"Zunge" meaning in German

See Zunge in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡sʊŋə/ Audio: De-Zunge2.ogg [Germany, Berlin], De-Zunge.ogg
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Germanic *tungǭ Proto-West Germanic *tungā Old High German zunga Middle High German zunge German Zunge From Middle High German zunge, from Old High German zunga, from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ; from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”). Germanic Cognates include Old Saxon tunga, Low German Tung, Old Dutch tunga, Dutch tong, Old English tunge (Modern English tongue), West Frisian tonge, Old Norse tunga (> Swedish tunga, Faroese tunga, Norwegian tunge, Swedish tunga, Danish tunge) and Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 (tuggō). Non-Germanic-Cognates with identical meaning include Irish teanga, Welsh tafod, Latin lingua (> Portuguese língua, Spanish lengua, Catalan llengua, French langue, Italian lingua, Romanian limbă), Armenian լեզու (lezu), Lithuanian liežùvis, Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā́), Persian زبان (zabân), Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ (> Czech jazyk, Polish język, Russian язы́к (jazýk), Serbo-Croatian јѐзик, Bulgarian ези́к (ezík)). Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:inh|gmh:zunge|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Germanic *tungǭ Proto-West Germanic *tungā Old High German zunga Middle High German zunge German Zunge [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*tungǭ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*tungā", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old High German", "term" : "zunga", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "goh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle High German", "term" : "zunge", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmh" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Zunge", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Zunge">, {{inh|de|gmh|zunge}} Middle High German zunge, {{inh|de|goh|zunga}} Old High German zunga, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*tungā}} Proto-West Germanic *tungā, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*tungǭ}} Proto-Germanic *tungǭ, {{der|de|ine-pro|*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s||tongue}} Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”), {{cog|osx|tunga}} Old Saxon tunga, {{cog|nds|Tung}} Low German Tung, {{cog|odt|tunga}} Old Dutch tunga, {{cog|nl|tong}} Dutch tong, {{cog|ang|tunge}} Old English tunge, {{cog|en|tongue}} English tongue, {{cog|fy|tonge}} West Frisian tonge, {{cog|non|tunga}} Old Norse tunga, {{cog|sv|tunga}} Swedish tunga, {{cog|fo|tunga}} Faroese tunga, {{cog|no|tunge}} Norwegian tunge, {{cog|sv|tunga}} Swedish tunga, {{cog|da|tunge}} Danish tunge, {{cog|got|𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉}} Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 (tuggō), {{cog|ga|teanga}} Irish teanga, {{cog|cy|tafod}} Welsh tafod, {{cog|la|lingua}} Latin lingua, {{cog|pt|língua}} Portuguese língua, {{cog|es|lengua}} Spanish lengua, {{cog|ca|llengua}} Catalan llengua, {{cog|fr|langue}} French langue, {{cog|it|lingua}} Italian lingua, {{cog|ro|limbă}} Romanian limbă, {{cog|hy|լեզու}} Armenian լեզու (lezu), {{cog|lt|liežùvis}} Lithuanian liežùvis, {{cog|sa|जिह्वा|sc=Deva|tr=jihvā́}} Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā́), {{cog|fa|زبان|tr=zabân}} Persian زبان (zabân), {{cog|sla-pro|*ęzykъ}} Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ, {{cog|cs|jazyk}} Czech jazyk, {{cog|pl|język}} Polish język, {{cog|ru|язы́к}} Russian язы́к (jazýk), {{cog|sh|јѐзик}} Serbo-Croatian јѐзик, {{cog|bg|ези́к}} Bulgarian ези́к (ezík) Head templates: {{de-noun|f|dim=^lein,^elchen}} Zunge f (genitive Zunge, plural Zungen, diminutive Zünglein n or Züngelchen n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Zunge [genitive], Zungen [plural], Zünglein [diminutive, neuter], Züngelchen [diminutive, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], Zunge [nominative, singular], Zungen [definite, nominative, plural], Zunge [genitive, singular], Zungen [definite, genitive, plural], Zunge [dative, singular], Zungen [dative, definite, plural], Zunge [accusative, singular], Zungen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. tongue (organ in the mouth) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Zunge-de-noun-4rAj8~c9 Categories (other): Anatomy Disambiguation of Anatomy: 33 33 33
  2. tongue (flap in a shoe) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Zunge-de-noun-fn5O1MoL Categories (other): Anatomy Disambiguation of Anatomy: 33 33 33
  3. (archaic, metonymic) language Tags: archaic, feminine, metonymically Synonyms: Sprache
    Sense id: en-Zunge-de-noun-pO8wS6Qq Categories (other): German metonyms, German entries with etymology trees, German entries with etymon, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Anatomy Disambiguation of German entries with etymology trees: 9 9 82 Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 8 8 84 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 98 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 8 8 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 8 8 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 8 85 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 5 5 91 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 4 4 93 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Züngelchen, -züngig, Zünglein
Derived forms: Zungenbrecher, Zungenfehler, zungenförmig, Zungenkuss, Zungenlaut, Zungen-R, Zungenspitzen-R, Zungenrückenlaut, Zungenschlag, Zungenspitze, Zungenspitzenlaut, Zungenwurzel Derived forms (Compounds): Zungenblüte Disambiguation of 'Compounds': 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "sense": "Compounds",
      "word": "Zungenblüte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Zungenbrecher"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Zungenfehler"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "zungenförmig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Zungenkuss"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Zungenlaut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Zungen-R"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Zungenspitzen-R"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Zungenrückenlaut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Zungenschlag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Zungenspitze"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Zungenspitzenlaut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Zungenwurzel"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s"
