"Ranzen" meaning in German

See Ranzen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈrant͡sən], [ˈrant͡sn̩], [ˈʁant͡sən], [ˈʁant͡sn̩] Audio: De-Ranzen.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German rans (“belly, paunch, satchel”), 15th century thieves' cant. From the same root as Swedish ränsel and Dutch ransel. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|rans|t=belly, paunch, satchel}} Middle High German rans (“belly, paunch, satchel”), {{cog|sv|ränsel}} Swedish ränsel, {{cog|nl|ransel}} Dutch ransel Head templates: {{de-noun|m|dim=Ränzchen, Ränzlein}} Ranzen m (strong, genitive Ranzens, plural Ranzen, diminutive Ränzchen n or Ränzlein n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Ranzens [genitive], Ranzen [plural], Ränzchen [diminutive, neuter], Ränzlein [diminutive, neuter], strong [table-tags], Ranzen [nominative, singular], Ranzen [definite, nominative, plural], Ranzens [genitive, singular], Ranzen [definite, genitive, plural], Ranzen [dative, singular], Ranzen [dative, definite, plural], Ranzen [accusative, singular], Ranzen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. satchel Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Ranzen-de-noun-Jf1rwSk3 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Bags Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Bags: 50 50
  2. (colloquial) belly, potbelly Tags: colloquial, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Ranzen-de-noun-eGMb9d5j Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Bags Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 46 Disambiguation of Bags: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Ranzenkrebs, Schulranzen Related terms: Felleisen, Tornister

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Ranzenkrebs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schulranzen"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "lang_code": "izh",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "rantsa"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Kildin Sami",
          "lang_code": "sjd",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "rān̥n̥’c",
          "word": "ра̄ӊӊҍц"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "raniec"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Yiddish",
              "lang_code": "yi",
              "raw_tags": [
                "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
              ],
              "roman": "rentsl",
              "word": "רענצל"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "lang_code": "yi",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "ranyets",
          "word": "ראַניעץ"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "ránec",
      "word": "ра́нец"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "randoseru"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "uncertain"
      ],
      "roman": "randoseru",
      "word": "ランドセル"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "rans",
        "t": "belly, paunch, satchel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German rans (“belly, paunch, satchel”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ränsel"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish ränsel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ransel"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch ransel",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German rans (“belly, paunch, satchel”), 15th century thieves' cant. From the same root as Swedish ränsel and Dutch ransel.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ranzens",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ranzen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ränzchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ränzlein",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ranzen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ranzen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ranzens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ranzen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ranzen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ranzen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ranzen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ranzen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "dim": "Ränzchen, Ränzlein"
      },
      "expansion": "Ranzen m (strong, genitive Ranzens, plural Ranzen, diminutive Ränzchen n or Ränzlein n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Felleisen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Tornister"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Bags",
          "orig": "de:Bags",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "satchel"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ranzen-de-noun-Jf1rwSk3",
      "links": [
        [
          "satchel",
          "satchel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Bags",
          "orig": "de:Bags",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "belly, potbelly"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ranzen-de-noun-eGMb9d5j",
      "links": [
        [
          "belly",
          "belly"
        ],
        [
          "potbelly",
          "potbelly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) belly, potbelly"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈrant͡sən]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈrant͡sn̩]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʁant͡sən]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʁant͡sn̩]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Ranzen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1b/De-Ranzen.ogg/De-Ranzen.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/De-Ranzen.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ranzen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ranzen"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "de:Bags"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Ranzenkrebs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schulranzen"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "lang_code": "izh",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "rantsa"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Kildin Sami",
          "lang_code": "sjd",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "rān̥n̥’c",
          "word": "ра̄ӊӊҍц"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "raniec"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Yiddish",
              "lang_code": "yi",
              "raw_tags": [
                "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
              ],
              "roman": "rentsl",
              "word": "רענצל"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "lang_code": "yi",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "roman": "ranyets",
          "word": "ראַניעץ"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "ránec",
      "word": "ра́нец"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "randoseru"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "uncertain"
      ],
      "roman": "randoseru",
      "word": "ランドセル"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "rans",
        "t": "belly, paunch, satchel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German rans (“belly, paunch, satchel”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "ränsel"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish ränsel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ransel"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch ransel",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German rans (“belly, paunch, satchel”), 15th century thieves' cant. From the same root as Swedish ränsel and Dutch ransel.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ranzens",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ranzen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ränzchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ränzlein",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ranzen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ranzen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ranzens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ranzen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ranzen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ranzen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ranzen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ranzen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "dim": "Ränzchen, Ränzlein"
      },
      "expansion": "Ranzen m (strong, genitive Ranzens, plural Ranzen, diminutive Ränzchen n or Ränzlein n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Felleisen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tornister"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "satchel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "satchel",
          "satchel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "belly, potbelly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "belly",
          "belly"
        ],
        [
          "potbelly",
          "potbelly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) belly, potbelly"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈrant͡sən]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈrant͡sn̩]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʁant͡sən]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʁant͡sn̩]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Ranzen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1b/De-Ranzen.ogg/De-Ranzen.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/De-Ranzen.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ranzen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ranzen"
}

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