See Waage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d1/De-at-Waage.ogg/De-at-Waage.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/De-at-Waage.ogg"
},
{
"homophone": "vage"
},
{
"homophone": "wage"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"German_Orthographic_Conference_of_1901"
],
"word": "Waage"
}
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