"Richtung" meaning in German

See Richtung in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʁɪçtʊŋ/, [ˈʁɪçtʰʊŋ] Audio: De-at-Richtung.ogg , De-Richtung.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German richtunge, from Old High German rihtunga, from Proto-West Germanic *rihtungu. By surface analysis, richten + -ung. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|richtunge}} Middle High German richtunge, {{inh|de|goh|rihtunga}} Old High German rihtunga, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*rihtungu}} Proto-West Germanic *rihtungu, {{surf|de|richten|-ung}} By surface analysis, richten + -ung Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Richtung f (genitive Richtung, plural Richtungen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Richtung [genitive], Richtungen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Richtung [nominative, singular], Richtungen [definite, nominative, plural], Richtung [genitive, singular], Richtungen [definite, genitive, plural], Richtung [dative, singular], Richtungen [dative, definite, plural], Richtung [accusative, singular], Richtungen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. direction Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Richtung-de-noun-k8Sr4nzx
  2. route or way Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Richtung-de-noun-Wf7etxfD Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -ung, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 9 59 32 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -ung: 16 65 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 68 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 68 18
  3. departure Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Richtung-de-noun-pwcS9J19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Gegenrichtung, Himmelsrichtung, Richtungsentscheidung, richtungslos, Windrichtung

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Gegenrichtung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Himmelsrichtung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Richtungsentscheidung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "richtungslos"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Windrichtung"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "richtunge"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German richtunge",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "rihtunga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German rihtunga",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*rihtungu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *rihtungu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "richten",
        "3": "-ung"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, richten + -ung",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German richtunge, from Old High German rihtunga, from Proto-West Germanic *rihtungu. By surface analysis, richten + -ung.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Richtung",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Richtungen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Richtung",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Richtungen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Richtung",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Richtungen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Richtung",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Richtungen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Richtung",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Richtungen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Richtung f (genitive Richtung, plural Richtungen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "all directions",
          "text": "alle Richtungen",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "direction"
      ],
      "id": "en-Richtung-de-noun-k8Sr4nzx",
      "links": [
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 59 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 65 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German terms suffixed with -ung",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 68 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 68 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Which way?",
          "text": "Aus welcher Richtung?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "route or way"
      ],
      "id": "en-Richtung-de-noun-Wf7etxfD",
      "links": [
        [
          "route",
          "route"
        ],
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "departure"
      ],
      "id": "en-Richtung-de-noun-pwcS9J19",
      "links": [
        [
          "departure",
          "departure"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʁɪçtʊŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʁɪçtʰʊŋ]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-Richtung.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/De-at-Richtung.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Richtung.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b0/De-Richtung.ogg/De-Richtung.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/De-Richtung.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Richtung"
}
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    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High 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 -ung",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Gegenrichtung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Himmelsrichtung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Richtungsentscheidung"
    },
    {
      "word": "richtungslos"
    },
    {
      "word": "Windrichtung"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "richtunge"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "rihtunga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German rihtunga",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*rihtungu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *rihtungu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "richten",
        "3": "-ung"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, richten + -ung",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German richtunge, from Old High German rihtunga, from Proto-West Germanic *rihtungu. By surface analysis, richten + -ung.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Richtung",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Richtungen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Richtung",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Richtungen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Richtung",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Richtungen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Richtung",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Richtungen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Richtung",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Richtungen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              4,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "all directions",
          "text": "alle Richtungen",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "direction"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
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              6,
              9
            ]
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              12,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Which way?",
          "text": "Aus welcher Richtung?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "route or way"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "route",
          "route"
        ],
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "departure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "departure",
          "departure"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʁɪçtʊŋ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʁɪçtʰʊŋ]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-Richtung.ogg",
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Richtung"
}

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