"Vorgänger" meaning in German

See Vorgänger in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡɛŋɐ/ Audio: De-at-Vorgänger.ogg [Austria]
Head templates: {{de-noun|m|f=in}} Vorgänger m (strong, genitive Vorgängers, plural Vorgänger, feminine Vorgängerin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Vorgängers [genitive], Vorgänger [plural], Vorgängerin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Vorgänger [nominative, singular], Vorgänger [definite, nominative, plural], Vorgängers [genitive, singular], Vorgänger [definite, genitive, plural], Vorgänger [dative, singular], Vorgängern [dative, definite, plural], Vorgänger [accusative, singular], Vorgänger [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. predecessor (someone or something, that precedes) Tags: masculine, strong Synonyms: Vorläufer, Vorfahre
    Sense id: en-Vorgänger-de-noun-1eqDAPRV Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Vorgänger meaning in German (2.1kB)

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    {
      "form": "Vorgängers",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "Vorgänger",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vorgängerin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vorgänger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vorgänger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vorgänger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vorgänger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vorgängern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vorgänger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vorgänger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Vor‧gän‧ger"
  ],
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      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "predecessor (someone or something, that precedes)"
      ],
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          "predecessor"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Vorläufer"
        },
        {
          "word": "Vorfahre"
        }
      ],
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        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡɛŋɐ/"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "text": "Audio (Austria)"
    }
  ],
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}
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    {
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vorgängerin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vorgänger",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vorgänger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vorgänger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vorgängern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vorgänger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Vorgänger",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
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        "1": "m"
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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      ],
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        [
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          "predecessor"
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "Vorläufer"
        },
        {
          "word": "Vorfahre"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡɛŋɐ/"
    },
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      "audio": "De-at-Vorgänger.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/De-at-Vorg%C3%A4nger.ogg",
      "tags": [
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    }
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  "word": "Vorgänger"
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