"Zirkus" meaning in German

See Zirkus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡sɪʁkʊs/ Audio: De-Zirkus.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin circus. Etymology templates: {{bor+|de|la|circus}} Borrowed from Latin circus Head templates: {{de-noun|m,-:ses}} Zirkus m (strong, genitive Zirkus or Zirkusses, plural Zirkusse) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,-:ses􂀿very rare􂁀}} Forms: Zirkus [genitive], Zirkusses [genitive], Zirkusse [plural], strong [table-tags], Zirkus [nominative, singular], Zirkusse [definite, nominative, plural], Zirkus [genitive, singular], Zirkusses [genitive, rare, singular], Zirkusse [definite, genitive, plural], Zirkus [dative, singular], Zirkusse [dative, rare, singular], Zirkussen [dative, definite, plural], Zirkus [accusative, singular], Zirkusse [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (historical) circus (arena in Antiquity) Tags: historical, masculine, strong Categories (topical): Circus
    Sense id: en-Zirkus-de-noun-j6fqne9j Disambiguation of Circus: 43 51 4 2
  2. circus (kind of entertainment show) Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Circus
    Sense id: en-Zirkus-de-noun-iR3Qy2JK Disambiguation of Circus: 43 51 4 2
  3. (colloquial) exaggerated and annoying ado; airs; fuss, e.g. of a child, at an event, etc.; dog and pony show Tags: colloquial, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Zirkus-de-noun-gUbLXyQN Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 12 9 65 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 20 38 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 9 73 9
  4. (colloquial, by extension) something complicated and annoying; rigmarole; chore Tags: broadly, colloquial, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Zirkus-de-noun-dnFMcOw-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Circus Derived forms: Flohzirkus, Zirkusschule, Zirkusdirektor, Zirkusdirektorin

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Flohzirkus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Zirkusschule"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Zirkusdirektor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Zirkusdirektorin"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "csb",
            "2": "cyrkus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kashubian: cyrkus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kashubian: cyrkus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "цирк",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: цирк (cirk)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: цирк (cirk) (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "circus"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Latin circus",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin circus.",
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    {
      "form": "Zirkus",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zirkusses",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zirkusse",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zirkus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zirkus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zirkusse",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zirkus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zirkusse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "rare",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zirkussen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zirkus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zirkusse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 51 4 2",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Circus",
          "orig": "de:Circus",
          "parents": [
            "Entertainment",
            "Theater",
            "Culture",
            "Art",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "circus (arena in Antiquity)"
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      "id": "en-Zirkus-de-noun-j6fqne9j",
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        [
          "circus",
          "circus"
        ]
      ],
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        "(historical) circus (arena in Antiquity)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 51 4 2",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
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          "orig": "de:Circus",
          "parents": [
            "Entertainment",
            "Theater",
            "Culture",
            "Art",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      ],
      "id": "en-Zirkus-de-noun-iR3Qy2JK",
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        [
          "circus",
          "circus"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 9 65 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 20 38 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 9 73 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Don't make a dog and pony show and sit down!",
          "text": "Mach keinen Zirkus und setz dich hin!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "exaggerated and annoying ado; airs; fuss, e.g. of a child, at an event, etc.; dog and pony show"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "ado",
          "ado"
        ],
        [
          "airs",
          "airs"
        ],
        [
          "fuss",
          "fuss"
        ],
        [
          "dog and pony show",
          "dog and pony show"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) exaggerated and annoying ado; airs; fuss, e.g. of a child, at an event, etc.; dog and pony show"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Das ist immer ein Zirkus, hier langzufahren, wenn Schalke spielt.\nIt’s always a rigmarole driving around here when Schalke are playing.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "something complicated and annoying; rigmarole; chore"
      ],
      "id": "en-Zirkus-de-noun-dnFMcOw-",
      "links": [
        [
          "rigmarole",
          "rigmarole"
        ],
        [
          "chore",
          "chore"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, by extension) something complicated and annoying; rigmarole; chore"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "colloquial",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡sɪʁkʊs/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Zirkus.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a0/De-Zirkus.ogg/De-Zirkus.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/De-Zirkus.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Circus"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "de:Zirkus"
  ],
  "word": "Zirkus"
}
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  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms borrowed from Latin",
    "German terms derived from Latin",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "de:Circus"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Flohzirkus"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zirkusschule"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zirkusdirektor"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zirkusdirektorin"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "csb",
            "2": "cyrkus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kashubian: cyrkus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kashubian: cyrkus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "цирк",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: цирк (cirk)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: цирк (cirk) (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "la",
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      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "Zirkus",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zirkusses",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zirkusse",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zirkus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zirkusse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zirkus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zirkusses",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "rare",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zirkusse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zirkus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zirkusse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "rare",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zirkussen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zirkus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zirkusse",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,-:ses"
      },
      "expansion": "Zirkus m (strong, genitive Zirkus or Zirkusses, plural Zirkusse)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,-:ses􂀿very rare􂁀"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "circus (arena in Antiquity)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "circus",
          "circus"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) circus (arena in Antiquity)"
      ],
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        "historical",
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        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "circus (kind of entertainment show)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "circus",
          "circus"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "German colloquialisms",
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Don't make a dog and pony show and sit down!",
          "text": "Mach keinen Zirkus und setz dich hin!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "exaggerated and annoying ado; airs; fuss, e.g. of a child, at an event, etc.; dog and pony show"
      ],
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        [
          "ado",
          "ado"
        ],
        [
          "airs",
          "airs"
        ],
        [
          "fuss",
          "fuss"
        ],
        [
          "dog and pony show",
          "dog and pony show"
        ]
      ],
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        "(colloquial) exaggerated and annoying ado; airs; fuss, e.g. of a child, at an event, etc.; dog and pony show"
      ],
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        "colloquial",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
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        "German colloquialisms",
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Das ist immer ein Zirkus, hier langzufahren, wenn Schalke spielt.\nIt’s always a rigmarole driving around here when Schalke are playing.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "something complicated and annoying; rigmarole; chore"
      ],
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        [
          "rigmarole",
          "rigmarole"
        ],
        [
          "chore",
          "chore"
        ]
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        "(colloquial, by extension) something complicated and annoying; rigmarole; chore"
      ],
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        "broadly",
        "colloquial",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡sɪʁkʊs/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Zirkus.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a0/De-Zirkus.ogg/De-Zirkus.ogg.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Circus"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "de:Zirkus"
  ],
  "word": "Zirkus"
}

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