"Weib" meaning in German

See Weib in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /vaɪ̯p/, [väɪ̯p], [ʋäɪ̯p] Audio: De-at-Weib.ogg [Austria], De-Weib.ogg
Rhymes: -aɪ̯p Etymology: From Middle High German wīp, from Old High German wīb, from Proto-West Germanic *wīb. Cognate with English wife. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|de|gmh|wīp}} Middle High German wīp, {{inh|de|goh|wīb}} Old High German wīb, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*wīb}} Proto-West Germanic *wīb, {{cog|en|wife}} English wife Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(e)s,er|dim=chen,lein}} Weib n (strong, genitive Weibes or Weibs, plural Weiber, diminutive Weibchen n or Weiblein n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(e)s,er}} Forms: Weibes [genitive], Weibs [genitive], Weiber [plural], Weibchen [diminutive, neuter], Weiblein [diminutive, neuter], strong [table-tags], Weib [nominative, singular], Weiber [definite, nominative, plural], Weibes [genitive, singular], Weibs [genitive, singular], Weiber [definite, genitive, plural], Weib [dative, singular], Weibe [dative, singular], Weibern [dative, definite, plural], Weib [accusative, singular], Weiber [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (now often derogatory) woman, broad Tags: derogatory, neuter, often, strong Categories (topical): Female people
    Sense id: en-Weib-de-noun-U8zIH77t Disambiguation of Female people: 50 50 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header: 29 29 35 4 4
  2. (now archaic) woman, wife Tags: archaic, neuter, strong Categories (topical): Female people
    Sense id: en-Weib-de-noun-hFVeBFIQ Disambiguation of Female people: 50 50 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header: 29 29 35 4 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Frauenperson, Frauenzimmer

Inflected forms

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      "word": "Klageweib"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Mannweib"
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      "word": "Teufelsweib"
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      "word": "Vielweiberei"
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      "word": "Weiberfastnacht"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Weiberheld"
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      "word": "Weiberrat"
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      "word": "weibisch"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "weiblich"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Weibsbild"
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    {
      "form": "Weiber",
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      "form": "Weibchen",
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "Weib",
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      "form": "Weiber",
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      "form": "Weiber",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "Weib",
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    {
      "form": "Weibe",
      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "Weibern",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Weib",
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    {
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          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "_dis": "29 29 35 4 4",
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        "(now often derogatory) woman, broad"
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          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
          "_dis": "29 29 35 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "text": "So sprach er [...]: „Weib, meine letzte Stunde ist da; alle Schätze, so ich allein besaß, sind dein und deiner Tochter.“\nSo he said …: \"Wife, my last hour is here; all the treasures that I possessed of myself are yours and your daughter's.\"\n(Emanuel Schikaneder, Die Zauberflöte (libretto), act II, scene 8.)",
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        }
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          "wife"
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        "(now archaic) woman, wife"
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/vaɪ̯p/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[väɪ̯p]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʋäɪ̯p]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪ̯p"
    },
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      "homophone": "Vibe"
    },
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    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
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    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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    "Pennsylvania German lemmas",
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    "Pennsylvania German nouns",
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      "word": "beweiben"
    },
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    },
    {
      "word": "Kebsweib"
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    {
      "word": "Klageweib"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mannweib"
    },
    {
      "word": "Prachtweib"
    },
    {
      "word": "Teufelsweib"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vielweiberei"
    },
    {
      "word": "Weiberfastnacht"
    },
    {
      "word": "Weiberheld"
    },
    {
      "word": "Weiberrat"
    },
    {
      "word": "weibisch"
    },
    {
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        "(now archaic) woman, wife"
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