"Wildfang" meaning in German

See Wildfang in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈvɪltfaŋ/ Audio: De-Wildfang.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From wild (“wild”) + Fang (“catch”). Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|wild<t:wild>|Fang<t:catch>}}, {{af|de|wild|Fang|t1=wild|t2=catch}} wild (“wild”) + Fang (“catch”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,^e}} Wildfang m (strong, genitive Wildfanges or Wildfangs, plural Wildfänge) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,^e}} Forms: Wildfanges [genitive], Wildfangs [genitive], Wildfänge [plural], strong [table-tags], Wildfang [nominative, singular], Wildfänge [definite, nominative, plural], Wildfanges [genitive, singular], Wildfangs [genitive, singular], Wildfänge [definite, genitive, plural], Wildfang [dative, singular], Wildfange [dative, singular], Wildfängen [dative, definite, plural], Wildfang [accusative, singular], Wildfänge [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. a rambunctious child (of any gender, but since the 20th century especially a girl) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Wildfang-de-noun-FdzOVGRH Categories (other): German entries referencing missing etymons, German entries with etymon, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Children, Female people Disambiguation of German entries referencing missing etymons: 82 18 Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 83 17 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 90 10 Disambiguation of Children: 90 10 Disambiguation of Female people: 46 54
  2. (specifically) a tomboy Tags: masculine, specifically, strong
    Sense id: en-Wildfang-de-noun-HlKt-NkY Categories (other): Female people Disambiguation of Female people: 46 54

Inflected forms

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        "1": "de",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "wild<t:wild>",
        "4": "Fang<t:catch>"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ety"
    },
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      "name": "af"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From wild (“wild”) + Fang (“catch”).",
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      "form": "Wildfanges",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wildfänge",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wildfang",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wildfänge",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wildfanges",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wildfangs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wildfänge",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wildfang",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wildfange",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Wildfängen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wildfang",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wildfänge",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
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        "Wild",
        "fang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "lang": "German",
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          "_dis": "83 17",
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          "_dis": "88 12",
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          "_dis": "79 21",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "90 10",
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        }
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        "a rambunctious child (of any gender, but since the 20th century especially a girl)"
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      ]
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      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈvɪltfaŋ/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
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    "German entries with incorrect language header",
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    "German nouns",
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wildfänge",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wildfang",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Wildfanges",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "Wildfangs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Wildfang",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wildfange",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wildfängen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wildfang",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wildfänge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "Wild",
        "fang"
      ]
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        "1": "m,(e)s,^e"
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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      ],
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        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "(specifically) a tomboy"
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        "masculine",
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈvɪltfaŋ/"
    },
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      "tags": [
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}

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