    ],
    [
      "*tungǭ",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tungǭ"
    ],
    [
      "*tungā",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tungā"
    ],
    [
      "zunga",
      "zunga#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "zunge",
      "zunge#Middle_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "zunge",
      "zunge#Middle_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "zunga",
      "zunga#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "*tungā",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tungā"
    ],
    [
      "*tungǭ",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tungǭ"
    ],
    [
      "*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s"
    ],
    [
      "tunga",
      "tunga#Old_Saxon"
    ],
    [
      "Tung",
      "Tung#Low_German"
    ],
    [
      "tunga",
      "tunga#Old_Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "tong",
      "tong#Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "tunge",
      "tunge#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "tongue",
      "tongue#English"
    ],
    [
      "tonge",
      "tonge#West_Frisian"
    ],
    [
      "tunga",
      "tunga#Old_Norse"
    ],
    [
      "tunga",
      "tunga#Swedish"
    ],
    [
      "tunga",
      "tunga#Faroese"
    ],
    [
      "tunge",
      "tunge#Norwegian"
    ],
    [
      "tunga",
      "tunga#Swedish"
    ],
    [
      "tunge",
      "tunge#Danish"
    ],
    [
      "𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉",
      "𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉#Gothic"
    ],
    [
      "teanga",
      "teanga#Irish"
    ],
    [
      "tafod",
      "tafod#Welsh"
    ],
    [
      "lingua",
      "lingua#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "língua",
      "língua#Portuguese"
    ],
    [
      "lengua",
      "lengua#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "llengua",
      "llengua#Catalan"
    ],
    [
      "langue",
      "langue#French"
    ],
    [
      "lingua",
      "lingua#Italian"
    ],
    [
      "limbă",
      "limbă#Romanian"
    ],
    [
      "լեզու",
      "լեզու#Armenian"
    ],
    [
      "liežùvis",
      "liežuvis#Lithuanian"
    ],
    [
      "जिह्वा",
      "जिह्वा#Sanskrit"
    ],
    [
      "زبان",
      "زبان#Persian"
    ],
    [
      "*ęzykъ",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ęzykъ"
    ],
    [
      "jazyk",
      "jazyk#Czech"
    ],
    [
      "język",
      "język#Polish"
    ],
    [
      "язы́к",
      "язык#Russian"
    ],
    [
      "јѐзик",
      "језик#Serbo-Croatian"
    ],
    [
      "ези́к",
      "език#Bulgarian"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "gmh:zunge",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s\nProto-Germanic *tungǭ\nProto-West Germanic *tungā\nOld High German zunga\nMiddle High German zunge\nGerman Zunge\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*tungǭ\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*tungā\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old High German\", \"term\" : \"zunga\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"goh\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Middle High German\", \"term\" : \"zunge\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"gmh\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"German\", \"term\" : \"Zunge\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"de\" }\" data-lang=\"de\" data-title=\"Zunge\">",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "zunge"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German zunge",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "zunga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German zunga",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*tungā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *tungā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tungǭ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tungǭ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s",
        "4": "",
        "5": "tongue"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "tunga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon tunga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "Tung"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German Tung",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "tunga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch tunga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "tong"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch tong",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "tunge"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tunge",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tongue"
      },
      "expansion": "English tongue",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "tonge"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian tonge",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "tunga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse tunga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "tunga"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish tunga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "tunga"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese tunga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "tunge"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian tunge",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "tunga"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish tunga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "tunge"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish tunge",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 (tuggō)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "teanga"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish teanga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "tafod"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh tafod",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "lingua"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lingua",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "língua"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese língua",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "lengua"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish lengua",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "llengua"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan llengua",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "langue"
