"Platzhalter" meaning in German

See Platzhalter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈplat͡sˌhaltɐ] Audio: De-Platzhalter.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Platz + Halter Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|Platz|Halter}}, {{compound|de|Platz|Halter}} Platz + Halter Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Platzhalter m (strong, genitive Platzhalters, plural Platzhalter) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Platzhalters [genitive], Platzhalter [plural], strong [table-tags], Platzhalter [nominative, singular], Platzhalter [definite, nominative, plural], Platzhalters [genitive, singular], Platzhalter [definite, genitive, plural], Platzhalter [dative, singular], Platzhaltern [dative, definite, plural], Platzhalter [accusative, singular], Platzhalter [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. placeholder Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Platzhalter-de-noun-QJeIkjai
  2. (computing) wildcard Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Platzhalter-de-noun-7Tx7yW~t Categories (other): Computing, German entries referencing missing etymons, German entries with etymon, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of German entries referencing missing etymons: 14 53 32 Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 14 56 30 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 14 50 36 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 9 56 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 69 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 75 18 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 4 78 18 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. (linguistics) placeholder Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Platzhalter-de-noun-QJeIkjai1 Categories (other): Linguistics Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: Syntagma [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], Wort [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] Hyponyms: Platzhaltersymbol [computing, engineering, mathematics, sciences, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], Platzhalterelement [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], Vorfeldplatzhalter [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] Related terms: Anhalter, Fahrzeughalter, Federhalter, Halterkennzeichen, Parkplatz, Platzanweiser, Platzregen, Tierhalter

Inflected forms

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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "Platzhalter",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Platzhalter",
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    },
    {
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    {
      "form": "Platzhalter",
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    },
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    },
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    },
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