"Narr" meaning in German

See Narr in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /nar/ (note: most of Germany, parts of Austria), [näɐ̯] (note: most of Germany, parts of Austria), [naː] (note: most of Germany, parts of Austria), /nar/ (note: Austria, parts of southern Germany, Switzerland), [när] (note: Austria, parts of southern Germany, Switzerland), [nɑr] (note: Austria, parts of southern Germany, Switzerland) Audio: De-Narr.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro, further etymology unknown. Cognates include Yiddish נאַר (nar), Bavarian Noar, German Low German Narr, Dutch nar, West Frisian nar, Saterland Frisian Naar, Danish nar, Swedish narr. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|narre}} Middle High German narre, {{inh|de|goh|narro}} Old High German narro, {{unk|de|title=unknown}} unknown, {{cog|yi|נאַר}} Yiddish נאַר (nar), {{cog|bar|Noar}} Bavarian Noar, {{cog|nds-de|Narr}} German Low German Narr, {{cog|nl|nar}} Dutch nar, {{cog|fy|nar}} West Frisian nar, {{cog|stq|Naar}} Saterland Frisian Naar, {{cog|da|nar}} Danish nar, {{cog|sv|narr}} Swedish narr Head templates: {{de-noun|m.weak|f=^in}} Narr m (weak, genitive Narren, plural Narren, feminine Närrin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m.weak}} Forms: Narren [genitive], Narren [plural], Närrin [feminine], weak [table-tags], Narr [nominative, singular], Narren [definite, nominative, plural], Narren [genitive, singular], Narren [definite, genitive, plural], Narren [dative, singular], Narren [dative, definite, plural], Narren [accusative, singular], Narren [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (dated) fool (a person being stupid or oblivious to facts) Tags: dated, masculine, weak
    Sense id: en-Narr-de-noun-~Y-u67PV
  2. (historical) jester, fool Tags: historical, masculine, weak Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-Narr-de-noun-qTh07gbt Disambiguation of People: 0 49 51 0
  3. carnival enthusiast Tags: masculine, weak Categories (topical): People Synonyms: Karnevalist, Fastnachter
    Sense id: en-Narr-de-noun-5ESAlofz Disambiguation of People: 0 49 51 0 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 18 11 59 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 9 9 61 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 9 61 20
  4. Used in compounds to indicate an obsession; freak Tags: masculine, weak
    Sense id: en-Narr-de-noun-8BfcBTq0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Flecklenarr, Hofnarr, Narrenfest, Narrenfreiheit, Narrenhäs, Narrenzunft, Narretei, Weißnarr Related terms: Narro, narren, närrisch, Eulenspiegel, Eulenspiegelei, eulenspiegelhaft (alt: > eulenspiegelhafter Witz) (english: sly humor), Till Eulenspiegel, Ulenspiegel

