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"etymology_text": "From winken (“to wave”).",
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},
{
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},
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{
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},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Wink",
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"_dis1": "29 0 71",
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24,
28
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"ref": "1767, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm, 4. Akt, 4. Szene:",
"text": "[…] so gab er mir einen Wink, dem gnädigen Fräulein den Vorfall zu rapportieren.",
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"etymology_text": "From winken (“to wave”).",
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},
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}
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