"Verteidiger" meaning in German

See Verteidiger in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯dɪɡɐ/ Audio: De-Verteidiger.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: verteidigen + -er Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|verteidigen|-er}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "inhabitant", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "-er", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Verteidiger", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Verteidiger">, {{suffix|de|verteidigen|-er}} verteidigen + -er Head templates: {{de-noun|m|f=in}} Verteidiger m (strong, genitive Verteidigers, plural Verteidiger, feminine Verteidigerin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Verteidigers [genitive], Verteidiger [plural], Verteidigerin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Verteidiger [nominative, singular], Verteidiger [definite, nominative, plural], Verteidigers [genitive, singular], Verteidiger [definite, genitive, plural], Verteidiger [dative, singular], Verteidigern [dative, definite, plural], Verteidiger [accusative, singular], Verteidiger [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. defender (someone who defends something, e.g. a soldier) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Verteidiger-de-noun-G6u4Xgzu Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 100 0 0
  2. (sports) back; defender Tags: masculine, strong Synonyms: Abwehrspieler
    Sense id: en-Verteidiger-de-noun-H3hQM~BC Categories (other): Sports Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (law) defense attorney (US), defence counsel (UK), solicitor Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Verteidiger-de-noun-dKRVTbOR Categories (other): Law, German entries referencing ambiguous etymons, German entries referencing missing etymons, German entries with etymon, German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -er, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Occupations Disambiguation of German entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 20 15 65 Disambiguation of German entries referencing missing etymons: 20 15 65 Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 18 16 65 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 19 27 54 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -er: 30 14 56 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 18 14 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 7 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 16 67 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 16 13 71 Disambiguation of Occupations: 31 15 54 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Außenverteidiger [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Innenverteidiger [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Linksverteidiger [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Rechtsverteidiger [sports, hobbies, lifestyle], Pflichtverteidiger [legal, law], Offizialverteidiger [legal, law], Strafverteidiger [legal, law], Zivilverteidiger [legal, law]

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "word": "Stürmer"
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        }
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      ],
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}
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      "word": "Stürmer"
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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 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). 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.