"Spirit" meaning in German

See Spirit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈspɪʁɪt/, /ˈspɪɹɪt ~ ˈspʏɹɪt/
Etymology: Late 20th century, borrowed from English spirit. Doublet of Esprit, Spiritus, and Sprit. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|enm|fro|la}}, {{bor+|de|en|spirit|nocap=1}} borrowed from English spirit, {{doublet|de|Esprit|Spiritus|Sprit}} Doublet of Esprit, Spiritus, and Sprit Head templates: {{de-noun|m,s,s}} Spirit m (strong, genitive Spirits, plural Spirits) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,s,s}} Forms: Spirits [genitive], Spirits [plural], strong [table-tags], Spirit [nominative, singular], Spirits [definite, nominative, plural], Spirits [genitive, singular], Spirits [definite, genitive, plural], Spirit [dative, singular], Spirits [dative, definite, plural], Spirit [accusative, singular], Spirits [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (informal) spirit (mental disposition, ethos, especially one shared among a group; energy, enthousiasm) Tags: informal, masculine, strong Synonyms: Energie, Geist, Gruppengeist, Gemeinschaftsgefühl
    Sense id: en-Spirit-de-noun-sATu5vl~ Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "fro",
        "4": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "spirit",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "borrowed from English spirit",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Esprit",
        "3": "Spiritus",
        "4": "Sprit"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Esprit, Spiritus, and Sprit",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Late 20th century, borrowed from English spirit. Doublet of Esprit, Spiritus, and Sprit.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Spirits",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spirits",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spirit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spirits",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spirits",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spirits",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spirit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spirits",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spirit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spirits",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,s,s"
      },
      "expansion": "Spirit m (strong, genitive Spirits, plural Spirits)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,s,s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              27,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "english": "We have a great spirit among the team.",
          "text": "Wir haben einen sehr guten Spirit in der Mannschaft.",
          "translation": "We have a great spirit among the team.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              20,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              25
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I totally feel the energy of all his songs.",
          "text": "Ich fühle total den Spirit von all seinen Liedern.",
          "translation": "I totally feel the energy of all his songs.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              98,
              104
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2025 April 11, “Instagram-Foto: Volker Wissing verrät, wie das Selfie mit Habeck, Baerbock und Lindner entstand”, in Der Spiegel, →ISSN:",
          "text": "»Und ich habe dann gesagt, nee, wir machen jetzt noch mal Selfie.« Da sei endlich »auch so dieser Spirit dann« rübergekommen.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "spirit (mental disposition, ethos, especially one shared among a group; energy, enthousiasm)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Spirit-de-noun-sATu5vl~",
      "links": [
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) spirit (mental disposition, ethos, especially one shared among a group; energy, enthousiasm)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Energie"
        },
        {
          "word": "Geist"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gruppengeist"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gemeinschaftsgefühl"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɪʁɪt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɪɹɪt ~ ˈspʏɹɪt/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Spirit"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "fro",
        "4": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "spirit",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "borrowed from English spirit",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Esprit",
        "3": "Spiritus",
        "4": "Sprit"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Esprit, Spiritus, and Sprit",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Late 20th century, borrowed from English spirit. Doublet of Esprit, Spiritus, and Sprit.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Spirits",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spirits",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spirit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spirits",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spirits",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spirits",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spirit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spirits",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spirit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spirits",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,s,s"
      },
      "expansion": "Spirit m (strong, genitive Spirits, plural Spirits)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,s,s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German doublets",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German informal terms",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms borrowed from English",
        "German terms derived from English",
        "German terms derived from Latin",
        "German terms derived from Middle English",
        "German terms derived from Old French",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "German terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              27,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "english": "We have a great spirit among the team.",
          "text": "Wir haben einen sehr guten Spirit in der Mannschaft.",
          "translation": "We have a great spirit among the team.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              20,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              25
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I totally feel the energy of all his songs.",
          "text": "Ich fühle total den Spirit von all seinen Liedern.",
          "translation": "I totally feel the energy of all his songs.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              98,
              104
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2025 April 11, “Instagram-Foto: Volker Wissing verrät, wie das Selfie mit Habeck, Baerbock und Lindner entstand”, in Der Spiegel, →ISSN:",
          "text": "»Und ich habe dann gesagt, nee, wir machen jetzt noch mal Selfie.« Da sei endlich »auch so dieser Spirit dann« rübergekommen.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "spirit (mental disposition, ethos, especially one shared among a group; energy, enthousiasm)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) spirit (mental disposition, ethos, especially one shared among a group; energy, enthousiasm)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Energie"
        },
        {
          "word": "Geist"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gruppengeist"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gemeinschaftsgefühl"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɪʁɪt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɪɹɪt ~ ˈspʏɹɪt/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Spirit"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Spirit meaning in German (3.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-20 using wiktextract (cdfa371 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.