"Watt" meaning in German

See Watt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /vat/ Audio: De-Watt.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Rhymes: -at Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Low German wat, from Proto-Germanic *wadą. Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|gml|wat}} Borrowed from Middle Low German wat, {{der|de|gem-pro|*wadą}} Proto-Germanic *wadą Head templates: {{de-noun|n,,en}} Watt n (mixed, genitive Watts, plural Watten) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,,en}} Forms: Watts [genitive], Watten [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Watt [nominative, singular], Watten [definite, nominative, plural], Watts [genitive, singular], Watten [definite, genitive, plural], Watt [dative, singular], Watten [dative, definite, plural], Watt [accusative, singular], Watten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. intertidal zone, foreshore, especially the vast mudflats at the North Sea coast Tags: mixed, neuter Derived forms: Wattenmeer, Wattwanderung Related terms: waten
    Sense id: en-Watt-de-noun-nav0AlGr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /vat/ Audio: De-Watt.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Rhymes: -at Head templates: {{de-noun|n,,-}} Watt n (strong, genitive Watts, plural Watt) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,,-}} Forms: Watts [genitive], Watt [plural], strong [table-tags], Watt [nominative, singular], Watt [definite, nominative, plural], Watts [genitive, singular], Watt [definite, genitive, plural], Watt [dative, singular], Watt [dative, definite, plural], Watt [accusative, singular], Watt [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. watt (unit of power named after James Watt) Tags: neuter, strong Derived forms: Gigawatt, Kilowatt, Megawatt, Terawatt
    Sense id: en-Watt-de-noun-C~SAvQcT Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, German entries with incorrect language header, Si units Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 3 20 16 14 25 8 12 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 22 16 12 20 10 16 0 2 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Si units: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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