"Sinnbild" meaning in German

See Sinnbild in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈzɪnˌbɪlt/ Audio: De-Sinnbild.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Sinn + Bild Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|Sinn|Bild}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰil-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*bil(i)", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" }, { "alt" : "*-iþi", "ng" : "likely a ja-stem variant of <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"gmw-pro\">*-iþu<\/i> <span class=\"mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"mention-gloss-double-quote\">“<\/span><span class=\"mention-gloss\">-ness, -th<\/span><span class=\"mention-gloss-double-quote\">”<\/span><span class=\"mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren\">)<\/span>", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-iþu", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*biliþi", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old High German", "term" : "bilidi", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "goh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle High German", "term" : "bilde", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gmh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Bild", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Sinnbild", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Sinnbild">, {{compound|de|Sinn|Bild}} Sinn + Bild Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(e)s,er}} Sinnbild n (strong, genitive Sinnbildes or Sinnbilds, plural Sinnbilder) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(e)s,er}} Forms: Sinnbildes [genitive], Sinnbilds [genitive], Sinnbilder [plural], strong [table-tags], Sinnbild [nominative, singular], Sinnbilder [definite, nominative, plural], Sinnbildes [genitive, singular], Sinnbilds [genitive, singular], Sinnbilder [definite, genitive, plural], Sinnbild [dative, singular], Sinnbilde [dative, singular], Sinnbildern [dative, definite, plural], Sinnbild [accusative, singular], Sinnbilder [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. symbol, allegory Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Sinnbild-de-noun-bzUsNZjP Categories (other): German entries referencing missing etymons, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries referencing missing etymons: 51 37 12 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 62 32 6 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 42 46 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 46 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 34 31
  2. emblem, ensign Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Sinnbild-de-noun-Zjx5baHZ Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 42 46 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 46 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 34 31
  3. (tech, welding) symbol Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Sinnbild-de-noun-t2p8oVPC Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 42 46 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 46 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 34 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Bildzeichen Derived forms: sinnbildhaft, sinnbildlich Related terms: versinnbilden
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Download raw JSONL data for Sinnbild meaning in German (4.9kB)

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