"Quadratur des Kreises" meaning in German

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    {
      "form": "Quadratur des Kreises",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Quadraturen des Kreises",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "Quadratur<f> des Kreises"
      },
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      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "squaring the circle"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "squaring the circle",
          "squaring the circle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2018 May 16, Harald Seubert, Der Frühling des Missvergnügens: Eine Intervention (Bibliotheca Academica - Reihe Politikwissenschaft), Ergon Verlag, →OCLC, page 54",
          "text": "Permanent wurde in der Folgezeit von interessierten Mitgliedern an mir gezerrt, Quadraturen des Kreises permanent gefordert. So ist es in vielen Präsidien und Vorständen. Doch hinter den Personen, die zerrten und verlangten, wurden politische Kräfte sichtbar, die keineswegs unschuldig waren.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an impossible problem or endeavour; (hence also) something futile"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "impossible",
          "impossible"
        ],
        [
          "problem",
          "problem"
        ],
        [
          "endeavour",
          "endeavour"
        ],
        [
          "futile",
          "futile"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) an impossible problem or endeavour; (hence also) something futile"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kvadraˈtuːr dəs ˈkraɪ̯zəs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʋa.dʁaˈtu(ː)ɐ̯ dəs ˈkʁaɪ̯.zəs]"
    },
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  "word": "Quadratur des Kreises"
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Quadraturen des Kreises",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "squaring the circle"
      ],
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          "squaring the circle",
          "squaring the circle"
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        "feminine"
      ]
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          "text": "Permanent wurde in der Folgezeit von interessierten Mitgliedern an mir gezerrt, Quadraturen des Kreises permanent gefordert. So ist es in vielen Präsidien und Vorständen. Doch hinter den Personen, die zerrten und verlangten, wurden politische Kräfte sichtbar, die keineswegs unschuldig waren.",
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      ],
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          "problem",
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        ],
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          "futile",
          "futile"
        ]
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        "(figurative) an impossible problem or endeavour; (hence also) something futile"
      ],
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/kvadraˈtuːr dəs ˈkraɪ̯zəs/"
    },
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