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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gmh",
"3": "kein"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German kein",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "dechein"
},
"expansion": "dechein",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "dehein",
"t": "someone; anyone"
},
"expansion": "dehein (“someone; anyone”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
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"2": "goh",
"3": "dehein"
},
"expansion": "Old High German dehein",
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},
{
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},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
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"t": "not any"
},
"expansion": "nehein (“not any”)",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "nihein"
},
"expansion": "Old High German nihein",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "none"
},
"expansion": "none",
"name": "l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle High German kein; from the merger of dechein/dehein (“someone; anyone”), from Old High German dehein; and nechein/nehein (“not any”), from Old High German nihein. More at none.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "de-decl-kein",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "kein",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "keine",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "kein",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "keine",
"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "keines",
"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "keiner",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "keines",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "keiner",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "keinem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "keiner",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "keinem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "keinen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "keinen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "keine",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "kein",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "keine",
"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"plural"
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}
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},
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}
],
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{
"args": {},
"name": "de-decl-kein"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kein",
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"12": "keinen",
"13": "keinen",
"14": "keine",
"15": "kein",
"16": "keine",
"2": "keine",
"3": "kein",
"4": "keine",
"5": "keines",
"6": "keiner",
"7": "keines",
"8": "keiner",
"9": "keinem"
},
"name": "de-decl-pronoun"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
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}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "kein Blatt vor den Mund nehmen"
},
{
"word": "kein Jota"
},
{
"word": "kein Kommentar"
},
{
"word": "kein Problem"
},
{
"word": "kein unbeschriebenes Blatt sein"
},
{
"word": "kein Wässerchen trüben können"
},
{
"word": "kein Wunder"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "That is not a bed. (literally, “That is no bed.”)",
"text": "Das ist kein Bett.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "There is no bread.",
"text": "Es gibt kein Brot. (accusative)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"no; not a(n); not one; not any"
],
"id": "en-kein-de-pron-jRH~aTes",
"links": [
[
"no",
"no"
],
[
"not",
"not"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "keiner"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kaɪ̯n/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɔɪ̯/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪ̯n"
},
{
"homophone": "Kain"
},
{
"homophone": "keinen (according to a common pronunciation of this form)"
},
{
"audio": "De-kein.ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/De-kein.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "kein"
}
{
"categories": [
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"West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
"West Frisian lemmas",
"West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian",
"West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"West Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"West Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian",
"West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"West Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "kein Blatt vor den Mund nehmen"
},
{
"word": "kein Jota"
},
{
"word": "kein Kommentar"
},
{
"word": "kein Problem"
},
{
"word": "kein unbeschriebenes Blatt sein"
},
{
"word": "kein Wässerchen trüben können"
},
{
"word": "kein Wunder"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gmh",
"3": "kein"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German kein",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "dechein"
},
"expansion": "dechein",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "dehein",
"t": "someone; anyone"
},
"expansion": "dehein (“someone; anyone”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "goh",
"3": "dehein"
},
"expansion": "Old High German dehein",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "nechein"
},
"expansion": "nechein",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "nehein",
"t": "not any"
},
"expansion": "nehein (“not any”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "nihein"
},
"expansion": "Old High German nihein",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "none"
},
"expansion": "none",
"name": "l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle High German kein; from the merger of dechein/dehein (“someone; anyone”), from Old High German dehein; and nechein/nehein (“not any”), from Old High German nihein. More at none.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "de-decl-kein",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "kein",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "keine",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "kein",
"source": "declension",
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"neuter",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "keine",
"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "keines",
"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "keiner",
"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
"genitive"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "keiner",
"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "keinem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "keiner",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "keinem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "keinen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "keinen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "keine",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "kein",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "keine",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "pronoun"
},
"expansion": "kein",
"name": "head"
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"name": "de-decl-kein"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kein",
"10": "keiner",
"11": "keinem",
"12": "keinen",
"13": "keinen",
"14": "keine",
"15": "kein",
"16": "keine",
"2": "keine",
"3": "kein",
"4": "keine",
"5": "keines",
"6": "keiner",
"7": "keines",
"8": "keiner",
"9": "keinem"
},
"name": "de-decl-pronoun"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "pron",
"related": [
{
"word": "keiner"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"German 1-syllable words",
"German entries with incorrect language header",
"German lemmas",
"German pronouns",
"German terms derived from Middle High German",
"German terms derived from Old High German",
"German terms inherited from Middle High German",
"German terms inherited from Old High German",
"German terms with IPA pronunciation",
"German terms with audio links",
"German terms with homophones",
"German terms with usage examples",
"Rhymes:German/aɪ̯n",
"Rhymes:German/aɪ̯n/1 syllable"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "That is not a bed. (literally, “That is no bed.”)",
"text": "Das ist kein Bett.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "There is no bread.",
"text": "Es gibt kein Brot. (accusative)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"no; not a(n); not one; not any"
],
"links": [
[
"no",
"no"
],
[
"not",
"not"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kaɪ̯n/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɔɪ̯/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪ̯n"
},
{
"homophone": "Kain"
},
{
"homophone": "keinen (according to a common pronunciation of this form)"
},
{
"audio": "De-kein.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/67/De-kein.ogg/De-kein.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/De-kein.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "kein"
}
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