"Vielfraß" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfiːlˌfʁaːs/ Audio: De-Vielfraß.ogg
Rhymes: -aːs Etymology: From Middle High German vilvrāz, from Old High German filifrāz. By surface analysis, viel (“much”) + Fraß, the latter being used here in the now obsolete sense “eater” (rather than “food”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|vilvrāz}} Middle High German vilvrāz, {{inh|de|goh|filifrāz}} Old High German filifrāz, {{surface analysis|de|viel|Fraß|t1=much}} By surface analysis, viel (“much”) + Fraß Head templates: {{de-noun|m|f=^in􂀿both rare􂁀:in}} Vielfraß m (strong, genitive Vielfraßes, plural Vielfraße, feminine (both rare) Vielfräßin or Vielfraßin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Vielfraßes [genitive], Vielfraße [plural], Vielfräßin [feminine, rare], Vielfraßin [feminine, rare], strong [table-tags], Vielfraß [nominative, singular], Vielfraße [definite, nominative, plural], Vielfraßes [genitive, singular], Vielfraße [definite, genitive, plural], Vielfraß [dative, singular], Vielfraße [dative, singular], Vielfraßen [dative, definite, plural], Vielfraß [accusative, singular], Vielfraße [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. glutton (person who eats a lot) Tags: masculine, strong Categories (lifeform): Mustelids Synonyms: Fresser, Fresssack, Nimmersatt, Schlemmer, Gourmand
    Sense id: en-Vielfraß-de-noun-OUDi4Ots Disambiguation of Mustelids: 66 34 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 62 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈfiːlˌfʁaːs/ Audio: De-Vielfraß.ogg
Rhymes: -aːs Etymology: 16th century, calque of Middle Low German vēlvrât (“wolverine”, literally “glutton”), also vēlvras, vēlvratz (this last being the earliest attested form in 1498). Further in all likelihood a folk-etymological alteration of Old Norse *fjallfress ~ *fellfross (literally “mountain cat”), from fjall, fell (“mountain”) + fress, *fross (“tomcat”). Further discussion The Old Norse origin has been disputed because Norwegian fjellfross (“wolverine”) is only found in local dialects and is attested later than the Middle Low German. Moreover, the German form was later borrowed into Danish and Swedish (see descendants below). The usual Scandinavian word for the animal is jerv, jærv, järv. Nevertheless, the etymology is now generally accepted on semantic grounds. The popular belief that the wolverine is particularly voracious only developed because of the name, not vice versa. Additionally, the existence of the Middle Low German forms in -s, -tz supports the derivation, because in a native compound we should expect only -t (and a borrowing from High German into Low German is not plausible for a Scandinavian animal in the 15th century). Etymology templates: {{cal|de|gml|vēlvrât|lit=glutton|nocap=1|t=wolverine}} calque of Middle Low German vēlvrât (“wolverine”, literally “glutton”), {{der|de|non||*fjallfress ~ *fellfross|lit=mountain cat}} Old Norse *fjallfress ~ *fellfross (literally “mountain cat”), {{col-top|2|Further discussion}} Further discussion, {{cog|no|fjellfross|t=wolverine}} Norwegian fjellfross (“wolverine”), {{cog|da|-}} Danish, {{cog|sv|-}} Swedish Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Vielfraß m (strong, genitive Vielfraßes, plural Vielfraße) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Vielfraßes [genitive], Vielfraße [plural], strong [table-tags], Vielfraß [nominative, singular], Vielfraße [definite, nominative, plural], Vielfraßes [genitive, singular], Vielfraße [definite, genitive, plural], Vielfraß [dative, singular], Vielfraße [dative, singular], Vielfraßen [dative, definite, plural], Vielfraß [accusative, singular], Vielfraße [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. wolverine, glutton (Gulo gulo) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Vielfraß-de-noun-rxb5OX9a Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Vielfraß m (strong, genitive Vielfraßes, plural Vielfraße, feminine (both rare) Vielfräßin or Vielfraßin)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "German terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Reynard the Fox",
          "ref": "1794, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Zweyter Gesang”, in Reinecke Fuchs [Reynard the Fox] (Goethe's neue Schriften), page 57:",
          "text": "Meynt ihr, sagte der Bär, ich sey ein Vielfras? mit nichten! Maaß ist überall gut, bey allen Dingen[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "The saying also rightly says: A glutton is not born, but only raised. You can get nature used to anything and get used to it so that it greedily desires what kills it.",
          "ref": "1889, Sebastian Kneipp, So sollt ihr leben!, Kempten:",
          "text": "Mit Recht sagt auch das Sprüchwort: Ein Vielfraß wird nicht geboren, sondern nur erzogen. Man kann die Natur an Alles gewöhnen und auch so gewöhnen, daß sie gierig nach dem verlangt, was sie umbringt.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "glutton (person who eats a lot)"
      ],
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        [
          "glutton",
          "glutton"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Fresser"
        },
        {
          "word": "Fresssack"
        },
        {
          "word": "Nimmersatt"
        },
        {
          "word": "Schlemmer"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gourmand"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfiːlˌfʁaːs/"
    },
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      "audio": "De-Vielfraß.ogg",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːs"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "de:Vielfraß"
  ],
  "word": "Vielfraß"
}

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    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
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    "German terms calqued from Middle Low German",
    "German terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "German terms derived from Old Norse",
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    "Rhymes:German/aːs/2 syllables",
    "de:Mustelids"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "felfraads",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: felfraads",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: felfraads"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
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        }
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      "text": "→ Dutch: veelvraat (calque)"
    },
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            "2": "glutton",
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        }
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "filfras",
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        "3": "",
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        "1": "2",
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    {
      "form": "Vielfraßes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vielfraße",
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "genitive",
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      "form": "Vielfraß",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Vielfraße",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vielfraßen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Vielfraß",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vielfraße",
      "source": "declension",
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    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "de",
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        "German terms with quotations",
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        {
          "ref": "1877, Alfred Brehm, Brehms Tierleben, volume 2, Leipzig, page 103:",
          "text": "Hierdurch bekundet der ausgezeichnete Naturforscher, was der Vielfraß ist: ein Mittelglied zwischen den genannten Familien. Der Vielfraß, eine der plumpesten Gestalten der Marderfamilie, vertritt eine besondere Sippe (Gulo)[…]",
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        "wolverine, glutton (Gulo gulo)"
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          "wolverine",
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        ],
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          "glutton",
          "glutton"
        ],
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          "Gulo gulo",
          "Gulo gulo#Translingual"
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      "ipa": "/ˈfiːlˌfʁaːs/"
    },
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  ],
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}

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