"Tochter" meaning in German

See Tochter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɔx.tɐ/, [ˈtɔx.tɐ], [ˈtɔχ.tɐ] Audio: De-Tochter.ogg , De-at-Tochter.ogg
Etymology: *From Middle High German tohter. Compare Dutch dochter, English daughter, Swedish dotter. * (subsidiary): ellipsis of Tochtergesellschaft Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|goh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=4}}, {{inh|de|gmh|tohter}} Middle High German tohter, {{cog|nl|dochter}} Dutch dochter, {{cog|en|daughter}} English daughter, {{cog|sv|dotter}} Swedish dotter, {{sense|subsidiary}} (subsidiary):, {{ellipsis of|de|Tochtergesellschaft}} ellipsis of Tochtergesellschaft Head templates: {{de-noun|f,^|dim=^chen,^lein}} Tochter f (genitive Tochter, plural Töchter, diminutive Töchterchen n or Töchterlein n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f,^}} Forms: Tochter [genitive], Töchter [plural], Töchterchen [diminutive, neuter], Töchterlein [diminutive, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], Tochter [nominative, singular], Töchter [definite, nominative, plural], Tochter [genitive, singular], Töchter [definite, genitive, plural], Tochter [dative, singular], Töchtern [dative, definite, plural], Tochter [accusative, singular], Töchter [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. daughter Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Tochter-de-noun-TtKPgsqW Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Female family members Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 42 Disambiguation of Female family members: 81 19
  2. subsidiary (company) Tags: feminine Synonyms: Tochtergesellschaft, Tochterunternehmen, Tochterfirma
    Sense id: en-Tochter-de-noun-w9usb177 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: höhere Tochter, Königstochter (english: princess) [feminine], Schwiegertochter (english: daughter-in-law) [feminine], Tochtersprache (english: daughter language) [feminine]

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "höhere Tochter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "princess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "princess",
      "word": "Königstochter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "daughter-in-law",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "daughter-in-law",
      "word": "Schwiegertochter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "daughter language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "daughter language",
      "word": "Tochtersprache"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "gmw-pro",
        "4": "gem-pro",
        "5": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "4"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "tohter"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German tohter",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dochter"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch dochter",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "daughter"
      },
      "expansion": "English daughter",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "dotter"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish dotter",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "subsidiary"
      },
      "expansion": "(subsidiary):",
      "name": "sense"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Tochtergesellschaft"
      },
      "expansion": "ellipsis of Tochtergesellschaft",
      "name": "ellipsis of"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "*From Middle High German tohter. Compare Dutch dochter, English daughter, Swedish dotter.\n* (subsidiary): ellipsis of Tochtergesellschaft",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Tochter",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Töchter",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Töchterchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Töchterlein",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tochter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Töchter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tochter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Töchter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tochter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Töchtern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tochter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Töchter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f,^",
        "dim": "^chen,^lein"
      },
      "expansion": "Tochter f (genitive Tochter, plural Töchter, diminutive Töchterchen n or Töchterlein n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f,^"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Female family members",
          "orig": "de:Female family members",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "daughter"
      ],
      "id": "en-Tochter-de-noun-TtKPgsqW",
      "links": [
        [
          "daughter",
          "daughter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "subsidiary (company)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Tochter-de-noun-w9usb177",
      "links": [
        [
          "subsidiary",
          "subsidiary"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Tochtergesellschaft"
        },
        {
          "word": "Tochterunternehmen"
        },
        {
          "word": "Tochterfirma"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɔx.tɐ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtɔx.tɐ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtɔχ.tɐ]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Tochter.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4e/De-Tochter.ogg/De-Tochter.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/De-Tochter.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-Tochter.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/De-at-Tochter.ogg/De-at-Tochter.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/De-at-Tochter.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Tochter"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "de:Female family members"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "höhere Tochter"
    },
    {
      "english": "princess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "princess",
      "word": "Königstochter"
    },
    {
      "english": "daughter-in-law",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "daughter-in-law",
      "word": "Schwiegertochter"
    },
    {
      "english": "daughter language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "daughter language",
      "word": "Tochtersprache"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "gmw-pro",
        "4": "gem-pro",
        "5": "ine-pro",
        "inh": "4"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "tohter"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German tohter",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dochter"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch dochter",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "daughter"
      },
      "expansion": "English daughter",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "dotter"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish dotter",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "subsidiary"
      },
      "expansion": "(subsidiary):",
      "name": "sense"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Tochtergesellschaft"
      },
      "expansion": "ellipsis of Tochtergesellschaft",
      "name": "ellipsis of"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "*From Middle High German tohter. Compare Dutch dochter, English daughter, Swedish dotter.\n* (subsidiary): ellipsis of Tochtergesellschaft",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Tochter",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Töchter",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Töchterchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Töchterlein",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tochter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Töchter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tochter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Töchter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tochter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Töchtern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Tochter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Töchter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f,^",
        "dim": "^chen,^lein"
      },
      "expansion": "Tochter f (genitive Tochter, plural Töchter, diminutive Töchterchen n or Töchterlein n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f,^"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "daughter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "daughter",
          "daughter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "subsidiary (company)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "subsidiary",
          "subsidiary"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Tochtergesellschaft"
        },
        {
          "word": "Tochterunternehmen"
        },
        {
          "word": "Tochterfirma"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɔx.tɐ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtɔx.tɐ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtɔχ.tɐ]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Tochter.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/De-Tochter.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-Tochter.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/De-at-Tochter.ogg/De-at-Tochter.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/De-at-Tochter.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Tochter"
}

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