"Schwanengesang" meaning in German

See Schwanengesang in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃvaːnənɡəˌzaŋ/ Audio: De-Schwanengesang.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Schwan (“swan”) + Gesang (“song”) Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|Schwan<t:swan>|Gesang<t:song>}}, {{compound|de|Schwan|Gesang|gloss1=swan|gloss2=song}} Schwan (“swan”) + Gesang (“song”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,^e}} Schwanengesang m (strong, genitive Schwanengesanges or Schwanengesangs, plural Schwanengesänge) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,^e}} Forms: Schwanengesanges [genitive], Schwanengesangs [genitive], Schwanengesänge [plural], strong [table-tags], Schwanengesang [nominative, singular], Schwanengesänge [definite, nominative, plural], Schwanengesanges [genitive, singular], Schwanengesangs [genitive, singular], Schwanengesänge [definite, genitive, plural], Schwanengesang [dative, singular], Schwanengesange [dative, singular], Schwanengesängen [dative, definite, plural], Schwanengesang [accusative, singular], Schwanengesänge [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. swan song (a final performance) Wikipedia link: de: Tags: masculine, strong Related terms: Schwanenjunges, Schwanenpaar, Schwanenhals, Gesangslehrer, Abgesang, Kirchengesang, Chorgesang

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "lebedova pesen",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "лебедова песен"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "cant del cigne"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "labutí píseň"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "svanesang"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "tags": [
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "zwanenzang"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "superseded"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "zwanezang"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "tags": [
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "swan song"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "tags": [
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "swansong"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "swan-song"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "cignokanto"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "luigelaul"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "joutsenlaulu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "chant du cygne"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "kýkneio ásma",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "κύκνειο άσμα"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "hattyúdal"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "svanasöngur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "tags": [
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "canto del cigno"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "lang_code": "se",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
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    },
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          "lang_code": "nb",
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            "calque",
            "calque"
          ],
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            "calque"
          ],
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        }
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      "lang_code": "no"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Pannonian Rusyn",
      "lang_code": "rsk",
      "roman": "lebedova pisnja",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "лебедова писня"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "łabędzi śpiew"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "tags": [
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "canto do cisne"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "tags": [
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "canto de cisne"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
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      ],
      "word": "canto do cisne"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "tags": [
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "canção do cisne"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "tags": [
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "canção de cisne"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "canção de cisne"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "cântecul lebedei"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "lebedínaja pésnja",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "лебеди́ная пе́сня"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "canto del cisne"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "svanesång"
    }
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "swan song (a final performance)"
      ],
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        },
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        {
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        },
        {
          "word": "Abgesang"
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        {
          "word": "Kirchengesang"
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        {
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        }
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    },
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        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
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}
{
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "lebedova pesen",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "лебедова песен"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "tags": [
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        "calque"
      ],
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "labutí píseň"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "tags": [
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        "calque"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
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        "calque"
      ],
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    {
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      "lang_code": "nl",
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      "lang_code": "en",
      "tags": [
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      "lang_code": "en",
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
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        "calque"
      ],
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      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
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    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
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        "calque"
      ],
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        "calque"
      ],
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "hattyúdal"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "svanasöngur"
    },
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "tags": [
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "canto del cigno"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
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    {
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
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        "calque"
      ],
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  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s,^e"
      },
      "expansion": "Schwanengesang m (strong, genitive Schwanengesanges or Schwanengesangs, plural Schwanengesänge)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s,^e"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Schwanenjunges"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schwanenpaar"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schwanenhals"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gesangslehrer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Abgesang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kirchengesang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chorgesang"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German compound terms",
        "German entries referencing missing etymons",
        "German entries with etymon",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymon"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "swan song (a final performance)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swan song",
          "swan song"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "de:"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃvaːnənɡəˌzaŋ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Schwanengesang.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1a/De-Schwanengesang.ogg/De-Schwanengesang.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/De-Schwanengesang.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Schwanengesang"
}

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