"Thing" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /tɪŋ/ Audio: De-Thing.ogg
Etymology: 18th century, learned borrowing from Old High German thing and Old Norse þing, both from Proto-Germanic *þingą. Doublet of inherited Ding. Etymology templates: {{learned borrowing|de|goh|thing|nocap=1}} learned borrowing from Old High German thing, {{bor|de|non|þing}} Old Norse þing, {{der|de|gem-pro|*þingą}} Proto-Germanic *þingą, {{doublet|de|Ding|notext=1}} Ding Head templates: {{de-noun|n}} Thing n (strong, genitive Things, plural Thinge) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n}} Forms: Things [genitive], Thinge [plural], strong [table-tags], Thing [nominative, singular], Thinge [definite, nominative, plural], Things [genitive, singular], Thinge [definite, genitive, plural], Thing [dative, singular], Thingen [dative, definite, plural], Thing [accusative, singular], Thinge [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. Thing (historic Germanic council) Tags: neuter, strong Synonyms: Ding Related terms: Thie
    Sense id: en-Thing-de-noun-uroVcFj1 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
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    },
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        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
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    }
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