"Maid" meaning in German

See Maid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /maɪ̯t/ Audio: De-Maid.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German mait, meit, contracted form of OHG maget, thus a doublet of Magd (“maid”). Cognates with Dutch meid, maagd, Low German Meid, Maagd, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸𐍃 (magaþs) and English maid. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|mait}} Middle High German mait, {{doublet|de|Magd|nocap=1|t1=maid}} doublet of Magd (“maid”), {{cog|nl|meid}} Dutch meid, {{cog|nds|Meid}} Low German Meid, {{cog|got|𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸𐍃}} Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸𐍃 (magaþs), {{cog|en|maid}} English maid Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Maid f (genitive Maid, plural Maiden) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Maid [genitive], Maiden [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Maid [nominative, singular], Maiden [definite, nominative, plural], Maid [genitive, singular], Maiden [definite, genitive, plural], Maid [dative, singular], Maiden [dative, definite, plural], Maid [accusative, singular], Maiden [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (now poetic) girl, maiden, virgin Tags: feminine, poetic Related terms: Mädchen, Magd

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "mait"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German mait",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Magd",
        "nocap": "1",
        "t1": "maid"
      },
      "expansion": "doublet of Magd (“maid”)",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "meid"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch meid",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "Meid"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German Meid",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸𐍃 (magaþs)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "maid"
      },
      "expansion": "English maid",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German mait, meit, contracted form of OHG maget, thus a doublet of Magd (“maid”). Cognates with Dutch meid, maagd, Low German Meid, Maagd, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸𐍃 (magaþs) and English maid.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Maid",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Maiden",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Maid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Maiden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Maid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Maiden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Maid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Maiden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Maid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Maiden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Maid f (genitive Maid, plural Maiden)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "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": "Female people",
          "orig": "de:Female people",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              21,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Farewell, you dainty maiden!",
          "text": "Leb wohl, du holde Maid!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "girl, maiden, virgin"
      ],
      "id": "en-Maid-de-noun-n3ViJBBB",
      "links": [
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          "girl",
          "girl"
        ],
        [
          "maiden",
          "maiden"
        ],
        [
          "virgin",
          "virgin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now poetic) girl, maiden, virgin"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Mädchen"
        },
        {
          "word": "Magd"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maɪ̯t/"
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/De-Maid.ogg/De-Maid.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/De-Maid.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "meid"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Maid"
}
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "mait"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German mait",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Magd",
        "nocap": "1",
        "t1": "maid"
      },
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      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "meid"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch meid",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "Meid"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German Meid",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌸𐍃 (magaþs)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "maid"
      },
      "expansion": "English maid",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Maid",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Maiden",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Maid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Maiden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Maid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Maiden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Maid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Maiden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Maid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Maiden",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Maid f (genitive Maid, plural Maiden)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Mädchen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Magd"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German doublets",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German feminine nouns",
        "German lemmas",
        "German nouns",
        "German poetic terms",
        "German terms derived from Middle High German",
        "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
        "German terms with homophones",
        "German terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "de:Female people"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              21,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Farewell, you dainty maiden!",
          "text": "Leb wohl, du holde Maid!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "girl, maiden, virgin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "girl",
          "girl"
        ],
        [
          "maiden",
          "maiden"
        ],
        [
          "virgin",
          "virgin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now poetic) girl, maiden, virgin"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maɪ̯t/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Maid.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/De-Maid.ogg/De-Maid.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/De-Maid.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "meid"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Maid"
}

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