"fair-" meaning in German

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Prefix

Etymology: From English fair, taking advantage of the homophony with ver-. Etymology templates: {{der|de|en|fair}} English fair Head templates: {{head|de|prefix}} fair-
  1. Variant of ver-; creates verbs meaning to do something related to the stem in a fairtrade, socially conscious or environmentally friendly way. Tags: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Alternative form of: ver- (extra: creates verbs meaning to do something related to the stem in a fairtrade, socially conscious or environmentally friendly way)
    Sense id: en-fair--de-prefix-AT9OUcCb Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
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      "expansion": "English fair",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English fair, taking advantage of the homophony with ver-.",
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        "1": "de",
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      },
      "expansion": "fair-",
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "creates verbs meaning to do something related to the stem in a fairtrade, socially conscious or environmentally friendly way",
          "word": "ver-"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "fair- + verkaufen (“to sell”) → fairkaufen (“to sell fairtrade products”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "fair- + verteilen (“to distribute”) → fairteilen (“to distribute fairly”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "fair- + verstehen (“to understand”) → fairstehen (“to empathise”)"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 May 1, Sören Sieg, Jan Melzer, Come in and burn out: Denglisch Der Survival-Guide, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, →ISBN:",
          "text": "»Fairteilen, Fairständnis, Fairgeben« wirbt das Diakonische Werk.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Variant of ver-; creates verbs meaning to do something related to the stem in a fairtrade, socially conscious or environmentally friendly way."
      ],
      "id": "en-fair--de-prefix-AT9OUcCb",
      "links": [
        [
          "ver-",
          "ver-#German"
        ],
        [
          "fairtrade",
          "fairtrade#English"
        ],
        [
          "environmentally friendly",
          "environmentally friendly#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fair-"
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  "lang_code": "de",
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      ],
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        "German lemmas",
        "German prefixes",
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        "Requests for translations of German quotations"
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        {
          "text": "fair- + verkaufen (“to sell”) → fairkaufen (“to sell fairtrade products”)"
        },
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          "text": "fair- + verteilen (“to distribute”) → fairteilen (“to distribute fairly”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "fair- + verstehen (“to understand”) → fairstehen (“to empathise”)"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 May 1, Sören Sieg, Jan Melzer, Come in and burn out: Denglisch Der Survival-Guide, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, →ISBN:",
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      ],
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          "ver-",
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        ],
        [
          "fairtrade",
          "fairtrade#English"
        ],
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          "environmentally friendly",
          "environmentally friendly#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fair-"
}

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