"je" meaning in German

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Adverb

IPA: /jeː/ Audio: De-je.ogg
Rhymes: -eː Etymology: From Middle High German ie, from Old High German io. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|ie}} Middle High German ie, {{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 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 0
  2. per
    Sense id: en-je-de-adv-tCfD3skE
  3. (with “desto”, “umso” or (dated) “je”) the
    Sense id: en-je-de-adv-uXdtfd9F
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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  "derived": [
    {
      "_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"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "ie"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German ie",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "io"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German io",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German ie, from Old High German io.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "adverb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "am {{{2}}}",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "je",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "je",
      "name": "de-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ever"
      ],
      "id": "en-je-de-adv-YyEmVfLi",
      "links": [
        [
          "ever",
          "ever"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "per"
      ],
      "id": "en-je-de-adv-tCfD3skE",
      "links": [
        [
          "per",
          "per"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the more the better",
          "text": "je mehr, desto besser",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the sooner the better",
          "text": "je früher, umso besser",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the"
      ],
      "id": "en-je-de-adv-uXdtfd9F",
      "links": [
        [
          "desto",
          "desto#German"
        ],
        [
          "umso",
          "umso#German"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "“umso” or (dated) “je”",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with “desto”, “umso” or (dated) “je”) the"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with “desto”"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jeː/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-je.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/13/De-je.ogg/De-je.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/De-je.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eː"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "jäh stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "je"
}
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    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 43 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:German/eː",
    "Rhymes:German/eː/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "the longer it lasts, the more I like it",
      "word": "je länger je lieber"
    },
    {
      "word": "je nach"
    },
    {
      "word": "je nachdem"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "ie"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German ie",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "io"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German io",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German ie, from Old High German io.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "adverb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "am {{{2}}}",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "je",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "je",
      "name": "de-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ever"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ever",
          "ever"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "per"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "per",
          "per"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the more the better",
          "text": "je mehr, desto besser",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the sooner the better",
          "text": "je früher, umso besser",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "desto",
          "desto#German"
        ],
        [
          "umso",
          "umso#German"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "“umso” or (dated) “je”",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with “desto”, “umso” or (dated) “je”) the"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with “desto”"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jeː/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-je.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/13/De-je.ogg/De-je.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/De-je.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eː"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "jäh stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "je"
}

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