"Wohnheim" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: [ˈvoːnˌhaɪ̯m] Audio: De-Wohnheim.ogg
Etymology: From wohnen (“to live at, to reside”) + Heim (“home”). Etymology templates: {{affix|de|wohnen|Heim|t1=to live at, to reside|t2=home}} wohnen (“to live at, to reside”) + Heim (“home”) Head templates: {{de-noun|n,(e)s}} Wohnheim n (strong, genitive Wohnheimes or Wohnheims, plural Wohnheime) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,(e)s}} Forms: Wohnheimes [genitive], Wohnheims [genitive], Wohnheime [plural], strong [table-tags], Wohnheim [nominative, singular], Wohnheime [definite, nominative, plural], Wohnheimes [genitive, singular], Wohnheims [genitive, singular], Wohnheime [definite, genitive, plural], Wohnheim [dative, singular], Wohnheime [dative, singular], Wohnheimen [dative, definite, plural], Wohnheim [accusative, singular], Wohnheime [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (building) hostel, boarding house, dormitory Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Wohnheim-de-noun-jdUJQhGn Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -heim, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Buildings Derived forms: Altenwohnheim, Arbeiterwohnheim, Arbeitnehmerwohnheim, Asylantenwohnheim, Ausländerwohnheim, Bergarbeiter-Wohnheim, Bergarbeiterwohnheim, Ferienwohnheim, Flüchtlingswohnheim, Frauenwohnheim, Gastarbeiterwohnheim, Gesellenwohnheim, Internatswohnheim, Jugendwohnheim, Jungenwohnheim, Junggesellenwohnheim, Kolping-Wohnheim, Kolpingwohnheim, Krankenschwesternwohnheim, Ledigenwohnheim, Lehrlingswohnheim, Mädchenwohnheim, Männerwohnheim, Mütterwohnheim, Obdachlosenwohnheim, Pflegewohnheim, Priesterwohnheim, Schülerwohnheim, Schwesternwohnheim, Seniorenwohnheim, Studentenwohnheim

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "wohnen",
        "3": "Heim",
        "t1": "to live at, to reside",
        "t2": "home"
      },
      "expansion": "wohnen (“to live at, to reside”) + Heim (“home”)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From wohnen (“to live at, to reside”) + Heim (“home”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Wohnheimes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheims",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheime",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheime",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheimes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheims",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheime",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheime",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheimen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheime",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s"
      },
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      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Wohn",
        "heim"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Buildings",
          "orig": "de:Buildings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Altenwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Arbeiterwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Arbeitnehmerwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Asylantenwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ausländerwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bergarbeiter-Wohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bergarbeiterwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ferienwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Flüchtlingswohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Frauenwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gastarbeiterwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gesellenwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Internatswohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Jugendwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Jungenwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Junggesellenwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Kolping-Wohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Kolpingwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Krankenschwesternwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ledigenwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Lehrlingswohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Mädchenwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Männerwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Mütterwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Obdachlosenwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Pflegewohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Priesterwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Schülerwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Schwesternwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Seniorenwohnheim"
        },
        {
          "word": "Studentenwohnheim"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hostel, boarding house, dormitory"
      ],
      "id": "en-Wohnheim-de-noun-jdUJQhGn",
      "links": [
        [
          "hostel",
          "hostel"
        ],
        [
          "boarding house",
          "boarding house"
        ],
        [
          "dormitory",
          "dormitory"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "building",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(building) hostel, boarding house, dormitory"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvoːnˌhaɪ̯m]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Wohnheim.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/De-Wohnheim.ogg/De-Wohnheim.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/De-Wohnheim.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Wohnheim"
}
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    {
      "word": "Altenwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Arbeiterwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Arbeitnehmerwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Asylantenwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ausländerwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bergarbeiter-Wohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bergarbeiterwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ferienwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Flüchtlingswohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Frauenwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gastarbeiterwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gesellenwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Internatswohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jugendwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Jungenwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Junggesellenwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kolping-Wohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kolpingwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Krankenschwesternwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ledigenwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lehrlingswohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mädchenwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Männerwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Mütterwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Obdachlosenwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Pflegewohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Priesterwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schülerwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schwesternwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Seniorenwohnheim"
    },
    {
      "word": "Studentenwohnheim"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "wohnen",
        "3": "Heim",
        "t1": "to live at, to reside",
        "t2": "home"
      },
      "expansion": "wohnen (“to live at, to reside”) + Heim (“home”)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From wohnen (“to live at, to reside”) + Heim (“home”).",
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    {
      "form": "Wohnheimes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheims",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheime",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheime",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheimes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheims",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheime",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheime",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheimen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheim",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wohnheime",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s"
      },
      "expansion": "Wohnheim n (strong, genitive Wohnheimes or Wohnheims, plural Wohnheime)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Wohn",
        "heim"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,(e)s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German compound terms",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German neuter nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms suffixed with -heim",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "de:Buildings"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hostel, boarding house, dormitory"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hostel",
          "hostel"
        ],
        [
          "boarding house",
          "boarding house"
        ],
        [
          "dormitory",
          "dormitory"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "building",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(building) hostel, boarding house, dormitory"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈvoːnˌhaɪ̯m]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Wohnheim.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/De-Wohnheim.ogg/De-Wohnheim.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/De-Wohnheim.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Wohnheim"
}

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