"Paulus" meaning in German

See Paulus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Audio: De-Paulus.ogg Forms: Pauli [genitive], Paulus' [genitive], Paulus [genitive]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Paulus. Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|la|Paulus}} Borrowed from Latin Paulus Head templates: {{de-proper noun|m,Pauli:':-􂀿with an article􂁀}} Paulus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Pauli or Paulus' or (with an article) Paulus)
  1. (biblical) Paul (apostle) Tags: masculine, proper-noun, strong
    Sense id: en-Paulus-de-name-DLoioNFZ Categories (other): Bible, Biblical characters, Individuals Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 88 12 Disambiguation of Individuals: 63 37 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
  2. a male given name of rare usage, variant of Paul Tags: masculine, proper-noun, strong
    Sense id: en-Paulus-de-name-TiulA0Ve Categories (other): German given names, German male given names, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 30 70

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "Paulus"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Latin Paulus",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin Paulus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Pauli",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paulus'",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paulus",
      "raw_tags": [
        "with an article"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,Pauli:':-􂀿with an article􂁀"
      },
      "expansion": "Paulus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Pauli or Paulus' or (with an article) Paulus)",
      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Bible",
          "orig": "de:Bible",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Biblical characters",
          "orig": "de:Biblical characters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Individuals",
          "orig": "de:Individuals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Paul (apostle)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Paulus-de-name-DLoioNFZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "biblical",
          "Bible"
        ],
        [
          "Paul",
          "Paul"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biblical) Paul (apostle)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "proper-noun",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biblical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name of rare usage, variant of Paul"
      ],
      "id": "en-Paulus-de-name-TiulA0Ve",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Paul",
          "Paul#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "proper-noun",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "De-Paulus.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/De-Paulus.ogg/De-Paulus.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/De-Paulus.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Paulus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German proper nouns",
    "German terms borrowed from Latin",
    "German terms derived from Latin",
    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "de:Biblical characters",
    "de:Individuals",
    "sv:Biblical characters",
    "sv:Individuals"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "Paulus"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Latin Paulus",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin Paulus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Pauli",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paulus'",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Paulus",
      "raw_tags": [
        "with an article"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,Pauli:':-􂀿with an article􂁀"
      },
      "expansion": "Paulus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Pauli or Paulus' or (with an article) Paulus)",
      "name": "de-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Bible"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Paul (apostle)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biblical",
          "Bible"
        ],
        [
          "Paul",
          "Paul"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biblical) Paul (apostle)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "proper-noun",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biblical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German given names",
        "German male given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name of rare usage, variant of Paul"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Paul",
          "Paul#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "proper-noun",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "De-Paulus.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/De-Paulus.ogg/De-Paulus.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/De-Paulus.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Paulus"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Paulus meaning in German (1.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (92124b4 and f1c2b61). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.