"Streber" meaning in German

See Streber in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: De-Streber.ogg
Etymology: Sense 1.2 from streben (“to strive”) + -er. Etymology templates: {{senseno|de|derogatory|uc=1}} Sense 1.2, {{af|de|streben|-er|t1=to strive}} streben (“to strive”) + -er Head templates: {{de-noun|m|f=in}} Streber m (strong, genitive Strebers, plural Streber, feminine Streberin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Strebers [genitive], Streber [plural], Streberin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Streber [nominative, singular], Streber [definite, nominative, plural], Strebers [genitive, singular], Streber [definite, genitive, plural], Streber [dative, singular], Strebern [dative, definite, plural], Streber [accusative, singular], Streber [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. agent noun of streben
    A river fish of Eastern Europe, Zingel streber.
    Tags: masculine, strong Derived forms: strebern
    Sense id: en-Streber-de-noun-qwSS0xUI
  2. agent noun of streben
    (derogatory) Someone who strives to achieve success in school; similar in usage to English nerd, dork, or dweeb
    Tags: derogatory, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Streber-de-noun-de:derogatory Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -er, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -er: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 72

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "streber"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "štreber"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "streber"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "derogatory",
        "uc": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Sense 1.2",
      "name": "senseno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "streben",
        "3": "-er",
        "t1": "to strive"
      },
      "expansion": "streben (“to strive”) + -er",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sense 1.2 from streben (“to strive”) + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Strebers",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Streber",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Streberin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Streber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Streber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Strebers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Streber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Streber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Strebern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Streber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Streber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "Streber m (strong, genitive Strebers, plural Streber, feminine Streberin)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "word": "strebern"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "agent noun of streben",
        "A river fish of Eastern Europe, Zingel streber."
      ],
      "id": "en-Streber-de-noun-qwSS0xUI",
      "links": [
        [
          "streben",
          "streben#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German terms suffixed with -er",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "agent noun of streben",
        "Someone who strives to achieve success in school; similar in usage to English nerd, dork, or dweeb"
      ],
      "id": "en-Streber-de-noun-de:derogatory",
      "links": [
        [
          "streben",
          "streben#German"
        ],
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "nerd",
          "nerd#English"
        ],
        [
          "dork",
          "dork#English"
        ],
        [
          "dweeb",
          "dweeb#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "agent noun of streben",
        "(derogatory) Someone who strives to achieve success in school; similar in usage to English nerd, dork, or dweeb"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "de:derogatory"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/98/De-Streber.ogg/De-Streber.ogg.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Streber"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms suffixed with -er",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "strebern"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "streber"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "štreber"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "streber"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "derogatory",
        "uc": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Sense 1.2",
      "name": "senseno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "streben",
        "3": "-er",
        "t1": "to strive"
      },
      "expansion": "streben (“to strive”) + -er",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Sense 1.2 from streben (“to strive”) + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Strebers",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Streber",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Streberin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Streber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Streber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Strebers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Streber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Streber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Strebern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Streber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Streber",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "Streber m (strong, genitive Strebers, plural Streber, feminine Streberin)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
        "German agent nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "agent noun of streben",
        "A river fish of Eastern Europe, Zingel streber."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "streben",
          "streben#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German agent nouns",
        "German derogatory terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "agent noun of streben",
        "Someone who strives to achieve success in school; similar in usage to English nerd, dork, or dweeb"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "streben",
          "streben#German"
        ],
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "nerd",
          "nerd#English"
        ],
        [
          "dork",
          "dork#English"
        ],
        [
          "dweeb",
          "dweeb#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "agent noun of streben",
        "(derogatory) Someone who strives to achieve success in school; similar in usage to English nerd, dork, or dweeb"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "de:derogatory"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "De-Streber.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/98/De-Streber.ogg/De-Streber.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/De-Streber.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Streber"
}

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