"Ruhestand" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʁuːəˌʃtant/ Audio: De-Ruhestand.ogg Forms: Ruhestandes [genitive], Ruhestands [genitive]
Rhymes: -ant Etymology: From Ruhe and Stand, one may think about Familienstand and Berufsstand. Sometimes it is also called ironically Unruhestand (status of no rest) if one has the feeling that one has less time than before the retirement. Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s.sg}} Ruhestand m (strong, genitive Ruhestandes or Ruhestands, no plural)
  1. retirement Tags: masculine, no-plural, strong Synonyms: Rente Derived forms: Ruhestandsalter Related terms: Vorruhestand, Unruhestand, Ehestand
    Sense id: en-Ruhestand-de-noun-C4DIQLMh Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From Ruhe and Stand, one may think about Familienstand and Berufsstand. Sometimes it is also called ironically Unruhestand (status of no rest) if one has the feeling that one has less time than before the retirement.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ruhestandes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ruhestands",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s.sg"
      },
      "expansion": "Ruhestand m (strong, genitive Ruhestandes or Ruhestands, no plural)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Ru",
        "he",
        "stand"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Ruhestandsalter"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "retirement"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ruhestand-de-noun-C4DIQLMh",
      "links": [
        [
          "retirement",
          "retirement"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Vorruhestand"
        },
        {
          "word": "Unruhestand"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ehestand"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Rente"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "no-plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʁuːəˌʃtant/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Ruhestand.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/De-Ruhestand.ogg/De-Ruhestand.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/De-Ruhestand.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ant"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ruhestand"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Ruhestandsalter"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ruhe and Stand, one may think about Familienstand and Berufsstand. Sometimes it is also called ironically Unruhestand (status of no rest) if one has the feeling that one has less time than before the retirement.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ruhestandes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ruhestands",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s.sg"
      },
      "expansion": "Ruhestand m (strong, genitive Ruhestandes or Ruhestands, no plural)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Ru",
        "he",
        "stand"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Vorruhestand"
    },
    {
      "word": "Unruhestand"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ehestand"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:German/ant",
        "Rhymes:German/ant/3 syllables"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "retirement"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "retirement",
          "retirement"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Rente"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "no-plural",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʁuːəˌʃtant/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Ruhestand.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/De-Ruhestand.ogg/De-Ruhestand.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/De-Ruhestand.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ant"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ruhestand"
}

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