"Puppe" meaning in German

See Puppe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpʊpə/ Audio: De-Puppe.ogg , De-Puppe2.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin pupabor. German Puppe Borrowed from Latin pupa. Sense of "pupa" borrowed from New Latin. Etymology templates: {{etymon|de|:bor|la:pupa|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin pupabor. German Puppe [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "pupa", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Puppe", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Puppe">, {{bor+|de|la|pupa}} Borrowed from Latin pupa, {{bor|de|la-new|-}} New Latin Head templates: {{de-noun|f|dim=^chen,^lein,^el}} Puppe f (genitive Puppe, plural Puppen, diminutive Püppchen n or Püpplein n or Püppel n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Puppe [genitive], Puppen [plural], Püppchen [diminutive, neuter], Püpplein [diminutive, neuter], Püppel [diminutive, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], Puppe [nominative, singular], Puppen [definite, nominative, plural], Puppe [genitive, singular], Puppen [definite, genitive, plural], Puppe [dative, singular], Puppen [dative, definite, plural], Puppe [accusative, singular], Puppen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (toy) doll Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Puppe-de-noun-RMPldNrF
  2. (zoology) pupa Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Puppe-de-noun-m-9nVKgQ Categories (other): Zoology, German entries referencing missing etymons, German entries with etymology trees, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Toys Disambiguation of German entries referencing missing etymons: 12 63 12 12 Disambiguation of German entries with etymology trees: 11 67 11 11 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 7 80 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 13 62 13 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 76 8 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 83 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 5 84 5 5 Disambiguation of Toys: 19 44 19 19 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  3. (slang) girl Tags: feminine, slang Synonyms: Schnecke
    Sense id: en-Puppe-de-noun-QxuhxpNn
  4. dummy Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Puppe-de-noun-taLJYlBh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Bauchrednerpuppe (english: ventriloquist dummy) [feminine], bis in die Puppen, die Puppen tanzen lassen, Fingerpuppe [feminine], Gliederpuppe [feminine], Handpuppe (english: hand puppet) [feminine], Puppenstube (english: dollhouse) [feminine], verpuppen (english: to pupate)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "ventriloquist dummy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "ventriloquist dummy",
      "word": "Bauchrednerpuppe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bis in die Puppen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "die Puppen tanzen lassen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fingerpuppe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gliederpuppe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "hand puppet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "hand puppet",
      "word": "Handpuppe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "dollhouse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "dollhouse",
      "word": "Puppenstube"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to pupate",
      "translation": "to pupate",
      "word": "verpuppen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "la:pupa",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nLatin pupabor.\nGerman Puppe\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"pupa\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"German\", \"term\" : \"Puppe\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"de\" }\" data-lang=\"de\" data-title=\"Puppe\">",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "pupa"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Latin pupa",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la-new",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "New Latin",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nLatin pupabor.\nGerman Puppe\nBorrowed from Latin pupa. Sense of \"pupa\" borrowed from New Latin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Puppe",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Puppen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Püppchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Püpplein",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Püppel",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Puppe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Puppen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Puppe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Puppen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Puppe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Puppen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Puppe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Puppen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "dim": "^chen,^lein,^el"
      },
      "expansion": "Puppe f (genitive Puppe, plural Puppen, diminutive Püppchen n or Püpplein n or Püppel n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "doll"
      ],
      "id": "en-Puppe-de-noun-RMPldNrF",
      "links": [
        [
          "doll",
          "doll"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "toy",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(toy) doll"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Zoology",
          "orig": "de:Zoology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 63 12 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 67 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 80 7 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 62 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 76 8 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 83 6 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 84 5 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 44 19 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Toys",
          "orig": "de:Toys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pupa"
      ],
      "id": "en-Puppe-de-noun-m-9nVKgQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "zoology",
          "zoology"
        ],
        [
          "pupa",
          "pupa"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(zoology) pupa"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "girl"
      ],
      "id": "en-Puppe-de-noun-QxuhxpNn",
      "links": [
        [
          "girl",
          "girl"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) girl"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Schnecke"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dummy"
      ],
      "id": "en-Puppe-de-noun-taLJYlBh",
      "links": [
        [
          "dummy",
          "dummy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpʊpə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Puppe.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/80/De-Puppe.ogg/De-Puppe.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/De-Puppe.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Puppe2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/De-Puppe2.ogg/De-Puppe2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/De-Puppe2.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Puppe"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German entries referencing missing etymons",
    "German entries with etymology trees",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms borrowed from Latin",
    "German terms borrowed from New Latin",
    "German terms derived from Latin",
    "German terms derived from New Latin",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
    "de:Toys"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "ventriloquist dummy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "ventriloquist dummy",
      "word": "Bauchrednerpuppe"
    },
    {
      "word": "bis in die Puppen"
    },
    {
      "word": "die Puppen tanzen lassen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fingerpuppe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gliederpuppe"
    },
    {
      "english": "hand puppet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "hand puppet",
      "word": "Handpuppe"
    },
    {
      "english": "dollhouse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "dollhouse",
      "word": "Puppenstube"
    },
    {
      "english": "to pupate",
      "translation": "to pupate",
      "word": "verpuppen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "la:pupa",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nLatin pupabor.\nGerman Puppe\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"pupa\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"German\", \"term\" : \"Puppe\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"de\" }\" data-lang=\"de\" data-title=\"Puppe\">",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "pupa"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Latin pupa",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la-new",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "New Latin",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nLatin pupabor.\nGerman Puppe\nBorrowed from Latin pupa. Sense of \"pupa\" borrowed from New Latin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Puppe",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Puppen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Püppchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Püpplein",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Püppel",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Puppe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Puppen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Puppe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Puppen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Puppe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Puppen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Puppe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Puppen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "dim": "^chen,^lein,^el"
      },
      "expansion": "Puppe f (genitive Puppe, plural Puppen, diminutive Püppchen n or Püpplein n or Püppel n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "doll"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "doll",
          "doll"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "toy",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(toy) doll"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Zoology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pupa"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "zoology",
          "zoology"
        ],
        [
          "pupa",
          "pupa"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(zoology) pupa"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "zoology"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "girl"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "girl",
          "girl"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) girl"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Schnecke"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dummy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dummy",
          "dummy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpʊpə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Puppe.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/80/De-Puppe.ogg/De-Puppe.ogg.mp3",
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    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Puppe2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/De-Puppe2.ogg/De-Puppe2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/De-Puppe2.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Puppe"
}

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