"Profi" meaning in German

See Profi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpʁoːfi/ Audio: De-Profi.ogg [Germany, Berlin], De-at-Profi.ogg [Austria]
Etymology: Clipping of Professional + -i, first half of the 20th century. Etymology templates: {{clipping|de|Professional}} Clipping of Professional, {{af|de|-i}} -i Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,s}} Profi m (strong, genitive Profis, plural Profis), {{tlb|de|informal}} (informal) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,s}} Forms: Profis [genitive], Profis [plural], strong [table-tags], Profi [nominative, singular], Profis [definite, nominative, plural], Profis [genitive, singular], Profis [definite, genitive, plural], Profi [dative, singular], Profis [dative, definite, plural], Profi [accusative, singular], Profis [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. pro (professional sports player) Tags: informal, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Profi-de-noun-ErJe3Cvw Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German pseudo-loans from English, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 46 34 20 Disambiguation of German pseudo-loans from English: 39 38 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 39 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 33 19
  2. pro (expert, one who is very good at something) Tags: informal, masculine, strong Synonyms: Experte
    Sense id: en-Profi-de-noun-juyiWCEj Categories (other): German pseudo-loans from English, German terms suffixed with -i Disambiguation of German pseudo-loans from English: 39 38 23 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -i: 29 40 31
  3. pro (one who does something for payment, rather than as an amateur) Tags: informal, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Profi-de-noun-xoXwNl5I Categories (other): German pseudo-loans from English Disambiguation of German pseudo-loans from English: 39 38 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Profifußballer, Profitänzer Related terms: professionell, Professionelle, Spitzensportler

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Profifußballer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Profitänzer"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Professional"
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping of Professional",
      "name": "clipping"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-i"
      },
      "expansion": "-i",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of Professional + -i, first half of the 20th century.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Profis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Profis",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Profi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Profis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Profis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Profis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Profi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Profis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Profi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Profis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,s"
      },
      "expansion": "Profi m (strong, genitive Profis, plural Profis)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "informal"
      },
      "expansion": "(informal)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "professionell"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Professionelle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Spitzensportler"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 34 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 38 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German pseudo-loans from English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 39 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 33 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pro (professional sports player)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Profi-de-noun-ErJe3Cvw",
      "links": [
        [
          "pro",
          "pro"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 38 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German pseudo-loans from English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 40 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German terms suffixed with -i",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pro (expert, one who is very good at something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Profi-de-noun-juyiWCEj",
      "links": [
        [
          "pro",
          "pro"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Experte"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 38 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German pseudo-loans from English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pro (one who does something for payment, rather than as an amateur)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Profi-de-noun-xoXwNl5I",
      "links": [
        [
          "pro",
          "pro"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpʁoːfi/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Profi.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/70/De-Profi.ogg/De-Profi.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/De-Profi.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-Profi.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7a/De-at-Profi.ogg/De-at-Profi.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/De-at-Profi.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Austria"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Profi"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German clippings",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German informal terms",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German pseudo-loans from English",
    "German terms suffixed with -i",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Profifußballer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Profitänzer"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Professional"
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping of Professional",
      "name": "clipping"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-i"
      },
      "expansion": "-i",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of Professional + -i, first half of the 20th century.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Profis",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Profis",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Profi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Profis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Profis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Profis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Profi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Profis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Profi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Profis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,s"
      },
      "expansion": "Profi m (strong, genitive Profis, plural Profis)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "informal"
      },
      "expansion": "(informal)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "professionell"
    },
    {
      "word": "Professionelle"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spitzensportler"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pro (professional sports player)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pro",
          "pro"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pro (expert, one who is very good at something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pro",
          "pro"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Experte"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pro (one who does something for payment, rather than as an amateur)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pro",
          "pro"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpʁoːfi/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Profi.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/70/De-Profi.ogg/De-Profi.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/De-Profi.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-Profi.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7a/De-at-Profi.ogg/De-at-Profi.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/De-at-Profi.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Austria"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Profi"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Profi meaning in German (2.9kB)

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  "path": [
    "Profi"
  ],
  "section": "German",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "Profi",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "section": "German",
  "subsection": "noun",
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  "msg": "form='Profis' has many different link candidates `{link_dict[form]}`, which can't be disambiguated.",
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  "section": "German",
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  "msg": "form='Profis' has many different link candidates `{link_dict[form]}`, which can't be disambiguated.",
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