"Obrigkeit" meaning in German

See Obrigkeit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈoːbʁɪçkaɪ̯t/ Audio: De-Obrigkeit.ogg
Etymology: From oberer + -igkeit. Etymology templates: {{af|de|oberer|-igkeit}} oberer + -igkeit Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Obrigkeit f (genitive Obrigkeit, plural Obrigkeiten) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Obrigkeit [genitive], Obrigkeiten [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Obrigkeit [nominative, singular], Obrigkeiten [definite, nominative, plural], Obrigkeit [genitive, singular], Obrigkeiten [definite, genitive, plural], Obrigkeit [dative, singular], Obrigkeiten [dative, definite, plural], Obrigkeit [accusative, singular], Obrigkeiten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. authorities Tags: feminine Derived forms: obrigkeitlich

Inflected forms

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        "1": "de",
        "2": "oberer",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From oberer + -igkeit.",
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    {
      "form": "Obrigkeit",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Obrigkeiten",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Obrigkeit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Obrigkeiten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Obrigkeit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Obrigkeiten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Obrigkeit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Obrigkeiten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Obrigkeit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Obrigkeiten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        }
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Again and again we hear the question from people who are not familiar with the world of ideas of anarchism: What do you actually want? How do you imagine a society without state and authorities?",
          "roman": "Immer wieder hören wir die Frage von Personen, denen die Gedankenwelt des Anarchismus nicht vertraut ist: Was wollt ihr eigentlich? Wie stellt ihr euch eine Gesellschaft ohne Staat und Obrigkeit vor?",
          "text": "1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 253",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        [
          "authorities",
          "authorities"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈoːbʁɪçkaɪ̯t/"
    },
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    }
  ],
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}
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    }
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Obrigkeit",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Obrigkeiten",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Obrigkeiten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Obrigkeit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Obrigkeiten",
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Obrigkeit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Obrigkeiten",
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      "tags": [
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Obrigkeit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
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      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "German feminine nouns",
        "German lemmas",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms suffixed with -igkeit",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Again and again we hear the question from people who are not familiar with the world of ideas of anarchism: What do you actually want? How do you imagine a society without state and authorities?",
          "roman": "Immer wieder hören wir die Frage von Personen, denen die Gedankenwelt des Anarchismus nicht vertraut ist: Was wollt ihr eigentlich? Wie stellt ihr euch eine Gesellschaft ohne Staat und Obrigkeit vor?",
          "text": "1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 253",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoːbʁɪçkaɪ̯t/"
    },
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      "audio": "De-Obrigkeit.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/De-Obrigkeit.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Obrigkeit"
}

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