"Wendehals" meaning in German

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Noun

Audio: De-Wendehals.ogg
Etymology: wenden (“turn around”) + Hals (“neck”) Etymology templates: {{compound|de|wenden|Hals|t1=turn around|t2=neck}} wenden (“turn around”) + Hals (“neck”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,^e}} Wendehals m (strong, genitive Wendehalses, plural Wendehälse) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,^e}} Forms: Wendehalses [genitive], Wendehälse [plural], strong [table-tags], Wendehals [nominative, singular], Wendehälse [definite, nominative, plural], Wendehalses [genitive, singular], Wendehälse [definite, genitive, plural], Wendehals [dative, singular], Wendehalse [dative, singular], Wendehälsen [dative, definite, plural], Wendehals [accusative, singular], Wendehälse [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. The Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla). Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): People Categories (lifeform): Woodpeckers
    Sense id: en-Wendehals-de-noun-JZlFOCKa Disambiguation of People: 62 0 38 Disambiguation of Woodpeckers: 84 3 13 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 72 4 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 3 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 3 15
  2. An opportunist, a person with no principles. Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Wendehals-de-noun-bxDrqDUf
  3. (politics) A political opportunist after a regime change, particularly a communist in East Germany who switched to supporting capitalism after German reunification. Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-Wendehals-de-noun-bye2-9ax Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Rotkehl-Wendehals (english: red-throated wryneck)

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    {
      "form": "Wendehalses",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Wendehälse",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
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  "lang": "German",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "82 3 15",
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        {
          "_dis": "84 3 13",
          "kind": "lifeform",
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          "Jynx torquilla",
          "Jynx torquilla#Translingual"
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      ]
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      ],
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    },
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            "Fundamental"
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        [
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        [
          "regime",
          "regime"
        ],
        [
          "communist",
          "communist"
        ],
        [
          "East Germany",
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        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
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      ]
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        "strong"
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