"Mais" meaning in German

See Mais in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /maɪ̯s/ Audio: De-Mais.ogg Forms: Maises [genitive], Mais [genitive], masculine strong [table-tags], Mais [nominative, singular], Maises [genitive, singular], Mais [genitive, singular], Mais [dative, singular], Mais [accusative, singular]
Rhymes: -aɪ̯s Etymology: From Spanish maíz, from Taíno *mahis, *mahisi. Etymology templates: {{der|de|es|maíz}} Spanish maíz, {{der|de|tnq|*mahis}} Taíno *mahis Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(es).sg}} Mais m (strong, genitive Maises or Mais, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(es).sg}}
  1. maize; corn (US) Tags: masculine, no-plural, strong Categories (lifeform): Maize (plant) Synonyms: Kukuruz [Austria], türkischer Weizen [archaic], türkisch Korn [archaic], Welschkorn [dated] Hyponyms: Genmais, Hartmais, Puffmais, Spelzmais, Stärkemais, Wachsmais, Zahnmais, Zuckermais Derived forms: Maisbeulenbrand, Maisgrieß, Maisrost
    Sense id: en-Mais-de-noun-H4PfLqZr Disambiguation of Maize (plant): 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /maɪ̯s/ Audio: De-Mais.ogg
Rhymes: -aɪ̯s Head templates: {{head|de|noun form}} Mais
  1. genitive singular of Mai Tags: form-of, genitive, singular Form of: Mai
    Sense id: en-Mais-de-noun-A7e0A8ia Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        },
        {
          "word": "Puffmais"
        },
        {
          "word": "Spelzmais"
        },
        {
          "word": "Stärkemais"
        },
        {
          "word": "Wachsmais"
        },
        {
          "word": "Zahnmais"
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          "word": "Zuckermais"
        }
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          "maize",
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          "corn",
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            "Austria"
          ],
          "word": "Kukuruz"
        },
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          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "türkischer Weizen"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "türkisch Korn"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "Welschkorn"
        }
      ],
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        "masculine",
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      ]
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    },
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    },
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    {
      "word": "Maisrost"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Mais",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "form": "Mais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Mais",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Mais",
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    },
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      "form": "Mais",
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      "word": "Genmais"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hartmais"
    },
    {
      "word": "Puffmais"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spelzmais"
    },
    {
      "word": "Stärkemais"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wachsmais"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zahnmais"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zuckermais"
    }
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          "corn",
          "corn"
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      ],
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        {
          "tags": [
            "Austria"
          ],
          "word": "Kukuruz"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "türkischer Weizen"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "türkisch Korn"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "Welschkorn"
        }
      ],
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      ]
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    },
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