      },
      "expansion": "French langue",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "lingua"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian lingua",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ro",
        "2": "limbă"
      },
      "expansion": "Romanian limbă",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
        "2": "լեզու"
      },
      "expansion": "Armenian լեզու (lezu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "liežùvis"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian liežùvis",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "जिह्वा",
        "sc": "Deva",
        "tr": "jihvā́"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā́)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "زبان",
        "tr": "zabân"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian زبان (zabân)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*ęzykъ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cs",
        "2": "jazyk"
      },
      "expansion": "Czech jazyk",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "język"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish język",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "язы́к"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian язы́к (jazýk)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "јѐзик"
      },
      "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian јѐзик",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bg",
        "2": "ези́к"
      },
      "expansion": "Bulgarian ези́к (ezík)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s\nProto-Germanic *tungǭ\nProto-West Germanic *tungā\nOld High German zunga\nMiddle High German zunge\nGerman Zunge\nFrom Middle High German zunge, from Old High German zunga, from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ; from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”).\nGermanic Cognates include Old Saxon tunga, Low German Tung, Old Dutch tunga, Dutch tong, Old English tunge (Modern English tongue), West Frisian tonge, Old Norse tunga (> Swedish tunga, Faroese tunga, Norwegian tunge, Swedish tunga, Danish tunge) and Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 (tuggō).\nNon-Germanic-Cognates with identical meaning include Irish teanga, Welsh tafod, Latin lingua (> Portuguese língua, Spanish lengua, Catalan llengua, French langue, Italian lingua, Romanian limbă), Armenian լեզու (lezu), Lithuanian liežùvis, Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā́), Persian زبان (zabân), Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ (> Czech jazyk, Polish język, Russian язы́к (jazýk), Serbo-Croatian јѐзик, Bulgarian ези́к (ezík)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Zunge",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zungen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zünglein",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Züngelchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zunge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zungen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zunge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zungen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zunge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zungen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zunge",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zungen",
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        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Zunge f (genitive Zunge, plural Zungen, diminutive Zünglein n or Züngelchen n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Zun",
        "ge"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Züngelchen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "-züngig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Zünglein"
    }
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
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        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tongue (flap in a shoe)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Zunge-de-noun-fn5O1MoL",
      "links": [
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
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        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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          "name": "German metonyms",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        {
          "english": "foreigners",
          "literal_meaning": "people of another language",
          "text": "Menschen anderer Zunge",
          "translation": "foreigners",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to speak in tongues",
          "text": "in Zungen reden",
          "translation": "to speak in tongues",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "roman": "In Zeeländisch-Flandern hat die Gegend von ter Neuze und Aksel am meisten von zeeländischer Zunge beibehalten.",
          "text": "1892, Hermann Jellinghaus, Forschungen. Herausgegeben vom Verein für niederdeutsche Sprachforschung. Band V. — Die niederländischen Volksmundarten. Nach den Aufzeichnungen der Niederländer von Hermann Jellinghaus, Diedr. Soltau's Verlag: Norden & Leipzig, p. 17",
          "translation": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "language"
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      "links": [
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, metonymic) language"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Sprache"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "feminine",
        "metonymically"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡sʊŋə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Zunge2.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/De-Zunge2.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "De-Zunge.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/De-Zunge.ogg"
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  ],
  "word": "Zunge"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with etymology trees",
