"Präteritum" meaning in German

See Präteritum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [pʁɛˈteːʁitʊm] Audio: De-Präteritum.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin praeteritum, short for tempus praeteritum (literally “having-gone-by time”); the latter is the past participle of praetereō, itself from praeter + eō. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|de|la|praeteritum|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin praeteritum, {{bor+|de|la|praeteritum}} Borrowed from Latin praeteritum, {{m|la|tempus praeteritum|lit=having-gone-by time}} tempus praeteritum (literally “having-gone-by time”), {{m|la|praetereō}} praetereō, {{m|la|praeter}} praeter, {{m|la|eō}} eō Head templates: {{de-noun|n,,Präterita}} Präteritum n (strong, genitive Präteritums, plural Präterita) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,,Präterita}} Forms: Präteritums [genitive], Präterita [plural], strong [table-tags], Präteritum [nominative, singular], Präterita [definite, nominative, plural], Präteritums [genitive, singular], Präterita [definite, genitive, plural], Präteritum [dative, singular], Präterita [dative, definite, plural], Präteritum [accusative, singular], Präterita [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (grammar) preterite (preterite tense; past tense) Tags: neuter, strong Categories (topical): Grammar, Tenses Synonyms: Vergangenheit Synonyms (in a strict sense): erste Vergangenheit [feminine], Imperfekt [neuter], Mitvergangenheit [feminine] Hyponyms (in a broad sense): Imperfekt, Perfekt, Plusquamperfekt
    Sense id: en-Präteritum-de-noun-gVtGxw5v Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Präteritum meaning in German (4.4kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "loanword",
        "2": "Borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "praeteritum",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Latin praeteritum",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "praeteritum"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Latin praeteritum",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "tempus praeteritum",
        "lit": "having-gone-by time"
      },
      "expansion": "tempus praeteritum (literally “having-gone-by time”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "praetereō"
      },
      "expansion": "praetereō",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "praeter"
      },
      "expansion": "praeter",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "eō"
      },
      "expansion": "eō",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin praeteritum, short for tempus praeteritum (literally “having-gone-by time”); the latter is the past participle of praetereō, itself from praeter + eō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Präteritums",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präterita",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präteritum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präterita",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präteritums",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präterita",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präteritum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präterita",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präteritum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präterita",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,,Präterita"
      },
      "expansion": "Präteritum n (strong, genitive Präteritums, plural Präterita)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Prä‧ter‧itum",
    "Prä‧te‧ri‧tum"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,,Präterita"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "de:Grammar",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Tenses",
          "orig": "de:Tenses",
          "parents": [
            "Grammar",
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1744, Anfangs-Gründe der Dänischen Sprache, Oder Compendieuse Grammatica, Ottensee, page 185",
          "text": "Die übrigen Tempora sind composita, und entweder mit dem Praesenti Infinitivi, als die Futura, oder mit dem Supino, als die Praeterita, Perfectum und Plusquamperfectum, zusammengesetzt.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "preterite (preterite tense; past tense)"
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "sense": "in a broad sense",
          "word": "Imperfekt"
        },
        {
          "sense": "in a broad sense",
          "word": "Perfekt"
        },
        {
          "sense": "in a broad sense",
          "word": "Plusquamperfekt"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-Präteritum-de-noun-gVtGxw5v",
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "preterite",
          "preterite"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) preterite (preterite tense; past tense)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Vergangenheit"
        },
        {
          "sense": "in a strict sense",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "erste Vergangenheit"
        },
        {
          "sense": "in a strict sense",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Imperfekt"
        },
        {
          "sense": "in a strict sense",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Mitvergangenheit"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[pʁɛˈteːʁitʊm]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Präteritum.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2d/De-Pr%C3%A4teritum.ogg/De-Pr%C3%A4teritum.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/De-Pr%C3%A4teritum.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Präteritum"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "loanword",
        "2": "Borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "praeteritum",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Latin praeteritum",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "praeteritum"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Latin praeteritum",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "tempus praeteritum",
        "lit": "having-gone-by time"
      },
      "expansion": "tempus praeteritum (literally “having-gone-by time”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "praetereō"
      },
      "expansion": "praetereō",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "praeter"
      },
      "expansion": "praeter",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "eō"
      },
      "expansion": "eō",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin praeteritum, short for tempus praeteritum (literally “having-gone-by time”); the latter is the past participle of praetereō, itself from praeter + eō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Präteritums",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präterita",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präteritum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präterita",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präteritums",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präterita",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präteritum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präterita",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präteritum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präterita",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,,Präterita"
      },
      "expansion": "Präteritum n (strong, genitive Präteritums, plural Präterita)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Prä‧ter‧itum",
    "Prä‧te‧ri‧tum"
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "sense": "in a broad sense",
      "word": "Imperfekt"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in a broad sense",
      "word": "Perfekt"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in a broad sense",
      "word": "Plusquamperfekt"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,,Präterita"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German neuter nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms borrowed from Latin",
        "German terms derived from Latin",
        "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "German terms with audio links",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations",
        "de:Grammar",
        "de:Tenses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1744, Anfangs-Gründe der Dänischen Sprache, Oder Compendieuse Grammatica, Ottensee, page 185",
          "text": "Die übrigen Tempora sind composita, und entweder mit dem Praesenti Infinitivi, als die Futura, oder mit dem Supino, als die Praeterita, Perfectum und Plusquamperfectum, zusammengesetzt.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "preterite (preterite tense; past tense)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "preterite",
          "preterite"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) preterite (preterite tense; past tense)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Vergangenheit"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[pʁɛˈteːʁitʊm]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Präteritum.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2d/De-Pr%C3%A4teritum.ogg/De-Pr%C3%A4teritum.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/De-Pr%C3%A4teritum.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "in a strict sense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erste Vergangenheit"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in a strict sense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Imperfekt"
    },
    {
      "sense": "in a strict sense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mitvergangenheit"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Präteritum"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). 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.