexicon [archaic] Hyponyms: Reallexikon, Sachlexikon, Sprachlexikon, Enzyklopädie, Wörterbuch

Inflected forms

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