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Flecklenarr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Hofnarr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Narrenfest"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Narrenfreiheit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Narrenhäs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Narrenzunft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Narretei"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Weißnarr"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "csb",
            "2": "nara",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kashubian: nara",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kashubian: nara"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "narr",
            "3": "nara",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romansch: narr, nara",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romansch: narr, nara"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "narre"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German narre",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "narro"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German narro",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "title": "unknown"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "נאַר"
      },
      "expansion": "Yiddish נאַר (nar)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bar",
        "2": "Noar"
      },
      "expansion": "Bavarian Noar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "Narr"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German Narr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "nar"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch nar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "nar"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian nar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "Naar"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian Naar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "nar"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish nar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "narr"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish narr",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro, further etymology unknown. Cognates include Yiddish נאַר (nar), Bavarian Noar, German Low German Narr, Dutch nar, West Frisian nar, Saterland Frisian Naar, Danish nar, Swedish narr.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Narren",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Narren",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Närrin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Narr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Narren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Narren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Narren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Narren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Narren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Narren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Narren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m.weak",
        "f": "^in"
      },
      "expansion": "Narr m (weak, genitive Narren, plural Narren, feminine Närrin)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m.weak"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Narro"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "narren"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "närrisch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Eulenspiegel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Eulenspiegelei"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "alt": "> eulenspiegelhafter Witz",
      "english": "sly humor",
      "word": "eulenspiegelhaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Till Eulenspiegel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Ulenspiegel"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "fool (a person being stupid or oblivious to facts)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Narr-de-noun-~Y-u67PV",
      "links": [
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) fool (a person being stupid or oblivious to facts)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 49 51 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "de:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Faust, Part Two",
          "ref": "1832, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust, Part Two]:",
          "text": "Mein alter Narr ging, fürcht’ ich, weit in’s Weite; / Nimm seinen Platz und komm an meine Seite",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "jester, fool"
      ],
      "id": "en-Narr-de-noun-qTh07gbt",
      "links": [
        [
          "jester",
          "jester"
        ],
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) jester, fool"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 11 59 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 9 61 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 9 61 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 49 51 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "de:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "carnival enthusiast"
      ],
      "id": "en-Narr-de-noun-5ESAlofz",
      "links": [
        [
          "carnival",
          "carnival"
        ],
        [
          "enthusiast",
          "enthusiast"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Karnevalist"
        },
        {
          "word": "Fastnachter"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Auto (“car”) + Narr → Autonarr (“car freak”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Pferd (“horse”) + Narr → Pferdenarr (“horse lover”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Waffe (“weapon”) + Narr → Waffennarr (“gun nut”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used in compounds to indicate an obsession; freak"
      ],
      "id": "en-Narr-de-noun-8BfcBTq0",
      "links": [
        [
          "freak",
          "freak"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nar/",
      "note": "most of Germany, parts of Austria"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[näɐ̯]",
      "note": "most of Germany, parts of Austria"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[naː]",
      "note": "most of Germany, parts of Austria"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nar/",
      "note": "Austria, parts of southern Germany, Switzerland"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[när]",
      "note": "Austria, parts of southern Germany, Switzerland"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɑr]",
      "note": "Austria, parts of southern Germany, Switzerland"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "na"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Narr.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e6/De-Narr.ogg/De-Narr.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/De-Narr.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Narr"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms with homophones",
    "German terms with unknown etymologies",
    "German weak nouns",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "de:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Flecklenarr"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hofnarr"
    },
    {
      "word": "Narrenfest"
    },
    {
      "word": "Narrenfreiheit"
    },
    {
      "word": "Narrenhäs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Narrenzunft"
    },
    {
      "word": "Narretei"
    },
    {
      "word": "Weißnarr"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "csb",
            "2": "nara",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kashubian: nara",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kashubian: nara"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "narr",
            "3": "nara",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romansch: narr, nara",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romansch: narr, nara"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "narre"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German narre",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "narro"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German narro",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "title": "unknown"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "נאַר"
      },
      "expansion": "Yiddish נאַר (nar)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bar",
        "2": "Noar"
      },
      "expansion": "Bavarian Noar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "Narr"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German Narr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "nar"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch nar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "nar"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian nar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "Naar"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian Naar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "nar"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish nar",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "narr"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish narr",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German narre, from Old High German narro, further etymology unknown. Cognates include Yiddish נאַר (nar), Bavarian Noar, German Low German Narr, Dutch nar, West Frisian nar, Saterland Frisian Naar, Danish nar, Swedish narr.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Narren",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Narren",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Närrin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Narr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Narren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Narren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Narren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Narren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Narren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Narren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Narren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m.weak",
        "f": "^in"
      },
      "expansion": "Narr m (weak, genitive Narren, plural Narren, feminine Närrin)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m.weak"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Narro"
    },
    {
      "word": "narren"
    },
    {
      "word": "närrisch"
    },
    {
      "word": "Eulenspiegel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Eulenspiegelei"
    },
    {
      "alt": "> eulenspiegelhafter Witz",
      "english": "sly humor",
      "word": "eulenspiegelhaft"
    },
    {
      "word": "Till Eulenspiegel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ulenspiegel"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German dated terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fool (a person being stupid or oblivious to facts)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) fool (a person being stupid or oblivious to facts)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with historical senses",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Faust, Part Two",
          "ref": "1832, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust, Part Two]:",
          "text": "Mein alter Narr ging, fürcht’ ich, weit in’s Weite; / Nimm seinen Platz und komm an meine Seite",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "jester, fool"
      ],
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        [
          "jester",
          "jester"
        ],
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) jester, fool"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "carnival enthusiast"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "carnival",
          "carnival"
        ],
        [
          "enthusiast",
          "enthusiast"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Karnevalist"
        },
        {
          "word": "Fastnachter"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Auto (“car”) + Narr → Autonarr (“car freak”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Pferd (“horse”) + Narr → Pferdenarr (“horse lover”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Waffe (“weapon”) + Narr → Waffennarr (“gun nut”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used in compounds to indicate an obsession; freak"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "freak",
          "freak"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nar/",
      "note": "most of Germany, parts of Austria"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[näɐ̯]",
      "note": "most of Germany, parts of Austria"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[naː]",
      "note": "most of Germany, parts of Austria"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/nar/",
      "note": "Austria, parts of southern Germany, Switzerland"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[när]",
      "note": "Austria, parts of southern Germany, Switzerland"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɑr]",
      "note": "Austria, parts of southern Germany, Switzerland"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "na"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Narr.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e6/De-Narr.ogg/De-Narr.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/De-Narr.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Narr"
}

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