"Schwebfliege" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: [ˈʃveːpˌfliːɡə] Audio: De-Schwebfliege.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From schweben (“to hover”) + Fliege (“fly”). Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|schweben<t:to hover>|Fliege<t:fly>}}, {{com|de|schweben|Fliege|t1=to hover|t2=fly}} schweben (“to hover”) + Fliege (“fly”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Schwebfliege f (genitive Schwebfliege, plural Schwebfliegen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Schwebfliege [genitive], Schwebfliegen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Schwebfliege [nominative, singular], Schwebfliegen [definite, nominative, plural], Schwebfliege [genitive, singular], Schwebfliegen [definite, genitive, plural], Schwebfliege [dative, singular], Schwebfliegen [dative, definite, plural], Schwebfliege [accusative, singular], Schwebfliegen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. hoverfly, flower fly Tags: feminine Derived forms: Erzschwebfliege, Hainschwebfliege, Hornissenschwebfliege, Schnabelschwebfliege, Waldschwebfliege

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "schweben<t:to hover>",
        "4": "Fliege<t:fly>"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "schweben",
        "3": "Fliege",
        "t1": "to hover",
        "t2": "fly"
      },
      "expansion": "schweben (“to hover”) + Fliege (“fly”)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From schweben (“to hover”) + Fliege (“fly”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Schwebfliege",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwebfliegen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwebfliege",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwebfliegen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwebfliege",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwebfliegen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwebfliege",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwebfliegen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwebfliege",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwebfliegen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Schwebfliege f (genitive Schwebfliege, plural Schwebfliegen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Schweb",
        "flie",
        "ge"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Aschizan flies",
          "orig": "de:Aschizan flies",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Erzschwebfliege"
        },
        {
          "word": "Hainschwebfliege"
        },
        {
          "word": "Hornissenschwebfliege"
        },
        {
          "word": "Schnabelschwebfliege"
        },
        {
          "word": "Waldschwebfliege"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hoverfly, flower fly"
      ],
      "id": "en-Schwebfliege-de-noun-MIRAa1qO",
      "links": [
        [
          "hoverfly",
          "hoverfly"
        ],
        [
          "flower fly",
          "flower fly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃveːpˌfliːɡə]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Schwebfliege.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/De-Schwebfliege.ogg/De-Schwebfliege.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/De-Schwebfliege.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Schwebfliege"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Erzschwebfliege"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hainschwebfliege"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hornissenschwebfliege"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schnabelschwebfliege"
    },
    {
      "word": "Waldschwebfliege"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "schweben<t:to hover>",
        "4": "Fliege<t:fly>"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "schweben",
        "3": "Fliege",
        "t1": "to hover",
        "t2": "fly"
      },
      "expansion": "schweben (“to hover”) + Fliege (“fly”)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From schweben (“to hover”) + Fliege (“fly”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Schwebfliege",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwebfliegen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwebfliege",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwebfliegen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwebfliege",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwebfliegen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwebfliege",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwebfliegen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwebfliege",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schwebfliegen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Schwebfliege f (genitive Schwebfliege, plural Schwebfliegen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Schweb",
        "flie",
        "ge"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German compound terms",
        "German entries referencing missing etymons",
        "German entries with etymon",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German feminine nouns",
        "German lemmas",
        "German nouns",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymon",
        "de:Aschizan flies"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hoverfly, flower fly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hoverfly",
          "hoverfly"
        ],
        [
          "flower fly",
          "flower fly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃveːpˌfliːɡə]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Schwebfliege.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/De-Schwebfliege.ogg/De-Schwebfliege.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/De-Schwebfliege.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Schwebfliege"
}

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