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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃantsə/"
},
{
"audio": "De-Schanze.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/97/De-Schanze.ogg/De-Schanze.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/De-Schanze.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-antsə"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Franconian (linguistics)",
"Hessian dialects",
"Wolfgang Pfeifer (etymologist)"
],
"word": "Schanze"
}
Download raw JSONL data for Schanze meaning in German (8.0kB)
{
"called_from": "linkages/371",
"msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (redoubt): Sternschanze desc=redoubt rest=Sternschanze cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=True e2=True",
"path": [
"Schanze"
],
"section": "German",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "Schanze",
"trace": ""
}
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