"Unterlage" meaning in German

See Unterlage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʊntərˌlaːɡə/, [ˈʔʊn.tɐˌlaː.ɡə] Audio: De-Unterlage.ogg , De-at-Unterlage.ogg
Rhymes: -aːɡə Etymology: Verbal noun of unterliegen, equivalent to unter- (“under”) + Lage (“position, lying, layer”). Middle High German underlāge is already attested, but only in the sense of “being defeated” (still present in the verb unterliegen, but long lost in the noun; compare Niederlage). The sense “document” from the notion of “papers used as basis, support”. Etymology templates: {{af|de|unter-|Lage|t1=under|t2=position, lying, layer}} unter- (“under”) + Lage (“position, lying, layer”), {{cog|gmh|underlāge}} Middle High German underlāge Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Unterlage f (genitive Unterlage, plural Unterlagen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Unterlage [genitive], Unterlagen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Unterlage [nominative, singular], Unterlagen [definite, nominative, plural], Unterlage [genitive, singular], Unterlagen [definite, genitive, plural], Unterlage [dative, singular], Unterlagen [dative, definite, plural], Unterlage [accusative, singular], Unterlagen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. something that is or lies underneath, at the base, specific uses include
    an underlay, a layer on which something else rests
    Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Unterlage-de-noun-GwxDHXQC Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 11 25 23 13 28
  2. something that is or lies underneath, at the base, specific uses include
    a pad, mat, e.g. a blotter
    Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Unterlage-de-noun-2FI-jzAd Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms prefixed with unter-, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 11 25 23 13 28 Disambiguation of German terms prefixed with unter-: 18 29 22 13 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 36 20 3 35
  3. something that is or lies underneath, at the base, specific uses include
    (botany) rootstock (plant used as a base in grafting)
    Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Unterlage-de-noun-1DtLJEpp Categories (other): Botany, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries, Agriculture Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 11 25 23 13 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 36 20 3 35 Disambiguation of Agriculture: 0 0 57 43 0 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  4. (in figurative use rare) Synonym of Grundlage (“basis, foundation”) Tags: feminine Synonyms: Grundlage [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Unterlage-de-noun-ny5JblDv Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 11 25 23 13 28
  5. (usually in the plural) documents relevant to some matter, especially ones used as evidence or reminders Tags: feminine, plural-normally
    Sense id: en-Unterlage-de-noun-ODDsbpTj Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 11 25 23 13 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 19 28 3 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 36 20 3 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Schreibunterlage Related terms: Ablage, Auflage, Grundlage, Niederlage

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Schreibunterlage"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "unter-",
        "3": "Lage",
        "t1": "under",
        "t2": "position, lying, layer"
      },
      "expansion": "unter- (“under”) + Lage (“position, lying, layer”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "underlāge"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German underlāge",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Verbal noun of unterliegen, equivalent to unter- (“under”) + Lage (“position, lying, layer”). Middle High German underlāge is already attested, but only in the sense of “being defeated” (still present in the verb unterliegen, but long lost in the noun; compare Niederlage). The sense “document” from the notion of “papers used as basis, support”.",
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    {
      "form": "Unterlage",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Unterlagen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Unterlage",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Unterlagen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Unterlage",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "Unterlagen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Unterlage",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Unterlagen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Unterlage",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Unterlagen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Unterlage f (genitive Unterlage, plural Unterlagen)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Un‧ter‧la‧ge"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Ablage"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Auflage"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Grundlage"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Niederlage"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "_dis": "11 25 23 13 28",
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          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "something that is or lies underneath, at the base, specific uses include",
        "an underlay, a layer on which something else rests"
      ],
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        [
          "underneath",
          "underneath"
        ],
        [
          "base",
          "base"
        ],
        [
          "underlay",
          "underlay"
        ],
        [
          "layer",
          "layer"
        ],
        [
          "rest",
          "rest"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 25 23 13 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 29 22 13 18",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 36 20 3 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "something that is or lies underneath, at the base, specific uses include",
        "a pad, mat, e.g. a blotter"
      ],
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          "underneath",
          "underneath"
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        [
          "base",
          "base"
        ],
        [
          "pad",
          "pad"
        ],
        [
          "mat",
          "mat"
        ],
        [
          "blotter",
          "blotter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "de:Botany",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 25 23 13 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
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          "_dis": "6 36 20 3 35",
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 57 43 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Agriculture",
          "orig": "de:Agriculture",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "something that is or lies underneath, at the base, specific uses include",
        "rootstock (plant used as a base in grafting)"
      ],
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          "base",
          "base"
        ],
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "rootstock",
          "rootstock"
        ],
        [
          "graft",
          "graft#English"
        ]
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        "something that is or lies underneath, at the base, specific uses include",
        "(botany) rootstock (plant used as a base in grafting)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "11 25 23 13 28",
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          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
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        }
      ],
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        "Synonym of Grundlage (“basis, foundation”)"