    "German entries with etymon",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German feminine nouns",
    "German lemmas",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
    "Pages with etymon",
    "de:Anatomy"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "sense": "Compounds",
      "word": "Zungenblüte"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zungenbrecher"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zungenfehler"
    },
    {
      "word": "zungenförmig"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zungenkuss"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zungenlaut"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zungen-R"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zungenspitzen-R"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zungenrückenlaut"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zungenschlag"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zungenspitze"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zungenspitzenlaut"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zungenwurzel"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s"
    ],
    [
      "*tungǭ",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tungǭ"
    ],
    [
      "*tungā",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tungā"
    ],
    [
      "zunga",
      "zunga#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "zunge",
      "zunge#Middle_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "zunge",
      "zunge#Middle_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "zunga",
      "zunga#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "*tungā",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tungā"
    ],
    [
      "*tungǭ",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tungǭ"
    ],
    [
      "*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s"
    ],
    [
      "tunga",
      "tunga#Old_Saxon"
    ],
    [
      "Tung",
      "Tung#Low_German"
    ],
    [
      "tunga",
      "tunga#Old_Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "tong",
      "tong#Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "tunge",
      "tunge#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "tongue",
      "tongue#English"
    ],
    [
      "tonge",
      "tonge#West_Frisian"
    ],
    [
      "tunga",
      "tunga#Old_Norse"
    ],
    [
      "tunga",
      "tunga#Swedish"
    ],
    [
      "tunga",
      "tunga#Faroese"
    ],
    [
      "tunge",
      "tunge#Norwegian"
    ],
    [
      "tunga",
      "tunga#Swedish"
    ],
    [
      "tunge",
      "tunge#Danish"
    ],
    [
      "𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉",
      "𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉#Gothic"
    ],
    [
      "teanga",
      "teanga#Irish"
    ],
    [
      "tafod",
      "tafod#Welsh"
    ],
    [
      "lingua",
      "lingua#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "língua",
      "língua#Portuguese"
    ],
    [
      "lengua",
      "lengua#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "llengua",
      "llengua#Catalan"
    ],
    [
      "langue",
      "langue#French"
    ],
    [
      "lingua",
      "lingua#Italian"
    ],
    [
      "limbă",
      "limbă#Romanian"
    ],
    [
      "լեզու",
      "լեզու#Armenian"
    ],
    [
      "liežùvis",
      "liežuvis#Lithuanian"
    ],
    [
      "जिह्वा",
      "जिह्वा#Sanskrit"
    ],
    [
      "زبان",
      "زبان#Persian"
    ],
    [
      "*ęzykъ",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ęzykъ"
    ],
    [
      "jazyk",
      "jazyk#Czech"
    ],
    [
      "język",
      "język#Polish"
    ],
    [
      "язы́к",
      "язык#Russian"
    ],
    [
      "јѐзик",
      "језик#Serbo-Croatian"
    ],
    [
      "ези́к",
      "език#Bulgarian"
    ]
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "gmh:zunge",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s\nProto-Germanic *tungǭ\nProto-West Germanic *tungā\nOld High German zunga\nMiddle High German zunge\nGerman Zunge\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*tungǭ\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*tungā\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Old High German\", \"term\" : \"zunga\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"goh\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Middle High German\", \"term\" : \"zunge\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"gmh\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"German\", \"term\" : \"Zunge\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"de\" }\" data-lang=\"de\" data-title=\"Zunge\">",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "zunge"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German zunge",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "zunga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German zunga",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*tungā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *tungā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*tungǭ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tungǭ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s",
        "4": "",
        "5": "tongue"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "tunga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon tunga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "Tung"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German Tung",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "tunga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch tunga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "tong"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch tong",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "tunge"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tunge",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tongue"
      },
