"Zünglein" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡sʏŋlaɪ̯n/ Audio: De-Zünglein.ogg
Etymology: Zunge (“tongue”) + -lein Etymology templates: {{af|de|Zunge|-lein|t1=tongue}} Zunge (“tongue”) + -lein Head templates: {{de-noun|n}} Zünglein n (strong, genitive Züngleins, plural Zünglein) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n}} Forms: Züngleins [genitive], Zünglein [plural], strong [table-tags], Zünglein [nominative, singular], Zünglein [definite, nominative, plural], Züngleins [genitive, singular], Zünglein [definite, genitive, plural], Zünglein [dative, singular], Zünglein [dative, definite, plural], Zünglein [accusative, singular], Zünglein [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. Diminutive of Zunge Tags: diminutive, form-of, neuter, strong Form of: Zunge
    Sense id: en-Zünglein-de-noun-0i8SQ6dL
  2. (dated) needle, pointer (of a balance scale) Tags: dated, neuter, strong Synonyms: Zeiger
    Sense id: en-Zünglein-de-noun-VadWqiJq Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -lein Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -lein: 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Zünglein an der Waage

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Zünglein meaning in German (2.6kB)

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    },
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        {
          "word": "Zeiger"
        }
      ],
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡sʏŋlaɪ̯n/"
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