"Paar" meaning in German

See Paar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /paːr/, [pʰaː(ɐ̯)], [pʰaːʁ], [pʰaːr] Audio: De-at-Paar.ogg [Austria], De-Paar.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Rhymes: -aːɐ̯ Etymology: From Middle High German par, from Old High German par, from Latin pār. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|par}} Middle High German par, {{inh|de|goh|par}} Old High German par, {{der|de|la|pār}} Latin pār Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(e)s|dim=^chen}} Paar n (strong, genitive Paares or Paars, plural Paare, diminutive Pärchen n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(e)s}} Forms: Paares [genitive], Paars [genitive], Paare [plural], Pärchen [diminutive, neuter], strong [table-tags], Paar [nominative, singular], Paare [definite, nominative, plural], Paares [genitive, singular], Paars [genitive, singular], Paare [definite, genitive, plural], Paar [dative, singular], Paare [dative, singular], Paaren [dative, definite, plural], Paar [accusative, singular], Paare [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. pair, couple Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Paar-de-noun-6CkXrG8Y
  2. twosome Tags: neuter, strong Hyponyms: Brautpaar, Ehepaar, Elektronenpaar, Hochzeitspaar, Königspaar, Liebespaar Derived forms: paaren, paarig, Paarling, paarweise Related terms: Paarreim, Paartherapeut, Paarzeit, paarmal (alt: since the 1996 reform also: paar Mal), paar
    Sense id: en-Paar-de-noun-lVuYtTWl Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92

Inflected forms

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    [
      "par",
      "par#Middle_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "par",
      "par#Old_High_German"
    ],
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      "pār",
      "par#Latin"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "2": "gmh",
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    },
    {
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        "2": "goh",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old High German par",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "pār"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pār",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German par, from Old High German par, from Latin pār.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Paares",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paars",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paare",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pärchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paares",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paars",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paaren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "dim": "^chen"
      },
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      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              8
            ]
          ],
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            [
              2,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "A pair of brown shoes.",
          "text": "Ein Paar brauner Schuhe.",
          "translation": "A pair of brown shoes.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pair, couple"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "pair",
          "pair"
        ],
        [
          "couple",
          "couple"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "paaren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "paarig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "Paarling"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "paarweise"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "twosome"
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "Brautpaar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "Ehepaar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "Elektronenpaar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "Hochzeitspaar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "Königspaar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "Liebespaar"
        }
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "twosome",
          "twosome"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "Paarreim"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "Paartherapeut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "Paarzeit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "alt": "since the 1996 reform also: paar Mal",
          "word": "paarmal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "word": "paar"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/paːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰaː(ɐ̯)]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰaːʁ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰaːr]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-Paar.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/47/De-at-Paar.ogg/De-at-Paar.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/De-at-Paar.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Austria"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Paar.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3f/De-Paar.ogg/De-Paar.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/De-Paar.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːɐ̯"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Paar"
}
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    "German lemmas",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Latin",
    "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",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:German/aːɐ̯",
    "Rhymes:German/aːɐ̯/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "paaren"
    },
    {
      "word": "paarig"
    },
    {
      "word": "Paarling"
    },
    {
      "word": "paarweise"
    }
  ],
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    ],
    [
      "par",
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    ],
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    ]
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        "3": "par"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
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        "3": "par"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "pār"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pār",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German par, from Old High German par, from Latin pār.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Paares",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paars",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paare",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Pärchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paare",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paares",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paars",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paaren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paare",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "Paar n (strong, genitive Paares or Paars, plural Paare, diminutive Pärchen n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "Brautpaar"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ehepaar"
    },
    {
      "word": "Elektronenpaar"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hochzeitspaar"
    },
    {
      "word": "Königspaar"
    },
    {
      "word": "Liebespaar"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Paarreim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Paartherapeut"
    },
    {
      "word": "Paarzeit"
    },
    {
      "alt": "since the 1996 reform also: paar Mal",
      "word": "paarmal"
    },
    {
      "word": "paar"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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      ],
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              4,
              8
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              2,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "A pair of brown shoes.",
          "text": "Ein Paar brauner Schuhe.",
          "translation": "A pair of brown shoes.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pair, couple"
      ],
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        [
          "couple",
          "couple"
        ]
      ],
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        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "twosome"
      ],
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          "twosome"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/paːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰaː(ɐ̯)]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰaːʁ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pʰaːr]"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/De-at-Paar.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Austria"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːɐ̯"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Paar"
}

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