"Want" meaning in German

See Want in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /vant/ Audio: De-Want.ogg
Rhymes: -ant Etymology: From Middle Dutch want, gewant, from Old Dutch *giwant, from Proto-Germanic *gawandą, from the root of winden. Etymology templates: {{der|de|dum|want}} Middle Dutch want, {{der|de|odt|*giwant}} Old Dutch *giwant, {{der|de|gem-pro|*gawandą}} Proto-Germanic *gawandą Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Want f (genitive Want, plural Wanten), {{de-noun|n,s,en}} Want n (mixed, genitive Wants, plural Wanten) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}}, {{de-ndecl|n,s,en}} Forms: Want [genitive], Wanten [plural], Wants [genitive], Wanten [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Want [nominative, singular], Wanten [definite, nominative, plural], Want [genitive, singular], Wanten [definite, genitive, plural], Want [dative, singular], Wanten [dative, definite, plural], Want [accusative, singular], Wanten [accusative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Want [nominative, singular], Wanten [definite, nominative, plural], Wants [genitive, singular], Wanten [definite, genitive, plural], Want [dative, singular], Wanten [dative, definite, plural], Want [accusative, singular], Wanten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (nautical) shroud Tags: feminine, mixed, neuter Derived forms: Hofwant, Oberwant, Unterwant
    Sense id: en-Want-de-noun-BlLMikOT Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Nautical Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "want"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch want",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*giwant"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *giwant",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*gawandą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *gawandą",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch want, gewant, from Old Dutch *giwant, from Proto-Germanic *gawandą, from the root of winden.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Want",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wanten",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wants",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wanten",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Want",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wanten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Want",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wanten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Want",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wanten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Want",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wanten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Want",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wanten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wants",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wanten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Want",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wanten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Want",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wanten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Want f (genitive Want, plural Wanten)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,s,en"
      },
      "expansion": "Want n (mixed, genitive Wants, plural Wanten)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,s,en"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "de:Nautical",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Hofwant"
        },
        {
          "word": "Oberwant"
        },
        {
          "word": "Unterwant"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shroud"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "id": "en-Want-de-noun-BlLMikOT",
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "shroud",
          "shroud"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) shroud"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "mixed",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
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        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/De-Want.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ant"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Want"
}
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    {
      "word": "Hofwant"
    },
    {
      "word": "Oberwant"
    },
    {
      "word": "Unterwant"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "dum",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*giwant"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "Want",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wanten",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wants",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wanten",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Want",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wanten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Want",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wanten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Want",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wanten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Want",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wanten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Want",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wanten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wants",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Want",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wanten",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Want",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wanten",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Want f (genitive Want, plural Wanten)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,s,en"
      },
      "expansion": "Want n (mixed, genitive Wants, plural Wanten)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
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  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "German feminine nouns",
        "German lemmas",
        "German mixed nouns",
        "German neuter nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms derived from Middle Dutch",
        "German terms derived from Old Dutch",
        "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:German/ant",
        "Rhymes:German/ant/1 syllable",
        "de:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
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        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "shroud",
          "shroud"
        ]
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      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/vant/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Want.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/27/De-Want.ogg/De-Want.ogg.mp3",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ant"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Want"
}

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