      ],
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        [
          "Grundlage",
          "Grundlage#German"
        ],
        [
          "basis",
          "basis"
        ],
        [
          "foundation",
          "foundation"
        ]
      ],
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        "(in figurative use rare) Synonym of Grundlage (“basis, foundation”)"
      ],
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        "in figurative use rare"
      ],
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        {
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          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "Grundlage"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 25 23 13 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 19 28 3 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 36 20 3 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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            [
              20,
              29
            ]
          ],
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            [
              26,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Please bring me the documents for my meeting with the building authorities.",
          "text": "Bringen Sie mir bitte die Unterlagen für mein Gespräch beim Bauamt.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "documents relevant to some matter, especially ones used as evidence or reminders"
      ],
      "id": "en-Unterlage-de-noun-ODDsbpTj",
      "links": [
        [
          "document",
          "document"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ],
        [
          "evidence",
          "evidence"
        ],
        [
          "reminder",
          "reminder"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually in the plural) documents relevant to some matter, especially ones used as evidence or reminders"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural-normally"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʊntərˌlaːɡə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔʊn.tɐˌlaː.ɡə]"
    },
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      "audio": "De-Unterlage.ogg",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːɡə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Unterlage"
}
{
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    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms prefixed with unter-",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:German/aːɡə",
    "Rhymes:German/aːɡə/4 syllables",
    "de:Agriculture"
  ],
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      "word": "Schreibunterlage"
    }
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    }
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Unterlagen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Unterlage",
      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "Unterlagen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "Unterlage",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
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    {
      "form": "Unterlagen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "Unterlage",
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        "dative",
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    {
      "form": "Unterlagen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Unterlage",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Unterlagen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "word": "Auflage"
    },
    {
      "word": "Grundlage"
    },
    {
      "word": "Niederlage"
    }
  ],
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        "something that is or lies underneath, at the base, specific uses include",
        "an underlay, a layer on which something else rests"
      ],
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          "underneath"
        ],
        [
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          "base"
        ],
        [
          "underlay",
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        ],
        [
          "layer",
          "layer"
        ],
        [
          "rest",
          "rest"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "something that is or lies underneath, at the base, specific uses include",
        "a pad, mat, e.g. a blotter"
      ],
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        [
          "underneath",
          "underneath"
        ],
        [
          "base",
          "base"
        ],
        [
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          "pad"
        ],
        [
          "mat",
          "mat"
        ],
        [
          "blotter",
          "blotter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "de:Botany"
      ],
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        "something that is or lies underneath, at the base, specific uses include",
        "rootstock (plant used as a base in grafting)"
      ],
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          "underneath",
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        ],
        [
          "base",
          "base"
        ],
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "rootstock",
          "rootstock"
        ],
        [
          "graft",
          "graft#English"
        ]
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        "something that is or lies underneath, at the base, specific uses include",
        "(botany) rootstock (plant used as a base in grafting)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
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        "German terms with rare senses"
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      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of Grundlage (“basis, foundation”)"
      ],
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          "Grundlage",
          "Grundlage#German"
        ],
        [
          "basis",
          "basis"
        ],
        [
          "foundation",
          "foundation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in figurative use rare) Synonym of Grundlage (“basis, foundation”)"
      ],
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        "in figurative use rare"
      ],
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        {
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            "synonym",
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          ],
          "word": "Grundlage"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
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              20,
              29
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              26,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Please bring me the documents for my meeting with the building authorities.",
          "text": "Bringen Sie mir bitte die Unterlagen für mein Gespräch beim Bauamt.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "documents relevant to some matter, especially ones used as evidence or reminders"
      ],
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        [
          "document",
          "document"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ],
        [
          "evidence",
          "evidence"
        ],
        [
          "reminder",
          "reminder"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually in the plural) documents relevant to some matter, especially ones used as evidence or reminders"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural-normally"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʊntərˌlaːɡə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔʊn.tɐˌlaː.ɡə]"
    },
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    {
      "rhymes": "-aːɡə"
    }
  ],
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.