"Wehr" meaning in German

See Wehr in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /veːɐ̯/ Audio: De-Wehr.ogg
Rhymes: -eːɐ̯ Etymology: From Middle High German were, from Old High German werī, from Proto-Germanic *warīniz, derived from *warjaną, whence German wehren. Cognate with Dutch weer, Swedish värn and Danish værn, but not with English war (see there for more). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|were}} Middle High German were, {{inh|de|goh|werī}} Old High German werī, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*warīniz}} Proto-Germanic *warīniz, {{cog|de|wehren}} German wehren, {{cog|nl|weer}} Dutch weer, {{cog|sv|värn}} Swedish värn, {{cog|da|værn}} Danish værn, {{noncog|en|war}} English war Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Wehr f (genitive Wehr, plural Wehren) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Wehr [genitive], Wehren [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Wehr [nominative, singular], Wehren [definite, nominative, plural], Wehr [genitive, singular], Wehren [definite, genitive, plural], Wehr [dative, singular], Wehren [dative, definite, plural], Wehr [accusative, singular], Wehren [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (archaic, except in compounds and idioms) resistance; defence; also in the sense of defenders; guard Tags: archaic, feminine
    Sense id: en-Wehr-de-noun-KZfRfJla Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 53 9 5 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 4 5 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 4 5 16
  2. (informal, regional) ellipsis of Feuerwehr Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, feminine, informal, regional Alternative form of: Feuerwehr
    Sense id: en-Wehr-de-noun-Wfu-LhCC Categories (other): German ellipses, Regional German
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: Bundeswehr, Bürgerwehr, Feuerwehr, Gosewehr, Landwehr, Reichswehr Derived forms: wehrhaft, wehrlos Related terms: Wehrdienst, Wehrdorf, Wehrkraft, Wehrmacht, Wehrpflicht, zur Wehr setzen
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /veːɐ̯/ Audio: De-Wehr.ogg
Rhymes: -eːɐ̯ Etymology: From Middle High German wer, from Old High German wer, from Proto-West Germanic *wari, from Proto-Germanic *warją (“mound, embankment, dam, weir”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to shut, bar, block, defend”). Cognate with German Low German Wehr, Dutch weer, English weir, Norwegian vær, Icelandic ver. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|wer}} Middle High German wer, {{inh|de|goh|wer}} Old High German wer, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*wari}} Proto-West Germanic *wari, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*warją|t=mound, embankment, dam, weir}} Proto-Germanic *warją (“mound, embankment, dam, weir”), {{der|de|ine-pro|*wer-|t=to shut, bar, block, defend}} Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to shut, bar, block, defend”), {{cog|nds-de|Wehr}} German Low German Wehr, {{cog|nl|weer}} Dutch weer, {{cog|en|weir}} English weir, {{cog|no|vær}} Norwegian vær, {{cog|is|ver}} Icelandic ver Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(e)s}} Wehr n (strong, genitive Wehres or Wehrs, plural Wehre) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(e)s}} Forms: Wehres [genitive], Wehrs [genitive], Wehre [plural], strong [table-tags], Wehr [nominative, singular], Wehre [definite, nominative, plural], Wehres [genitive, singular], Wehrs [genitive, singular], Wehre [definite, genitive, plural], Wehr [dative, singular], Wehre [dative, singular], Wehren [dative, definite, plural], Wehr [accusative, singular], Wehre [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. weir Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Wehr-de-noun-nhvU5Yvc
  2. barrage Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Wehr-de-noun-C4j1jvO8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wehrhaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wehrlos"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "were"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German were",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "werī"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German werī",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*warīniz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *warīniz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "wehren"
      },
      "expansion": "German wehren",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "weer"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch weer",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "värn"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish värn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "værn"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish værn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "war"
      },
      "expansion": "English war",
      "name": "noncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German were, from Old High German werī, from Proto-Germanic *warīniz, derived from *warjaną, whence German wehren. Cognate with Dutch weer, Swedish värn and Danish værn, but not with English war (see there for more).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Wehr",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehren",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Wehr f (genitive Wehr, plural Wehren)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Bundeswehr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Bürgerwehr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Feuerwehr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Gosewehr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Landwehr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Reichswehr"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Wehrdienst"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Wehrdorf"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Wehrkraft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Wehrmacht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Wehrpflicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "zur Wehr setzen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "53 9 5 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 4 5 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 4 5 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "resistance; defence; also in the sense of defenders; guard"
      ],
      "id": "en-Wehr-de-noun-KZfRfJla",
      "links": [
        [
          "resistance",
          "resistance"
        ],
        [
          "defence",
          "defence"
        ],
        [
          "defenders",
          "defenders"
        ],
        [
          "guard",
          "guard"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "except in compounds and idioms",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, except in compounds and idioms) resistance; defence; also in the sense of defenders; guard"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Feuerwehr"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German ellipses",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Regional German",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ellipsis of Feuerwehr"
      ],
      "id": "en-Wehr-de-noun-Wfu-LhCC",
      "links": [
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "Feuerwehr",
          "Feuerwehr#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, regional) ellipsis of Feuerwehr"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "ellipsis",
        "feminine",
        "informal",
        "regional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "wer"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German wer",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "wer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wer",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*wari"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wari",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*warją",
