See Schwert in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
"glosses": [
"sword"
],
"links": [
[
"heraldry",
"heraldry"
],
[
"sword",
"sword"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(heraldry) sword"
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"strong"
],
"topics": [
"government",
"heraldry",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"monarchy",
"nobility",
"politics"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʃveːrt/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃʋeːɐ̯t]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃʋɛɐ̯t]"
},
{
"audio": "De-Schwert.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/93/De-Schwert.ogg/De-Schwert.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/De-Schwert.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eːɐ̯t"
},
{
"homophone": "schwärt stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Akademie-Verlag",
"Berlin",
"Wolfgang Pfeifer (etymologist)"
],
"word": "Schwert"
}
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