"Michel" meaning in German

See Michel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈmɪçəl/ Audio: De-Michel.ogg Forms: Michels [genitive], Michel [genitive]
Etymology: Popular form of Michael with reduction of unstressed syllables. Head templates: {{de-proper noun|m,s:-􂀿with an article􂁀}} Michel m (proper noun, strong, genitive Michels or (with an article) Michel)
  1. a male given name, variant of Michael Tags: masculine, proper-noun, strong Categories (topical): German given names, German male given names
    Sense id: en-Michel-de-name-TAA914Be Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 32 30 34 4

Proper name

IPA: /ˈmɪçəl/ Audio: De-Michel.ogg Forms: der Michel [canonical, masculine], des Michel [definite, genitive], des Michels [definite, genitive]
Etymology: Popular form of Michael with reduction of unstressed syllables. Head templates: {{de-proper noun|m,-:s.article}} der Michel m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Michel or des Michels)
  1. (also Deutscher Michel) a stereotypical representation of the German people, since the 19th century mainly associated with political passiveness and naiveté, portrayed as a man with a nightcap (and sometimes a pipe and/or wooden clogs) Tags: definite, proper-noun, strong, usually
    Sense id: en-Michel-de-name-ZkkSSolA Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 32 30 34 4

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɪçəl/ Audio: De-Michel.ogg
Etymology: Popular form of Michael with reduction of unstressed syllables. Head templates: {{de-noun|m,-:s,-:s}} Michel m (strong, genitive Michel or Michels, plural Michel or Michels) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,-:s,-:s}} Forms: Michel [genitive], Michels [genitive], Michel [plural], Michels [plural], strong [table-tags], Michel [nominative, singular], Michel [definite, nominative, plural], Michels [definite, nominative, plural], Michel [genitive, singular], Michels [genitive, singular], Michel [definite, genitive, plural], Michels [definite, genitive, plural], Michel [dative, singular], Micheln [dative, definite, plural], Michels [dative, definite, plural], Michel [accusative, singular], Michel [accusative, definite, plural], Michels [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (mildly derogatory) the average German Tags: derogatory, masculine, mildly, strong
    Sense id: en-Michel-de-noun-hcVvhRTa Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 32 30 34 4
  2. (derogatory) a good-natured simpleton, naive person Tags: derogatory, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Michel-de-noun-VmzKwUVo
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Download raw JSONL data for Michel meaning in German (5.7kB)

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.