"Taste" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtastə/ Audio: De-Taste.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From Italian tasto (“key”), from the verb tastare, from Vulgar Latin *tastāre (“to touch, feel”), from *taxitāre, from Latin taxāre (“to touch sharply”), from tangere (“to touch”). Related with older German tasten, which is from the same Latin verb through Old French. Etymology templates: {{der|de|it|tasto|t=key}} Italian tasto (“key”), {{der|de|la-vul|*tastāre|t=to touch, feel}} Vulgar Latin *tastāre (“to touch, feel”), {{der|de|la|taxo|taxāre|to touch sharply}} Latin taxāre (“to touch sharply”), {{m+|de|tasten}} German tasten Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Taste f (genitive Taste, plural Tasten) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Taste [genitive], Tasten [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Taste [nominative, singular], Tasten [definite, nominative, plural], Taste [genitive, singular], Tasten [definite, genitive, plural], Taste [dative, singular], Tasten [dative, definite, plural], Taste [accusative, singular], Tasten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. key, button (on a piano, keyboard, etc.) Tags: feminine Hyponyms: Drucktaste, Eingabetaste, Leertaste, Löschtaste, Alt, Einfg, Entf, Strg Hyponyms (keyboard keys): Umschalttaste Derived forms: Tastatur, tasten Related terms: Tastenbelegung, Tasteninstrument
    Sense id: en-Taste-de-noun--XGDfz7N Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "2": "it",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la-vul",
        "3": "*tastāre",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "taxo",
        "4": "taxāre",
        "5": "to touch sharply"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin taxāre (“to touch sharply”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "tasten"
      },
      "expansion": "German tasten",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Italian tasto (“key”), from the verb tastare, from Vulgar Latin *tastāre (“to touch, feel”), from *taxitāre, from Latin taxāre (“to touch sharply”), from tangere (“to touch”). Related with older German tasten, which is from the same Latin verb through Old French.",
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    {
      "form": "Taste",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tasten",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Taste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Tasten",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Taste",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tasten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Taste",
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    },
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      "form": "Tasten",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Taste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "accusative",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  ],
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        "te"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "parents": [],
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        {
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        },
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "key, button (on a piano, keyboard, etc.)"
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "Drucktaste"
        },
        {
          "word": "Eingabetaste"
        },
        {
          "word": "Leertaste"
        },
        {
          "word": "Löschtaste"
        },
        {
          "word": "Alt"
        },
        {
          "word": "Einfg"
        },
        {
          "word": "Entf"
        },
        {
          "word": "Strg"
        },
        {
          "sense": "keyboard keys",
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        }
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
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        ],
        [
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        ]
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        {
          "word": "Tastenbelegung"
        },
        {
          "word": "Tasteninstrument"
        }
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈtastə/"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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    },
    {
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    }
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    },
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      "name": "der"
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      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
    },
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Taste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tasten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Tas",
        "te"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "Drucktaste"
    },
    {
      "word": "Eingabetaste"
    },
    {
      "word": "Leertaste"
    },
    {
      "word": "Löschtaste"
    },
    {
      "sense": "keyboard keys",
      "word": "Umschalttaste"
    },
    {
      "word": "Alt"
    },
    {
      "word": "Einfg"
    },
    {
      "word": "Entf"
    },
    {
      "word": "Strg"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Tastenbelegung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tasteninstrument"
    }
  ],
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        "German feminine nouns",
        "German lemmas",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms derived from Italian",
        "German terms derived from Latin",
        "German terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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      ],
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          "key",
          "key"
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        [
          "button",
          "button"
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        "feminine"
      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
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    },
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      "audio": "De-Taste.ogg",
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      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Taste"
}

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