      "expansion": "English tongue",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "tonge"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian tonge",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "tunga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse tunga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "tunga"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish tunga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "tunga"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese tunga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "tunge"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian tunge",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "tunga"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish tunga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "tunge"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish tunge",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 (tuggō)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "teanga"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish teanga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "tafod"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh tafod",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "lingua"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lingua",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "língua"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese língua",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "lengua"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish lengua",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "llengua"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan llengua",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "langue"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "lingua"
      },
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    },
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        "2": "limbă"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
        "2": "լեզու"
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    },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "जिह्वा",
        "sc": "Deva",
        "tr": "jihvā́"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā́)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "زبان",
        "tr": "zabân"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "*ęzykъ"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cs",
        "2": "jazyk"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "język"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "язы́к"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian язы́к (jazýk)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "јѐзик"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bg",
        "2": "ези́к"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s\nProto-Germanic *tungǭ\nProto-West Germanic *tungā\nOld High German zunga\nMiddle High German zunge\nGerman Zunge\nFrom Middle High German zunge, from Old High German zunga, from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ; from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s (“tongue”).\nGermanic Cognates include Old Saxon tunga, Low German Tung, Old Dutch tunga, Dutch tong, Old English tunge (Modern English tongue), West Frisian tonge, Old Norse tunga (> Swedish tunga, Faroese tunga, Norwegian tunge, Swedish tunga, Danish tunge) and Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍉 (tuggō).\nNon-Germanic-Cognates with identical meaning include Irish teanga, Welsh tafod, Latin lingua (> Portuguese língua, Spanish lengua, Catalan llengua, French langue, Italian lingua, Romanian limbă), Armenian լեզու (lezu), Lithuanian liežùvis, Sanskrit जिह्वा (jihvā́), Persian زبان (zabân), Proto-Slavic *ęzykъ (> Czech jazyk, Polish język, Russian язы́к (jazýk), Serbo-Croatian јѐзик, Bulgarian ези́к (ezík)).",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zungen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Züngelchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zunge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zungen",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zunge",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Zungen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zunge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zungen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zunge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Zungen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "dim": "^lein,^elchen"
      },
      "expansion": "Zunge f (genitive Zunge, plural Zungen, diminutive Zünglein n or Züngelchen n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Zun",
        "ge"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Züngelchen"
    },
    {
      "word": "-züngig"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zünglein"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tongue (organ in the mouth)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tongue (flap in a shoe)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tongue",
          "tongue"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German metonyms",
        "German terms with archaic senses",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "German terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "foreigners",
          "literal_meaning": "people of another language",
          "text": "Menschen anderer Zunge",
          "translation": "foreigners",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to speak in tongues",
          "text": "in Zungen reden",
          "translation": "to speak in tongues",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "roman": "In Zeeländisch-Flandern hat die Gegend von ter Neuze und Aksel am meisten von zeeländischer Zunge beibehalten.",
          "text": "1892, Hermann Jellinghaus, Forschungen. Herausgegeben vom Verein für niederdeutsche Sprachforschung. Band V. — Die niederländischen Volksmundarten. Nach den Aufzeichnungen der Niederländer von Hermann Jellinghaus, Diedr. Soltau's Verlag: Norden & Leipzig, p. 17",
          "translation": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "language"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, metonymic) language"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Sprache"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "feminine",
        "metonymically"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡sʊŋə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Zunge2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/De-Zunge2.ogg/De-Zunge2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/De-Zunge2.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Zunge.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/64/De-Zunge.ogg/De-Zunge.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/De-Zunge.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Zunge"
}

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