        "t": "mound, embankment, dam, weir"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *warją (“mound, embankment, dam, weir”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wer-",
        "t": "to shut, bar, block, defend"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to shut, bar, block, defend”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "Wehr"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German Wehr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "weer"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch weer",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "weir"
      },
      "expansion": "English weir",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "vær"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian vær",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ver"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic ver",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German wer, from Old High German wer, from Proto-West Germanic *wari, from Proto-Germanic *warją (“mound, embankment, dam, weir”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to shut, bar, block, defend”). Cognate with German Low German Wehr, Dutch weer, English weir, Norwegian vær, Icelandic ver.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Wehres",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehrs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehre",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
      ],
      "id": "en-Wehr-de-noun-nhvU5Yvc",
      "links": [
        [
          "weir",
          "weir"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "barrage"
      ],
      "id": "en-Wehr-de-noun-C4j1jvO8",
      "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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    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:German/eːɐ̯",
    "Rhymes:German/eːɐ̯/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "wehrhaft"
    },
    {
      "word": "wehrlos"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "were"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German were",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "werī"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German werī",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*warīniz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *warīniz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "wehren"
      },
      "expansion": "German wehren",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "weer"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch weer",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "värn"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish värn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "værn"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish værn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "war"
      },
      "expansion": "English war",
      "name": "noncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German were, from Old High German werī, from Proto-Germanic *warīniz, derived from *warjaną, whence German wehren. Cognate with Dutch weer, Swedish värn and Danish værn, but not with English war (see there for more).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Wehr",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehren",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehren",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Wehr f (genitive Wehr, plural Wehren)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "Bundeswehr"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bürgerwehr"
    },
    {
      "word": "Feuerwehr"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gosewehr"
    },
    {
      "word": "Landwehr"
    },
    {
      "word": "Reichswehr"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Wehrdienst"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wehrdorf"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wehrkraft"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wehrmacht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wehrpflicht"
    },
    {
      "word": "zur Wehr setzen"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "resistance; defence; also in the sense of defenders; guard"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "resistance",
          "resistance"
        ],
        [
          "defence",
          "defence"
        ],
        [
          "defenders",
          "defenders"
        ],
        [
          "guard",
          "guard"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "except in compounds and idioms",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, except in compounds and idioms) resistance; defence; also in the sense of defenders; guard"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Feuerwehr"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "German ellipses",
        "German informal terms",
        "Regional German"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ellipsis of Feuerwehr"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "Feuerwehr",
          "Feuerwehr#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, regional) ellipsis of Feuerwehr"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "ellipsis",
        "feminine",
        "informal",
        "regional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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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  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:German/eːɐ̯",
    "Rhymes:German/eːɐ̯/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "wer"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German wer",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "wer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wer",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*wari"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wari",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*warją",
        "t": "mound, embankment, dam, weir"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *warją (“mound, embankment, dam, weir”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wer-",
        "t": "to shut, bar, block, defend"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to shut, bar, block, defend”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "Wehr"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German Wehr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "weer"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch weer",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "weir"
      },
      "expansion": "English weir",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "vær"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian vær",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ver"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic ver",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German wer, from Old High German wer, from Proto-West Germanic *wari, from Proto-Germanic *warją (“mound, embankment, dam, weir”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to shut, bar, block, defend”). Cognate with German Low German Wehr, Dutch weer, English weir, Norwegian vær, Icelandic ver.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Wehres",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehrs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehre",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wehres",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s"
      },
      "expansion": "Wehr n (strong, genitive Wehres or Wehrs, plural Wehre)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "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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