"je" meaning in German

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Adverb

IPA: /jeː/ Audio: De-je.ogg
Rhymes: -eː Etymology: Old High German io. Etymology templates: {{der|de|goh|io}} Old High German io Head templates: {{head|de|adverb||||am {{{2}}}|head=|sort=}} je, {{de-adv}} je
  1. ever
    Sense id: en-je-de-adv-YyEmVfLi
  2. per
    Sense id: en-je-de-adv-tCfD3skE
  3. (with “desto”, “umso” or (dated) “je”) the
    Sense id: en-je-de-adv-xVvbVlfd Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 11 0 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: je länger je lieber (english: the longer it lasts, the more I like it), je nach, je nachdem

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "the longer it lasts, the more I like it",
      "word": "je länger je lieber"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "je nach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "je nachdem"
    }
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        {
          "english": "And now comes the Reformation itself. The largest spiritual upheaval that was ever experienced by a nation of the Occident.",
          "ref": "1930, Paul Joachimsen, Der Humanismus und die Entwicklung des deutschen Geistes, in: Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte, 8, page 467",
          "text": "Und nun kommt die Reformation selbst. Die größte geistige Umwälzung, die je ein Volk des Abendlandes erlebt hat.",
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          "english": "the more the better",
          "text": "je mehr, desto besser",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the sooner the better",
          "text": "je früher, umso besser",
          "type": "example"
        }
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    "German terms with audio links",
    "German terms with homophones",
    "Rhymes:German/eː",
    "Rhymes:German/eː/1 syllable"
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      "english": "the longer it lasts, the more I like it",
      "word": "je länger je lieber"
    },
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      "word": "je nach"
    },
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      "word": "je nachdem"
    }
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        {
          "english": "And now comes the Reformation itself. The largest spiritual upheaval that was ever experienced by a nation of the Occident.",
          "ref": "1930, Paul Joachimsen, Der Humanismus und die Entwicklung des deutschen Geistes, in: Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte, 8, page 467",
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          "per",
          "per"
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