See ei in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ei machen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "to pat, caress",
"word": "ei ei machen"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "aaien"
},
"expansion": "Dutch aaien",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "For the “caressing” sense compare Dutch aaien.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "interjection"
},
"expansion": "ei",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "intj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"whoa, hey (expression of surprise)"
],
"id": "en-ei-de-intj-VEA~DoJO",
"links": [
[
"whoa",
"whoa"
],
[
"hey",
"hey"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ach"
},
{
"word": "oh"
},
{
"word": "huch"
},
{
"word": "hui"
},
{
"word": "hey"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "36 64",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"said when patting or caressing a person or animal"
],
"id": "en-ei-de-intj-InWAHa0x",
"links": [
[
"childish",
"childish"
],
[
"parentese",
"parentese"
],
[
"ei ei",
"ei ei#German"
],
[
"pat",
"pat#English"
],
[
"caress",
"caress#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(childish, parentese, often reduplicated as ei ei) said when patting or caressing a person or animal"
],
"raw_tags": [
"as ei ei"
],
"tags": [
"childish",
"often",
"reduplication"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/aɪ̯/"
}
],
"word": "ei"
}
{
"categories": [
"German entries with incorrect language header",
"German interjections",
"German lemmas",
"Pages with 47 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "ei machen"
},
{
"english": "to pat, caress",
"word": "ei ei machen"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "aaien"
},
"expansion": "Dutch aaien",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "For the “caressing” sense compare Dutch aaien.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "interjection"
},
"expansion": "ei",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "intj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"whoa, hey (expression of surprise)"
],
"links": [
[
"whoa",
"whoa"
],
[
"hey",
"hey"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ach"
},
{
"word": "oh"
},
{
"word": "huch"
},
{
"word": "hui"
},
{
"word": "hey"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German childish terms"
],
"glosses": [
"said when patting or caressing a person or animal"
],
"links": [
[
"childish",
"childish"
],
[
"parentese",
"parentese"
],
[
"ei ei",
"ei ei#German"
],
[
"pat",
"pat#English"
],
[
"caress",
"caress#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(childish, parentese, often reduplicated as ei ei) said when patting or caressing a person or animal"
],
"raw_tags": [
"as ei ei"
],
"tags": [
"childish",
"often",
"reduplication"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/aɪ̯/"
}
],
"word": "ei"
}
Download raw JSONL data for ei meaning in German (1.2kB)
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: childish, parentese, often reduplicated as ei ei",
"path": [
"ei"
],
"section": "German",
"subsection": "interjection",
"title": "ei",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: childish, parentese, often reduplicated as ei ei",
"path": [
"ei"
],
"section": "German",
"subsection": "interjection",
"title": "ei",
"trace": ""
}
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