"Weihnachten" meaning in German

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German wīhenahten (“Christmas”), from a dative plural ze den wīhen nahten (“in the holy nights”). Compare modern weihen (“to hallow”) and Nacht.\nThe oldest form (1170) is a singular diu wīhe naht (“the Holy Night”); the somewhat later plural is used to refer to the Christmas days and nights collectively. A relation with earlier heathen festivals is not endorsed by the etymological standard sources, though the possibility is admitted.\nThe term is a cognate with Low German Wiehnachten as well as Czech Vánoce and Slovak Vianoce.",
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "word": "weihnachtlich"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsabend"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsbaum"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsbeleuchtung"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsbraten"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsbrauch"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsengel"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsente"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsessen"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsfeier"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsferien"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsfest"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsgabe"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsgans"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsgebäck"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsgeld"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsgeschäft"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsgeschenk"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsgeschichte"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsglanz"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsgruß"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtskarpfen"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtskarte"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtskerze"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtskonzert"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtskranz"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtskrippe"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtskugel"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtslied"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsmann"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsmarkt"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtspaket"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsstimmung"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtstag"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtsurlaub"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtswichtel"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtswoche"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weihnachtszeit"
        },
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          "word": "Weihnukka"
        }
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          "english": "It's Christmas.",
          "text": "Es ist Weihnachten.",
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        {
          "english": "merry Christmas!",
          "text": "frohe Weihnachten! (fröhliche Weihnachten!)",
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        },
        {
          "english": "(formal) We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!",
          "text": "Wir wünschen Ihnen frohe Weihnachten und ein gutes neues Jahr!",
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        },
        {
          "english": "I already endured three Christmases, two Easters and carnival as well as countless child's birthdays.",
          "roman": "Drei Weihnachten, zwei Ostern und Fasching sowie unzählige Kindergeburtstage hatte ich bereits überstanden.",
          "text": "2016, Miriam Malik, Ein Drache zu Weihnachten und andere Weihnachtsgeschichten, story Ein Löwe zu Weihnachten",
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          "usage notes",
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        "(often in the plural, see usage notes) Christmas"
      ],
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          "word": "Advent"
        },
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          "word": "Nikolaus"
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      "ipa": "/ˈvaɪ̯ˌnaxtən/"
    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈʋäɪ̯-]"
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      "ipa": "[-ˌnäχtn̩]"
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    {
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    {
      "word": "Weihnachtsbaum"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "Weihnachtsbraten"
    },
    {
      "word": "Weihnachtsbrauch"
    },
    {
      "word": "Weihnachtsengel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Weihnachtsente"
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    {
      "word": "Weihnachtsessen"
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    {
      "word": "Weihnachtsfeier"
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    {
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      "word": "Weihnachtskugel"
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "Advent"
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          "english": "It's Christmas.",
          "text": "Es ist Weihnachten.",
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        {
          "english": "merry Christmas!",
          "text": "frohe Weihnachten! (fröhliche Weihnachten!)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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          "text": "Wir wünschen Ihnen frohe Weihnachten und ein gutes neues Jahr!",
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        {
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          "roman": "Drei Weihnachten, zwei Ostern und Fasching sowie unzählige Kindergeburtstage hatte ich bereits überstanden.",
          "text": "2016, Miriam Malik, Ein Drache zu Weihnachten und andere Weihnachtsgeschichten, story Ein Löwe zu Weihnachten",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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          "word": "Weihnachtsfest"
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      "ipa": "/ˈvaɪ̯ˌnaxtən/"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʋäɪ̯-]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[-ˌnäχtn̩]"
    },
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      "audio": "De-Weihnachten.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fe/De-Weihnachten.ogg/De-Weihnachten.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/De-Weihnachten.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary",
        "poetic"
      ],
      "word": "Weihnacht"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Weihnachten"
}