"Tiger" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtiːɡɐ/ Audio: De-Tiger.ogg , De-Tiger-pronunciation.ogg , De-Tiger2.ogg
Etymology: From earlier Tigertier. Head templates: {{de-noun|m|f=in}} Tiger m (strong, genitive Tigers, plural Tiger, feminine Tigerin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Tigers [genitive], Tiger [plural], Tigerin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Tiger [nominative, singular], Tiger [definite, nominative, plural], Tigers [genitive, singular], Tiger [definite, genitive, plural], Tiger [dative, singular], Tigern [dative, definite, plural], Tiger [accusative, singular], Tiger [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. tiger Tags: masculine, strong Hyponyms: Balitiger, Java-Tiger, Königstiger, Sibirischer Tiger, Sumatra-Tiger Derived forms: Papiertiger [masculine], Stubentiger [masculine], Tigerotter [feminine], Tigerritterling [masculine], Tigersäge [feminine], Tigerstreife [feminine]
    Sense id: en-Tiger-de-noun-8VwWuZ-C Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Panthers

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_text": "From earlier Tigertier.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Tigers",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tiger",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tigerin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tiger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tiger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tigers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tiger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tiger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tigern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tiger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tiger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "Tiger m (strong, genitive Tigers, plural Tiger, feminine Tigerin)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "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"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Panthers",
          "orig": "de:Panthers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Papiertiger"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Stubentiger"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Tigerotter"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Tigerritterling"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Tigersäge"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Tigerstreife"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              35,
              41
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Why are you still scared of tigers if you are with me?",
          "text": "Warum hast du immer noch Angst vor Tigern, wenn du bei mir bist?",
          "translation": "Why are you still scared of tigers if you are with me?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tiger"
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "Balitiger"
        },
        {
          "word": "Java-Tiger"
        },
        {
          "word": "Königstiger"
        },
        {
          "word": "Sibirischer Tiger"
        },
        {
          "word": "Sumatra-Tiger"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-Tiger-de-noun-8VwWuZ-C",
      "links": [
        [
          "tiger",
          "tiger"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtiːɡɐ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Tiger.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2a/De-Tiger.ogg/De-Tiger.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/De-Tiger.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Tiger-pronunciation.ogg",
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    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Tiger2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/De-Tiger2.ogg/De-Tiger2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/De-Tiger2.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Tiger"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Papiertiger"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stubentiger"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tigerotter"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tigerritterling"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tigersäge"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tigerstreife"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier Tigertier.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Tigers",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tiger",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tigerin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tiger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tiger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tigers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tiger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tiger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tigern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tiger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tiger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "Tiger m (strong, genitive Tigers, plural Tiger, feminine Tigerin)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "Balitiger"
    },
    {
      "word": "Java-Tiger"
    },
    {
      "word": "Königstiger"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sibirischer Tiger"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sumatra-Tiger"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "de:Panthers"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              35,
              41
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Why are you still scared of tigers if you are with me?",
          "text": "Warum hast du immer noch Angst vor Tigern, wenn du bei mir bist?",
          "translation": "Why are you still scared of tigers if you are with me?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tiger"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tiger",
          "tiger"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtiːɡɐ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Tiger.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2a/De-Tiger.ogg/De-Tiger.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/De-Tiger.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Tiger-pronunciation.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/De-Tiger-pronunciation.ogg/De-Tiger-pronunciation.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/De-Tiger-pronunciation.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Tiger2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c2/De-Tiger2.ogg/De-Tiger2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/De-Tiger2.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Tiger"
}

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