"Speck" meaning in German

See Speck in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʃpɛk/
Etymology: From Middle High German spec, from Old High German spek, from Proto-West Germanic *spik, from Proto-Germanic *spiką. Cognate with Old English spic (whence English speck). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|spec}} Middle High German spec, {{inh|de|goh|spek}} Old High German spek, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*spik}} Proto-West Germanic *spik, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*spiką}} Proto-Germanic *spiką, {{cog|ang|spic}} Old English spic, {{cog|en|speck}} English speck Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s}} Speck m (strong, genitive Speckes or Specks, plural Specke) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s}} Forms: Speckes [genitive], Specks [genitive], Specke [plural], strong [table-tags], Speck [nominative, singular], Specke [definite, nominative, plural], Speckes [genitive, singular], Specks [genitive, singular], Specke [definite, genitive, plural], Speck [dative, singular], Specke [dative, singular], Specken [dative, definite, plural], Speck [accusative, singular], Specke [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. bacon, fatty cellular tissue under the porkrind Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Speck-de-noun-KpqzHZ47 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Meats Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17 Disambiguation of Meats: 88 12
  2. (colloquial) adipose tissue, bodyfat Tags: colloquial, masculine, strong Derived forms: abspecken, Kummerspeck, speckig, Speckstein, wie die Made im Speck leben, Winterspeck
    Sense id: en-Speck-de-noun-cewSyDTc

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "speck",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: speck",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: speck"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "csb",
            "2": "szpiek",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kashubian: szpiek",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kashubian: szpiek"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "špek",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: špek",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: špek"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "spec"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German spec",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "spek"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German spek",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*spik"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *spik",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*spiką"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *spiką",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "spic"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English spic",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "speck"
      },
      "expansion": "English speck",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German spec, from Old High German spek, from Proto-West Germanic *spik, from Proto-Germanic *spiką. Cognate with Old English spic (whence English speck).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Speckes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Specks",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Specke",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Speck",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Specke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Speckes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Specks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Specke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Speck",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Specke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Specken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Speck",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Specke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s"
      },
      "expansion": "Speck m (strong, genitive Speckes or Specks, plural Specke)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Meats",
          "orig": "de:Meats",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bacon, fatty cellular tissue under the porkrind"
      ],
      "id": "en-Speck-de-noun-KpqzHZ47",
      "links": [
        [
          "bacon",
          "bacon"
        ],
        [
          "fatty",
          "fatty"
        ],
        [
          "cellular",
          "cellular"
        ],
        [
          "tissue",
          "tissue"
        ],
        [
          "porkrind",
          "pork rind"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "word": "abspecken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "word": "Kummerspeck"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "word": "speckig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "word": "Speckstein"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "word": "wie die Made im Speck leben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "40 60",
          "word": "Winterspeck"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "adipose tissue, bodyfat"
      ],
      "id": "en-Speck-de-noun-cewSyDTc",
      "links": [
        [
          "adipose",
          "adipose"
        ],
        [
          "tissue",
          "tissue"
        ],
        [
          "bodyfat",
          "bodyfat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) adipose tissue, bodyfat"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃpɛk/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Speck"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "de:Meats"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "abspecken"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kummerspeck"
    },
    {
      "word": "speckig"
    },
    {
      "word": "Speckstein"
    },
    {
      "word": "wie die Made im Speck leben"
    },
    {
      "word": "Winterspeck"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "speck",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: speck",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: speck"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "csb",
            "2": "szpiek",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kashubian: szpiek",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kashubian: szpiek"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "špek",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: špek",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: špek"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "spec"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German spec",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "spek"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German spek",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*spik"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *spik",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*spiką"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *spiką",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "spic"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English spic",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "speck"
      },
      "expansion": "English speck",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German spec, from Old High German spek, from Proto-West Germanic *spik, from Proto-Germanic *spiką. Cognate with Old English spic (whence English speck).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Speckes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Specks",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Specke",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Speck",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Specke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Speckes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Specks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Specke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Speck",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Specke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Specken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Speck",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Specke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s"
      },
      "expansion": "Speck m (strong, genitive Speckes or Specks, plural Specke)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bacon, fatty cellular tissue under the porkrind"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bacon",
          "bacon"
        ],
        [
          "fatty",
          "fatty"
        ],
        [
          "cellular",
          "cellular"
        ],
        [
          "tissue",
          "tissue"
        ],
        [
          "porkrind",
          "pork rind"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "adipose tissue, bodyfat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adipose",
          "adipose"
        ],
        [
          "tissue",
          "tissue"
        ],
        [
          "bodyfat",
          "bodyfat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) adipose tissue, bodyfat"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃpɛk/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Speck"
}

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