"Präfix" meaning in German

See Präfix in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpʁeːfɪks/, /ˈpʁɛːfɪks/ Audio: De-Präfix.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From Latin praefīxum. Etymology templates: {{der|de|la|praefīxum}} Latin praefīxum Head templates: {{de-noun|n}} Präfix n (strong, genitive Präfixes, plural Präfixe) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n}} Forms: Präfixes [genitive], Präfixe [plural], strong [table-tags], Präfix [nominative, singular], Präfixe [definite, nominative, plural], Präfixes [genitive, singular], Präfixe [definite, genitive, plural], Präfix [dative, singular], Präfixe [dative, singular], Präfixen [dative, definite, plural], Präfix [accusative, singular], Präfixe [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. prefix Tags: neuter, strong Synonyms: Präfixum (english: older form), Vorsilbe, Vorfügsel [rare] Hypernyms: Affix Hyponyms: Ableitungspräfix, Adverbpräfix, Einheitenpräfix, Fremdpräfix, Lehnpräfix, Possessivsuffix, Verbalpräfix, Netzwerk-Präfix, Nominalpräfix, SI-Präfix Derived forms: Präfixschreibweise, Präfixverb Related terms: Affixum, Infix, Interfix, Konfix, Postfix, Suffix, Suprafix, Zirkumfix

Inflected forms

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        "2": "la",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin praefīxum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Präfixes",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Präfixe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präfix",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präfixe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präfixes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präfixe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präfix",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präfixe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präfixen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präfix",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präfixe",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
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      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Linguistic morphology",
          "orig": "de:Linguistic morphology",
          "parents": [],
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          "word": "Präfixschreibweise"
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "Affix"
        }
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "Ableitungspräfix"
        },
        {
          "word": "Adverbpräfix"
        },
        {
          "word": "Einheitenpräfix"
        },
        {
          "word": "Fremdpräfix"
        },
        {
          "word": "Lehnpräfix"
        },
        {
          "word": "Possessivsuffix"
        },
        {
          "word": "Verbalpräfix"
        },
        {
          "word": "Netzwerk-Präfix"
        },
        {
          "word": "Nominalpräfix"
        },
        {
          "word": "SI-Präfix"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-Präfix-de-noun-56Loshbl",
      "links": [
        [
          "prefix",
          "prefix"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Affixum"
        },
        {
          "word": "Infix"
        },
        {
          "word": "Interfix"
        },
        {
          "word": "Konfix"
        },
        {
          "word": "Postfix"
        },
        {
          "word": "Suffix"
        },
        {
          "word": "Suprafix"
        },
        {
          "word": "Zirkumfix"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "older form",
          "translation": "older form",
          "word": "Präfixum"
        },
        {
          "word": "Vorsilbe"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "Vorfügsel"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpʁeːfɪks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpʁɛːfɪks/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Germany",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Präfix"
}
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      "word": "Präfixschreibweise"
    },
    {
      "word": "Präfixverb"
    }
  ],
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  ],
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    },
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      "form": "Präfixe",
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präfixe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präfix",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präfixe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präfixen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präfix",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Präfixe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
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      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Affixum"
    },
    {
      "word": "Infix"
    },
    {
      "word": "Interfix"
    },
    {
      "word": "Konfix"
    },
    {
      "word": "Postfix"
    },
    {
      "word": "Suffix"
    },
    {
      "word": "Suprafix"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zirkumfix"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German neuter nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms derived from Latin",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "de:Linguistic morphology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prefix"
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "word": "Affix"
        }
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "Ableitungspräfix"
        },
        {
          "word": "Adverbpräfix"
        },
        {
          "word": "Einheitenpräfix"
        },
        {
          "word": "Fremdpräfix"
        },
        {
          "word": "Lehnpräfix"
        },
        {
          "word": "Possessivsuffix"
        },
        {
          "word": "Verbalpräfix"
        },
        {
          "word": "Netzwerk-Präfix"
        },
        {
          "word": "Nominalpräfix"
        },
        {
          "word": "SI-Präfix"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prefix",
          "prefix"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "older form",
          "translation": "older form",
          "word": "Präfixum"
        },
        {
          "word": "Vorsilbe"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "Vorfügsel"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpʁeːfɪks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpʁɛːfɪks/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Präfix.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1d/De-Pr%C3%A4fix.ogg/De-Pr%C3%A4fix.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/De-Pr%C3%A4fix.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Präfix"
}

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