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"word": "übertölpeln"
}
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},
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},
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"4": "",
"5": "villager"
},
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],
"etymology_text": "From a merger of dialectal tolp (with variants; of unknown, probably onomatopoetic, origin) and Middle High German dörpel, itself dissimilated from dörper, from Middle Low German dorper (“villager”), from dorp (“village”). Both of these words meant “rude, gruff person”, and dörper/dörpel particularly “uncultured, unrefined person”. The name of the bird is due to its apparently clumsy movements.",
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},
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"plural"
]
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},
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"singular"
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{
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"someone who acts in a clumsy or awkward way (physically or socially)"
],
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"links": [
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"clumsy",
"clumsy"
],
[
"awkward",
"awkward"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"strong"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"idiot, fool, dolt"
],
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"links": [
[
"idiot",
"idiot"
],
[
"fool",
"fool"
],
[
"dolt",
"dolt"
]
],
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"strong"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "5 5 90",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
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"_dis": "7 4 89",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "de",
"name": "Seabirds",
"orig": "de:Seabirds",
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"Vertebrates",
"Chordates",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
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}
],
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"gannet (a sea bird)"
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]
],
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/ˈtœlpəl/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈtœlpəl]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈtœlpl̩]"
},
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],
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}
{
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"German entries with incorrect language header",
"German lemmas",
"German masculine nouns",
"German nouns",
"German terms derived from Middle High German",
"German terms derived from Middle Low German",
"German terms inherited from Middle High German",
"German terms with IPA pronunciation",
"German terms with audio links",
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},
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],
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{
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"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
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]
},
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"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Tölpel",
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"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Tölpeln",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "Tölpel",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Tölpel",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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"definite",
"plural"
]
}
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},
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],
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"awkward",
"awkward"
]
],
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"strong"
]
},
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],
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"idiot"
],
[
"fool",
"fool"
],
[
"dolt",
"dolt"
]
],
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"strong"
]
},
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"gannet"
]
],
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
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},
{
"ipa": "[ˈtœlpəl]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈtœlpl̩]"
},
{
"audio": "De-Tölpel.ogg",
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"text": "Audio"
}
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