"Neigung" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnaɪ̯ɡʊŋ/ Audio: De-Neigung.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From neigen + -ung. Etymology templates: {{af|de|neigen|-ung}} neigen + -ung Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Neigung f (genitive Neigung, plural Neigungen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Neigung [genitive], Neigungen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Neigung [nominative, singular], Neigungen [definite, nominative, plural], Neigung [genitive, singular], Neigungen [definite, genitive, plural], Neigung [dative, singular], Neigungen [dative, definite, plural], Neigung [accusative, singular], Neigungen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. propensity Tags: feminine Synonyms: Hang
    Sense id: en-Neigung-de-noun-EWgOWBMN Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -ung, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 31 32 16 21 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -ung: 39 41 16 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 36 26 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 34 26 2
  2. inclination, incline Tags: feminine Synonyms: Hang
    Sense id: en-Neigung-de-noun-JyhKgGQh Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -ung, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 31 32 16 21 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -ung: 39 41 16 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 36 26 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 34 26 2
  3. tilt, slant Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Neigung-de-noun-~-fPnxx~ Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -ung, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 31 32 16 21 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -ung: 39 41 16 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 36 26 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 34 26 2
  4. affinity Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Neigung-de-noun-dCg-IhYa Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 31 32 16 21

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "neigen",
        "3": "-ung"
      },
      "expansion": "neigen + -ung",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From neigen + -ung.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Neigung",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Neigungen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Neigung",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Neigungen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Neigung",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Neigungen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Neigung",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Neigungen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Neigung",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Neigungen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Neigung f (genitive Neigung, plural Neigungen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Nei",
        "gung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 32 16 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 41 16 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German terms suffixed with -ung",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 36 26 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 34 26 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "propensity"
      ],
      "id": "en-Neigung-de-noun-EWgOWBMN",
      "links": [
        [
          "propensity",
          "propensity"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Hang"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 32 16 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 41 16 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German terms suffixed with -ung",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 36 26 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 34 26 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inclination, incline"
      ],
      "id": "en-Neigung-de-noun-JyhKgGQh",
      "links": [
        [
          "inclination",
          "inclination"
        ],
        [
          "incline",
          "incline"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Hang"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 32 16 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 41 16 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German terms suffixed with -ung",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 36 26 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 34 26 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tilt, slant"
      ],
      "id": "en-Neigung-de-noun-~-fPnxx~",
      "links": [
        [
          "tilt",
          "tilt"
        ],
        [
          "slant",
          "slant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 32 16 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "affinity"
      ],
      "id": "en-Neigung-de-noun-dCg-IhYa",
      "links": [
        [
          "affinity",
          "affinity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnaɪ̯ɡʊŋ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Neigung.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/De-Neigung.ogg/De-Neigung.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/De-Neigung.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Neigung"
}
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    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms suffixed with -ung",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "neigen",
        "3": "-ung"
      },
      "expansion": "neigen + -ung",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From neigen + -ung.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Neigung",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Neigungen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Neigung",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Neigungen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Neigung",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Neigungen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Neigung",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Neigungen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Neigung",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Neigungen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Neigung f (genitive Neigung, plural Neigungen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Nei",
        "gung"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "propensity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "propensity",
          "propensity"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Hang"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inclination, incline"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inclination",
          "inclination"
        ],
        [
          "incline",
          "incline"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Hang"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tilt, slant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tilt",
          "tilt"
        ],
        [
          "slant",
          "slant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "affinity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "affinity",
          "affinity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnaɪ̯ɡʊŋ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Neigung.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/De-Neigung.ogg/De-Neigung.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/De-Neigung.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Neigung"
}

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