"jo" meaning in German

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ja",
        "3": "",
        "4": "yes"
      },
      "expansion": "ja (“yes”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yo"
      },
      "expansion": "English yo",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Alteration of ja (“yes”) or the respective dialectal cognates. Compare English yo.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "jo",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
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          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "yes, yeah, well; expresses agreement in a hesitant or ponderous manner."
      ],
      "id": "en-jo-de-intj-t8jaS9XQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "yes",
          "yes"
        ],
        [
          "yeah",
          "yeah"
        ],
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, dialectal) yes, yeah, well; expresses agreement in a hesitant or ponderous manner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jɔː/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "joa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "jö"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jo"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "ja, jo"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German ja, jo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ja",
        "4": "",
        "5": "yes, thus, so"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes, thus, so”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "jo"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish jo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "yo"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English yo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yo"
      },
      "expansion": "English yo",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the respective dialectal words for yes in about half of Northern and Central Germany and all of Western Germany (compare Low German ja, jo). Possibly from Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes, thus, so”), possibly from an unrecorded root. The form with /oː/ must have existed in the Middle Ages already, since the word often partakes in the same sound shifts as words with /oː/ from other sources, cf. Swedish jo, Middle English yo (> English yo).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "jo",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "johlen"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "yes; expresses firm agreement."
      ],
      "id": "en-jo-de-intj-mhYUX3VR",
      "links": [
        [
          "yes",
          "yes"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) yes; expresses firm agreement."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/joː/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "joa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "jö"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jo"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "German 1-syllable words",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German interjections",
    "German lemmas",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "ja",
        "3": "",
        "4": "yes"
      },
      "expansion": "ja (“yes”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yo"
      },
      "expansion": "English yo",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Alteration of ja (“yes”) or the respective dialectal cognates. Compare English yo.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "jo",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German colloquialisms",
        "German dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "yes, yeah, well; expresses agreement in a hesitant or ponderous manner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "yes",
          "yes"
        ],
        [
          "yeah",
          "yeah"
        ],
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, dialectal) yes, yeah, well; expresses agreement in a hesitant or ponderous manner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jɔː/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "joa"
    },
    {
      "word": "jö"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jo"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "German 1-syllable words",
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German interjections",
    "German lemmas",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "johlen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "ja, jo"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German ja, jo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ja",
        "4": "",
        "5": "yes, thus, so"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes, thus, so”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "jo"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish jo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "yo"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English yo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yo"
      },
      "expansion": "English yo",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the respective dialectal words for yes in about half of Northern and Central Germany and all of Western Germany (compare Low German ja, jo). Possibly from Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes, thus, so”), possibly from an unrecorded root. The form with /oː/ must have existed in the Middle Ages already, since the word often partakes in the same sound shifts as words with /oː/ from other sources, cf. Swedish jo, Middle English yo (> English yo).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "jo",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "yes; expresses firm agreement."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "yes",
          "yes"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) yes; expresses firm agreement."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/joː/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "joa"
    },
    {
      "word": "jö"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jo"
}