"Narr" meaning in German

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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 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 24 14 29 32
  2. (historical) jester, fool Tags: historical, masculine, weak Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-Narr-de-noun-qTh07gbt Disambiguation of People: 0 40 41 19 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 24 14 29 32
  3. carnival enthusiast Tags: masculine, weak Categories (topical): People Synonyms: Karnevalist, Fastnachter
    Sense id: en-Narr-de-noun-5ESAlofz Disambiguation of People: 0 40 41 19 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 24 14 29 32
  4. Used in compounds to indicate an obsession; freak Tags: masculine, weak Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-Narr-de-noun-8BfcBTq0 Disambiguation of People: 0 40 41 19 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 24 14 29 32
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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      "word": "Flecklenarr"
    },
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      "word": "Hofnarr"
    },
    {
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      "word": "Narrenfest"
    },
    {
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      "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"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "csb",
            "2": "nara",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kashubian: nara",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kashubian: nara"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "rm",
            "2": "narr",
            "3": "nara",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Romansch: narr, nar, nara",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romansch: narr, nar, nara"
    }
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      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m.weak"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "_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"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "_dis": "24 14 29 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fool (a person being stupid or oblivious to facts)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Narr-de-noun-~Y-u67PV",
      "links": [
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) fool (a person being stupid or oblivious to facts)"
      ],
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        "dated",
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "24 14 29 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 40 41 19",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "de:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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": "24 14 29 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 40 41 19",
          "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 14 29 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 40 41 19",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "de:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Narr"
}
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    "German 1-syllable words",
    "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 IPA pronunciation",
    "German terms with audio links",
    "German terms with homophones",
    "German terms with unknown etymologies",
    "German weak nouns",
    "de:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Flecklenarr"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hofnarr"
    },
    {
      "word": "Narrenfest"
    },
    {
      "word": "Narrenfreiheit"
    },
    {
      "word": "Narrenhäs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Narrenzunft"
    },
    {
      "word": "Narretei"
    },
    {
      "word": "Weißnarr"
    }
  ],
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Kashubian: nara",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kashubian: nara"
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          "expansion": "→ Romansch: narr, nar, nara",
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Old High German narro",
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    {
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      "expansion": "Bavarian Noar",
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    },
    {
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        "1": "nds-de",
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      },
      "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"
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      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian Naar",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
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      "expansion": "Danish nar",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "narr"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish narr",
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    {
      "form": "Narren",
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    {
      "form": "Närrin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "Narr",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "Narren",
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        "definite",
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    },
    {
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "m.weak",
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      "expansion": "Narr m (weak, genitive Narren, plural Narren, feminine Närrin)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "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)"
      ],
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        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) fool (a person being stupid or oblivious to facts)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "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",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Narr"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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