"Weihnachtsmann" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvaɪ̯.naxtsˌman/ Audio: De-Weihnachtsmann.ogg
Etymology: From Weihnachten (“Christmas”) + Mann (“man”). Etymology templates: {{compound|de|Weihnachten|Mann|t1=Christmas|t2=man}} Weihnachten (“Christmas”) + Mann (“man”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,^er}} Weihnachtsmann m (strong, genitive Weihnachtsmannes or Weihnachtsmanns, plural Weihnachtsmänner) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,^er}} Forms: Weihnachtsmannes [genitive], Weihnachtsmanns [genitive], Weihnachtsmänner [plural], strong [table-tags], Weihnachtsmann [nominative, singular], Weihnachtsmänner [definite, nominative, plural], Weihnachtsmannes [genitive, singular], Weihnachtsmanns [genitive, singular], Weihnachtsmänner [definite, genitive, plural], Weihnachtsmann [dative, singular], Weihnachtsmanne [dative, singular], Weihnachtsmännern [dative, definite, plural], Weihnachtsmann [accusative, singular], Weihnachtsmänner [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. Santa Claus, Father Christmas Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Christmas
    Sense id: en-Weihnachtsmann-de-noun-XCqnG0e9 Disambiguation of Christmas: 100 0 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 98 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 99 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 99 1
  2. (derogatory, colloquial) a fool, a stupid, naive and/or ridiculous person Tags: colloquial, derogatory, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Weihnachtsmann-de-noun-hYXKCF63

Inflected forms

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        "2": "Weihnachten",
        "3": "Mann",
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      "expansion": "Weihnachten (“Christmas”) + Mann (“man”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Weihnachten (“Christmas”) + Mann (“man”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Weihnachtsmannes",
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        "genitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Weihnachtsmanns",
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        "genitive"
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      "form": "Weihnachtsmänner",
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "strong",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Weihnachtsmann",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Weihnachtsmanns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Weihnachtsmänner",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Weihnachtsmann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Weihnachtsmanne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Weihnachtsmännern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Weihnachtsmann",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Weihnachtsmänner",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s,^er"
      },
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      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
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  ],
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  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "98 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        },
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          "_dis": "99 1",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Christmas",
          "orig": "de:Christmas",
          "parents": [
            "Christianity",
            "Holidays",
            "Abrahamism",
            "Observances",
            "Religion",
            "Calendar",
            "Culture",
            "Timekeeping",
            "Society",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "Santa Claus, Father Christmas"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "Santa Claus",
          "Santa Claus"
        ],
        [
          "Father Christmas",
          "Father Christmas"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Only a few days later Himmler felt compelled to dub the town commandant of Grodno a “right moron”, after the latter had described the Jews in this locality as “entirely peaceful folk” ….",
          "ref": "1996, Ralf Ogorreck, Die Einsatzgruppen und die Genesis der Endlösung, Berlin: Metropol, quoting Heinrich Himmler in July 1941, page 176f.:",
          "text": "Nur wenige Tage später sah Himmler sich veranlaßt, den Ortskommandanten in Grodno als einen „schönen Weihnachtsmann“ zu titulieren, nachdem dieser die Juden in der Stadt „als ganz friedfertige Leute“ beschrieben hatte [...].",
          "type": "quote"
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          "fool",
          "fool"
        ],
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          "stupid",
          "stupid"
        ],
        [
          "naive",
          "naive"
        ],
        [
          "ridiculous",
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        "(derogatory, colloquial) a fool, a stupid, naive and/or ridiculous person"
      ],
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        "colloquial",
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      ]
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    },
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "form": "Weihnachtsmann",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "Santa Claus, Father Christmas"
      ],
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          "Santa Claus",
          "Santa Claus"
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          "Father Christmas",
          "Father Christmas"
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        "German terms with quotations"
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          "ref": "1996, Ralf Ogorreck, Die Einsatzgruppen und die Genesis der Endlösung, Berlin: Metropol, quoting Heinrich Himmler in July 1941, page 176f.:",
          "text": "Nur wenige Tage später sah Himmler sich veranlaßt, den Ortskommandanten in Grodno als einen „schönen Weihnachtsmann“ zu titulieren, nachdem dieser die Juden in der Stadt „als ganz friedfertige Leute“ beschrieben hatte [...].",
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      ],
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    },
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