"Mädchen" meaning in German

See Mädchen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɛːtçən/, /ˈmeːtçən/ Audio: De-Mädchen.ogg , De-Mädchen2.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛːtçən Etymology: From Middle High German magedichīn, meidichīn, from Old High German *magadihhīn or calqued from Middle Low German mēgedeken, megedekīn, both from Proto-West Germanic *magaþukīn. Equivalent to Magd + -chen. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|magedichīn}} Middle High German magedichīn, {{inh|de|goh|*magadihhīn}} Old High German *magadihhīn, {{cal|de|gml|mēgedeken|notext=1}} Middle Low German mēgedeken, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*magaþukīn}} Proto-West Germanic *magaþukīn, {{af|de|Magd|-chen}} Magd + -chen Head templates: {{de-noun|n}} Mädchen n (strong, genitive Mädchens, plural Mädchen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n}} Forms: Mädchens [genitive], Mädchen [plural], strong [table-tags], Mädchen [nominative, singular], Mädchen [definite, nominative, plural], Mädchens [genitive, singular], Mädchen [definite, genitive, plural], Mädchen [dative, singular], Mädchen [dative, definite, plural], Mädchen [accusative, singular], Mädchen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. girl Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Mädchen-de-noun-QxuhxpNn Categories (other): German diminutiva tantum, German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -chen, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German diminutiva tantum: 50 50 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -chen: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. maiden Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Mädchen-de-noun-rTE-dYul Categories (other): German diminutiva tantum, German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -chen, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German diminutiva tantum: 50 50 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -chen: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Mädel [colloquial, neuter], Mädken, Mädle [neuter, regional], Mägdchen [obsolete] Derived forms: Dienstmädchen, Freudenmädchen, Hausmädchen, Kindermädchen, Kopftuchmädchen, Mädchenherze, Milchmädchen, Schulmädchen, Zimmermädchen

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "by gender",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bub"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Austrian",
        "Swiss",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bube"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Junge"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Knabe"
    },
    {
      "sense": "by age",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Frau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Greisin"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Dienstmädchen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Freudenmädchen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Hausmädchen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Kindermädchen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Kopftuchmädchen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Mädchenherze"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Milchmädchen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schulmädchen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Zimmermädchen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "magedichīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German magedichīn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "*magadihhīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German *magadihhīn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "mēgedeken",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German mēgedeken",
      "name": "cal"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*magaþukīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *magaþukīn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Magd",
        "3": "-chen"
      },
      "expansion": "Magd + -chen",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German magedichīn, meidichīn, from Old High German *magadihhīn or calqued from Middle Low German mēgedeken, megedekīn, both from Proto-West Germanic *magaþukīn. Equivalent to Magd + -chen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Mädchens",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mädchen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mädchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mädchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mädchens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mädchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mädchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mädchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mädchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mädchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Mädchen n (strong, genitive Mädchens, plural Mädchen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German diminutiva tantum",
          "parents": [
            "Diminutiva tantum",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German terms suffixed with -chen",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "girl"
      ],
      "id": "en-Mädchen-de-noun-QxuhxpNn",
      "links": [
        [
          "girl",
          "girl"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German diminutiva tantum",
          "parents": [
            "Diminutiva tantum",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German terms suffixed with -chen",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "maiden"
      ],
      "id": "en-Mädchen-de-noun-rTE-dYul",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiden",
          "maiden"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛːtçən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmeːtçən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Mädchen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5e/De-M%C3%A4dchen.ogg/De-M%C3%A4dchen.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/De-M%C3%A4dchen.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Mädchen2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/De-M%C3%A4dchen2.ogg/De-M%C3%A4dchen2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/De-M%C3%A4dchen2.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛːtçən"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Mädel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Mädken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "Mädle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "Mägdchen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Mädchen"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "by gender",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bub"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Austrian",
        "Swiss",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bube"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Junge"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Knabe"
    },
    {
      "sense": "by age",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Frau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Greisin"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "German diminutiva tantum",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms calqued from Middle Low German",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms suffixed with -chen",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:German/ɛːtçən",
    "Rhymes:German/ɛːtçən/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Dienstmädchen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Freudenmädchen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hausmädchen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kindermädchen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kopftuchmädchen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mädchenherze"
    },
    {
      "word": "Milchmädchen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schulmädchen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zimmermädchen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "magedichīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German magedichīn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "*magadihhīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German *magadihhīn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "mēgedeken",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German mēgedeken",
      "name": "cal"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*magaþukīn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *magaþukīn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Magd",
        "3": "-chen"
      },
      "expansion": "Magd + -chen",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German magedichīn, meidichīn, from Old High German *magadihhīn or calqued from Middle Low German mēgedeken, megedekīn, both from Proto-West Germanic *magaþukīn. Equivalent to Magd + -chen.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Mädchens",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mädchen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mädchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mädchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mädchens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mädchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mädchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mädchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mädchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Mädchen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "Mädchen n (strong, genitive Mädchens, plural Mädchen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "girl"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "girl",
          "girl"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "maiden"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "maiden",
          "maiden"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛːtçən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmeːtçən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Mädchen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5e/De-M%C3%A4dchen.ogg/De-M%C3%A4dchen.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/De-M%C3%A4dchen.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Mädchen2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/De-M%C3%A4dchen2.ogg/De-M%C3%A4dchen2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/De-M%C3%A4dchen2.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛːtçən"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Mädel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mädken"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "Mädle"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "Mägdchen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Mädchen"
}

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