"Zeiger" meaning in German

See Zeiger in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈtsaɪ̯ɡəʁ/, [ˈt͡saɪ̯.ɡɐ] Audio: De-Zeiger.ogg Forms: Zeigers [genitive], Zeiger [genitive], Zeigers [plural], Zeiger [plural]
Etymology: From Middle High German zeiger, from Old High German zeigāri. By surface analysis, zeigen (“to show, point”) + er. In the computing sense, a calque of English pointer. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|zeiger}} Middle High German zeiger, {{inh|de|goh|zeigāri}} Old High German zeigāri, {{surface analysis|de|zeigen|er|t1=to show, point}} By surface analysis, zeigen (“to show, point”) + er, {{calque|de|en|pointer|nocap=1}} calque of English pointer Head templates: {{de-proper noun|m:f,s:-􂀿with an article􂁀,s:-}} Zeiger m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Zeigers or (with an article) Zeiger, plural Zeigers or Zeiger)
  1. a surname Tags: feminine, masculine, proper-noun, strong
    Sense id: en-Zeiger-de-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): German surnames

Noun

IPA: /ˈtsaɪ̯ɡəʁ/, [ˈt͡saɪ̯.ɡɐ] Audio: De-Zeiger.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German zeiger, from Old High German zeigāri. By surface analysis, zeigen (“to show, point”) + er. In the computing sense, a calque of English pointer. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|zeiger}} Middle High German zeiger, {{inh|de|goh|zeigāri}} Old High German zeigāri, {{surface analysis|de|zeigen|er|t1=to show, point}} By surface analysis, zeigen (“to show, point”) + er, {{calque|de|en|pointer|nocap=1}} calque of English pointer Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Zeiger m (strong, genitive Zeigers, plural Zeiger) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Zeigers [genitive], Zeiger [plural], strong [table-tags], Zeiger [nominative, singular], Zeiger [definite, nominative, plural], Zeigers [genitive, singular], Zeiger [definite, genitive, plural], Zeiger [dative, singular], Zeigern [dative, definite, plural], Zeiger [accusative, singular], Zeiger [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. hand (of a clock or watch) Tags: masculine, strong Synonyms: Uhrzeiger Hyponyms (hand): Stundenzeiger, Minutenzeiger, Sekundenzeiger
    Sense id: en-Zeiger-de-noun-KjpRZavi Disambiguation of 'hand': 55 21 23
  2. pointer (similar device on other objects, typically in the form of a needle or arrow) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Zeiger-de-noun-0nCdFJrB
  3. (programming) pointer (variable holding the address of a memory location) Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Programming Synonyms: Pointer
    Sense id: en-Zeiger-de-noun-CZqqFs~1 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 19 1 17 63 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms (pointer): Mauszeiger, Planzeiger Related terms: Zeigefinger, Zeigestock, Zeigerpflanze, Anzeiger
Disambiguation of 'pointer': 4 44 52

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "[ˈt͡saɪ̯.ɡɐ]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Zeiger.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c1/De-Zeiger.ogg/De-Zeiger.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/De-Zeiger.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Zeiger"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.