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},
"expansion": "Middle High German rētsel",
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},
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},
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},
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{
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"2": "",
"3": "ze radislen"
},
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*rādislī"
},
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},
{
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"1": "de",
"2": "raten",
"3": "-sel"
},
"expansion": "raten + -sel",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gml",
"3": "rēdesal"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German rēdesal",
"name": "der"
},
{
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"1": "gml",
"2": "rēdelse"
},
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},
{
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"1": "goh",
"2": "rātisca"
},
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"name": "m+"
},
{
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"1": "goh",
"2": "rātissa"
},
"expansion": "rātissa",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "rātunga"
},
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"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From northern Middle High German rētsel, rātsel, from Old High German rādisli (10th c., hapax: ze radislen, Ripuarian), from Proto-West Germanic *rādislī. Equivalent to raten + -sel. The formation was restricted to parts of Central German and was later reinforced by Middle Low German rēdesal, rēdelse. It established itself in the standard language after Luther’s usage. Upper German synonyms were Old High German rātisca, rātissa, rātunga.",
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]
},
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"plural"
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},
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},
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}
],
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"Rät‧sel"
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},
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],
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},
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},
{
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},
{
"word": "enträtseln"
},
{
"word": "Rätselauflösung"
},
{
"word": "Rätselecke"
},
{
"word": "Rätselheft"
},
{
"word": "Rätselmagazin"
}
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],
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"word": "Bilderrätsel"
},
{
"word": "Kreuzworträtsel"
},
{
"word": "Silbenrätsel"
},
{
"word": "Zahlenrätsel"
}
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"enigma"
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{
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}
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"wikipedia": [
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}
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"ipa": "/ˈʁɛːtsəl/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʁɛː.t͡sl̩]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʁeː.t͡sl̩]"
},
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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},
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"3": "rādisli"
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"2": "",
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},
{
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"2": "raten",
"3": "-sel"
},
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},
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"1": "de",
"2": "gml",
"3": "rēdesal"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German rēdesal",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "rēdelse"
},
"expansion": "rēdelse",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "rātisca"
},
"expansion": "Old High German rātisca",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "rātissa"
},
"expansion": "rātissa",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "rātunga"
},
"expansion": "rātunga",
"name": "m"
}
],
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"forms": [
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"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
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"plural"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
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]
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"singular"
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{
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"plural"
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},
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]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Rätsel",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
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},
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"name": "de-noun"
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],
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"word": "Bilderrätsel"
},
{
"word": "Kreuzworträtsel"
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{
"word": "Silbenrätsel"
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{
"word": "Zahlenrätsel"
}
],
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"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
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"German entries with incorrect language header",
"German lemmas",
"German neuter nouns",
"German nouns",
"German terms derived from Middle High German",
"German terms derived from Middle Low German",
"German terms derived from Old High German",
"German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"German terms inherited from Middle High German",
"German terms inherited from Old High German",
"German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"German terms suffixed with -sel",
"German terms with IPA pronunciation",
"German terms with audio links"
],
"glosses": [
"riddle, puzzle, mystery, enigma"
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"riddle",
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[
"puzzle",
"puzzle"
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"mystery",
"mystery"
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[
"enigma",
"enigma"
]
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"tags": [
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"strong"
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"wikipedia": [
"Martin Luther"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈʁɛːtsəl/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʁɛː.t͡sl̩]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʁeː.t͡sl̩]"
},
{
"audio": "De-Rätsel.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/06/De-R%C3%A4tsel.ogg/De-R%C3%A4tsel.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/De-R%C3%A4tsel.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
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],
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{
"word": "Räthsel"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "Rätzel"
}
],
"word": "Rätsel"
}
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