"Zwiebel" meaning in German

See Zwiebel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡sviːbəl/ Audio: De-Zwiebel2.ogg , De-Zwiebel.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German zwibel, zwibolle, from Old High German zwibollo, from Late Latin cēpulla, diminutive of Latin cēpa. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|zwibel}} Middle High German zwibel, {{inh|de|goh|zwibollo}} Old High German zwibollo, {{der|de|LL.|cēpulla}} Late Latin cēpulla, {{der|de|la|cēpa}} Latin cēpa Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Zwiebel f (genitive Zwiebel, plural Zwiebeln) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Zwiebel [genitive], Zwiebeln [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Zwiebel [nominative, singular], Zwiebeln [definite, nominative, plural], Zwiebel [genitive, singular], Zwiebeln [definite, genitive, plural], Zwiebel [dative, singular], Zwiebeln [dative, definite, plural], Zwiebel [accusative, singular], Zwiebeln [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. onion (typically Allium cepa, the plant or its bulb) Tags: feminine Categories (lifeform): Alliums, Vegetables
    Sense id: en-Zwiebel-de-noun-tGESHxFg Disambiguation of Alliums: 51 10 2 9 29 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 28 17 2 18 35
  2. bulb (of a plant) Tags: feminine Categories (lifeform): Vegetables
    Sense id: en-Zwiebel-de-noun-c4hWRePe Disambiguation of Vegetables: 28 17 2 18 35
  3. (slang) head, biscuit Tags: feminine, slang
    Sense id: en-Zwiebel-de-noun-Y-~zifdN
  4. (slang) pocket watch Tags: feminine, slang Categories (topical): Clocks Categories (lifeform): Vegetables
    Sense id: en-Zwiebel-de-noun-sHKdT6vh Disambiguation of Clocks: 9 4 1 74 12 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 28 17 2 18 35
  5. the thickened part of a hair sitting inside the skin, Haarzwiebel, hair follicle Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Hair Categories (lifeform): Vegetables
    Sense id: en-Zwiebel-de-noun-vsVTkAZ9 Disambiguation of Hair: 22 26 1 7 44 Disambiguation of Vegetables: 28 17 2 18 35 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 27 11 5 16 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 7 1 13 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 6 1 12 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: zwiebelartigzwiebelförmigzwiebelnzwieblig, ZwiebelbeetZwiebeldachZwiebelfischZwiebelknolleZwiebelkuchenZwiebelschaleZwiebelsuppeZwiebeltorteZwiebelturm, BlumenzwiebelBrutzwiebelFrühlingszwiebelJungzwiebelKnoblauchzwiebelKüchenzwiebelLauchzwiebelSchnittzwiebelSpeisezwiebelSteckzwiebelTulpenzwiebelWinterzwiebel

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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      "form": "Zwiebel",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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    },
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        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "51 10 2 9 29",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Alliums",
          "orig": "de:Alliums",
          "parents": [
            "Amaryllis family plants",
            "Root vegetables",
            "Spices and herbs",
            "Asparagales order plants",
            "Flowers",
            "Vegetables",
            "Foods",
            "Plants",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
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        {
          "_dis": "28 17 2 18 35",
          "kind": "lifeform",
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          "orig": "de:Vegetables",
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            "Eating",
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            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
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        ]
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        {
          "ref": "2024 February 6, Clint Lukas, “„Sie benehmen sich oft unter aller Würde“: Reinigungskraft eines Berliner Konzerthauses packt aus”, in Berliner Zeitung:",
          "text": "Und wenn so ein Mensch von achtzig, neunzig Jahren die Treppe runtersegelt, haut der sich dann halt auch mal die Zwiebel auf, und dann hast du alles voller Blut. Das müssen wir aufwischen.",
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Clocks",
          "orig": "de:Clocks",
          "parents": [
            "Machines",
            "Timekeeping",
            "Technology",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "(slang) pocket watch"
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          "_dis": "35 7 1 13 44",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "28 17 2 18 35",
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            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Lifeforms",
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            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
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          "name": "Hair",
          "orig": "de:Hair",
          "parents": [
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            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "All topics",
            "Biology",
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            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "Health"
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          "ref": "1853, Karl Köhler, Zur Crinologie. Lehre vom Haare und dem Haarleben, 6th edition, Wien, page 31:",
          "text": "Wenn die Markzellenröhre mit jener der Zwiebel nicht correspondirt; ist z.B. die Haarröhre bedeutender durchsichtig, als die Zwiebel, so ist fehlerhafte Behandlung des Haares mit Waschen, Schmieren etc., oder Aufenthalt in schädlicher Luft erwiesen.",
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          "Haarzwiebel#German"
        ],
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          "hair follicle",
          "hair follicle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
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          "text": "Und wenn so ein Mensch von achtzig, neunzig Jahren die Treppe runtersegelt, haut der sich dann halt auch mal die Zwiebel auf, und dann hast du alles voller Blut. Das müssen wir aufwischen.",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). 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.