"Schwan" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ʃvaːn/, [ʃʋäːn] Audio: De-Schwan.ogg
Rhymes: -aːn Etymology: From Middle High German swan, from Old High German swan, from Proto-West Germanic *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”), from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”). Compare Low German Swaan, Dutch zwaan, English swan, Swedish svan. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|swan}} Middle High German swan, {{inh|de|goh|swan}} Old High German swan, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*swan}} Proto-West Germanic *swan, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*swanaz||swan}} Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”), {{der|de|ine-pro|*swenh₂-||to sound, resound}} Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”), {{cog|nds|Swaan}} Low German Swaan, {{cog|nl|zwaan}} Dutch zwaan, {{cog|en|swan}} English swan, {{cog|sv|svan}} Swedish svan Head templates: {{de-noun|m,s:es,^e:en􂀿archaic􂁀|dim=^chen,^lein|f=^in}} Schwan m (strong or mixed, genitive Schwans or Schwanes, plural Schwäne or (archaic) Schwanen, diminutive Schwänchen n or Schwänlein n, feminine Schwänin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,s:es,^e:en􂀿archaic􂁀}} Forms: Schwans [genitive], Schwanes [genitive], Schwäne [plural], Schwanen [archaic, plural], Schwänchen [diminutive, neuter], Schwänlein [diminutive, neuter], Schwänin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Schwan [nominative, singular], Schwäne [definite, nominative, plural], Schwanen [archaic, definite, nominative, plural], Schwans [genitive, singular], Schwanes [genitive, singular], Schwäne [definite, genitive, plural], Schwanen [archaic, definite, genitive, plural], Schwan [dative, singular], Schwane [dative, singular], Schwänen [dative, definite, plural], Schwanen [archaic, dative, definite, plural], Schwan [accusative, singular], Schwäne [accusative, definite, plural], Schwanen [accusative, archaic, definite, plural]
  1. swan Tags: masculine, mixed, strong Categories (lifeform): Swans
    Sense id: en-Schwan-de-noun-aFba67AR Disambiguation of Swans: 60 40
  2. (astronomy) the constellation Cygnus Tags: masculine, mixed, strong Categories (topical): Constellations
    Sense id: en-Schwan-de-noun-6UjAjJDX Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: schwanen
Hyponyms: Coscorobaschwan, Höckerschwan, Jungschwan, Koskorobaschwan, Pfeifschwan, Schwanenjunges, Schwanenküken, Schwanenmännchen, Schwanenweibchen, Schwänin, Schwarzer Schwan, Schwarzhalsschwan, Schwarzschwan, Singschwan, Trauerschwan, Trompeterschwan, Zwergschwan Derived forms: mein lieber Schwan, Schwanenart, Schwanenblume, Schwanenblumengewächse, Schwanenbraten, Schwanendaunen, Schwanenfamilie, Schwanenfeder, Schwanenfederkissen, Schwanengans, Schwanengattung, Schwanengesang, Schwanengruppe, Schwanenhals, Schwanenhals-Agave, Schwanenhals-Bandzahnmoos, Schwanenhals-Sternmoos, Schwanenhalsdeformation, Schwanenhalsdeformität, Schwanenhalslampe, Schwanenhalsmikrofon, Schwanenhalsmikrophon, Schwaneninseln-Ferkelratte, Schwanenjunges, Schwanenjungfrau, Schwanenmädchen, Schwanenmuschel, Schwanennebel, Schwanenpaar, Schwanenpärchen, Schwanenteich, Schwanenweibchen, Schwänin, sterbender Schwan

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mein lieber Schwan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenart"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenblume"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenblumengewächse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenbraten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanendaunen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenfamilie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenfeder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenfederkissen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanengans"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanengattung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanengesang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanengruppe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenhals"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenhals-Agave"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenhals-Bandzahnmoos"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenhals-Sternmoos"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenhalsdeformation"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenhalsdeformität"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenhalslampe"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenhalsmikrofon"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenhalsmikrophon"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwaneninseln-Ferkelratte"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenjunges"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenjungfrau"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenmädchen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenmuschel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanennebel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenpaar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenpärchen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenteich"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenweibchen"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwänin"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sterbender Schwan"
    }
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      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *swan",
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    {
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      "expansion": "Low German Swaan",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
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      "expansion": "Dutch zwaan",
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      "expansion": "English swan",
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        "1": "sv",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwanes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Schwäne",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwanen",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "Schwänchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwänlein",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwänin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "Schwan",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "Schwäne",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "Schwanen",
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        "genitive",
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      "form": "Schwanes",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "form": "Schwäne",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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    },
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      "form": "Schwane",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
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      "form": "Schwänen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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        "plural"
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    {
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    },
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      "form": "Schwan",
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      "form": "Schwanen",
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      "word": "Coscorobaschwan"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwanenküken"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwarzer Schwan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwarzhalsschwan"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Schwarzschwan"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Singschwan"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Trauerschwan"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Trompeterschwan"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Swans",
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      "ipa": "[ʃʋäːn]"
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      "word": "Schwanenart"
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      "word": "Schwanenblume"
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      "word": "Schwanenblumengewächse"
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      "word": "Schwanenbraten"
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      "word": "Schwanendaunen"
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      "word": "Schwanenfamilie"
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    {
      "word": "Schwanenfeder"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schwanenfederkissen"
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      "word": "Schwanengans"
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    {
      "word": "Schwanengattung"
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      "word": "Schwanengesang"
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      "word": "Schwanenjunges"
    },
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      "word": "Schwanenjungfrau"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "Schwanennebel"
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    {
      "word": "Schwanenpaar"
    },
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      "word": "Schwanenpärchen"
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    {
      "word": "Schwanenweibchen"
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    {
      "word": "Schwänin"
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    {
      "word": "sterbender Schwan"
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        "3": "*swenh₂-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to sound, resound"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "Swaan"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German Swaan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "zwaan"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch zwaan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "swan"
      },
      "expansion": "English swan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "svan"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish svan",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German swan, from Old High German swan, from Proto-West Germanic *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”), from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”).\nCompare Low German Swaan, Dutch zwaan, English swan, Swedish svan.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Schwans",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwanes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwäne",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwanen",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwänchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwänlein",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwänin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwäne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwanen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwanes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwäne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwanen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwane",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwänen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwanen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwäne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwanen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "archaic",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,s:es,^e:en􂀿archaic􂁀",
        "dim": "^chen,^lein",
        "f": "^in"
      },
      "expansion": "Schwan m (strong or mixed, genitive Schwans or Schwanes, plural Schwäne or (archaic) Schwanen, diminutive Schwänchen n or Schwänlein n, feminine Schwänin)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "Coscorobaschwan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Höckerschwan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jungschwan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Koskorobaschwan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Pfeifschwan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schwanenjunges"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schwanenküken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schwanenmännchen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schwanenweibchen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schwänin"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schwarzer Schwan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schwarzhalsschwan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schwarzschwan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Singschwan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Trauerschwan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Trompeterschwan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zwergschwan"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,s:es,^e:en􂀿archaic􂁀"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "schwanen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "swan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swan",
          "swan"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "mixed",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Constellations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the constellation Cygnus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "constellation",
          "constellation"
        ],
        [
          "Cygnus",
          "Cygnus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astronomy) the constellation Cygnus"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "mixed",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃvaːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʃʋäːn]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Schwan.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1d/De-Schwan.ogg/De-Schwan.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/De-Schwan.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːn"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "de:Schwan"
  ],
  "word": "Schwan"
}

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