"Sparschwein" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃpaːrˌʃvaɪ̯n/, [ˈʃpaː(ɐ̯)ˌʃʋaɪ̯n] Audio: De-Sparschwein.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From sparen (“to save”) + Schwein (“pig”). Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|sparen<t:to save>|Schwein<t:pig>}}, {{compound|de|sparen|Schwein|t1=to save|t2=pig}} sparen (“to save”) + Schwein (“pig”) Head templates: {{de-noun|n,s:es|dim=chen,derl,dl}} Sparschwein n (strong, genitive Sparschweins or Sparschweines, plural Sparschweine, diminutive Sparschweinchen n or Sparschweinderl n or Sparschweindl n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,s:es}} Forms: Sparschweins [genitive], Sparschweines [genitive], Sparschweine [plural], Sparschweinchen [diminutive, neuter], Sparschweinderl [diminutive, neuter], Sparschweindl [diminutive, neuter], strong [table-tags], Sparschwein [nominative, singular], Sparschweine [definite, nominative, plural], Sparschweins [genitive, singular], Sparschweines [genitive, singular], Sparschweine [definite, genitive, plural], Sparschwein [dative, singular], Sparschweine [dative, singular], Sparschweinen [dative, definite, plural], Sparschwein [accusative, singular], Sparschweine [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. piggy bank (container for coins, prototypically, but not necessarily, in the form of a pig) Tags: neuter, strong Hypernyms: Spardose

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "sparen<t:to save>",
        "4": "Schwein<t:pig>"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "sparen",
        "3": "Schwein",
        "t1": "to save",
        "t2": "pig"
      },
      "expansion": "sparen (“to save”) + Schwein (“pig”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From sparen (“to save”) + Schwein (“pig”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Sparschweins",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweines",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweine",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweinchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweinderl",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweindl",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschwein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweines",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschwein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweinen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschwein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,s:es",
        "dim": "chen,derl,dl"
      },
      "expansion": "Sparschwein n (strong, genitive Sparschweins or Sparschweines, plural Sparschweine, diminutive Sparschweinchen n or Sparschweinderl n or Sparschweindl n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,s:es"
      },
      "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"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "piggy bank (container for coins, prototypically, but not necessarily, in the form of a pig)"
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "word": "Spardose"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-Sparschwein-de-noun-BSxfgwzn",
      "links": [
        [
          "piggy bank",
          "piggy bank"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃpaːrˌʃvaɪ̯n/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃpaː(ɐ̯)ˌʃʋaɪ̯n]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Sparschwein.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b4/De-Sparschwein.ogg/De-Sparschwein.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/De-Sparschwein.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Sparschwein"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "sparen<t:to save>",
        "4": "Schwein<t:pig>"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "sparen",
        "3": "Schwein",
        "t1": "to save",
        "t2": "pig"
      },
      "expansion": "sparen (“to save”) + Schwein (“pig”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From sparen (“to save”) + Schwein (“pig”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Sparschweins",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweines",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweine",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweinchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweinderl",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweindl",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschwein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweines",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschwein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweinen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschwein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Sparschweine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,s:es",
        "dim": "chen,derl,dl"
      },
      "expansion": "Sparschwein n (strong, genitive Sparschweins or Sparschweines, plural Sparschweine, diminutive Sparschweinchen n or Sparschweinderl n or Sparschweindl n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "Spardose"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,s:es"
      },
      "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 lemmas",
        "German neuter nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymon"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "piggy bank (container for coins, prototypically, but not necessarily, in the form of a pig)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "piggy bank",
          "piggy bank"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃpaːrˌʃvaɪ̯n/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃpaː(ɐ̯)ˌʃʋaɪ̯n]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Sparschwein.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b4/De-Sparschwein.ogg/De-Sparschwein.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/De-Sparschwein.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Sparschwein"
}

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