See Wehr in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"form": "Wehrs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Wehre",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Wehr",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Wehre",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Wehren",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Wehr",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Wehre",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "n,(e)s"
},
"expansion": "Wehr n (strong, genitive Wehres or Wehrs, plural Wehre)",
"name": "de-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "n,(e)s"
},
"name": "de-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"weir"
],
"links": [
[
"weir",
"weir"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"strong"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"barrage"
],
"links": [
[
"barrage",
"barrage"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter",
"strong"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/veːɐ̯/"
},
{
"audio": "De-Wehr.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/27/De-Wehr.ogg/De-Wehr.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/De-Wehr.ogg"
},
{
"homophone": "wer"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eːɐ̯"
}
],
"word": "Wehr"
}
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