See welcher in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Welche Farbe hat dein Kleid?",
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"text": "Welches Buch in diesem Regal hast du am öftesten gelesen?",
"translation": "Which book on this shelf have you read most often?",
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}
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"english": "He forgot to remove the last bullet from the barrel, a mistake which would cost him his life.",
"text": "Er vergaß, die letzte Kugel aus dem Lauf zu nehmen, welcher Fehler ihn das Leben kosten würde.",
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{
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},
{
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{
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"source": "declension",
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"source": "declension",
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"source": "declension",
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"source": "declension",
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"neuter",
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"source": "declension",
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"english": "There are two jackets here, which one is yours?",
"text": "Hier sind zwei Jacken, welche ist deine?",
"translation": "There are two jackets here, which one is yours?",
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"english": "The man, whom she recognized to be her neighbour, was lying dead on the pavement.",
"text": "Der Mann, welchen sie als ihren Nachbarn erkannte, lag tot auf dem Bürgersteig.",
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"english": "Shall I bring butter or is there still some in the fridge?",
"text": "Soll ich Butter mitbringen oder ist noch welche im Kühlschrank?",
"translation": "Shall I bring butter or is there still some in the fridge?",
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"German pronouns",
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"German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"German terms inherited from Middle High German",
"German terms inherited from Old High German",
"German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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"english": "He forgot to remove the last bullet from the barrel, a mistake which would cost him his life.",
"text": "Er vergaß, die letzte Kugel aus dem Lauf zu nehmen, welcher Fehler ihn das Leben kosten würde.",
"translation": "He forgot to remove the last bullet from the barrel, a mistake which would cost him his life.",
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"German terms inherited from Middle High German",
"German terms inherited from Old High German",
"German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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"masculine",
"singular"
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"source": "declension",
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"source": "declension",
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"masculine",
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"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
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"source": "declension",
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"neuter",
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"source": "declension",
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"neuter",
"singular"
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"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"plural"
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"source": "declension",
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"masculine",
"singular"
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"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
"singular"
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"source": "declension",
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"neuter",
"singular"
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"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"plural"
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"source": "declension",
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"masculine",
"singular"
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"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"feminine",
"singular"
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"source": "declension",
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"neuter",
"singular"
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{
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"source": "declension",
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"plural"
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"english": "There are two jackets here, which one is yours?",
"text": "Hier sind zwei Jacken, welche ist deine?",
"translation": "There are two jackets here, which one is yours?",
"type": "example"
}
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"which (one)"
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"(interrogative) which (one)"
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"tags": [
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{
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"examples": [
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"bold_text_offsets": [
[
10,
17
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
9,
13
]
],
"english": "The man, whom she recognized to be her neighbour, was lying dead on the pavement.",
"text": "Der Mann, welchen sie als ihren Nachbarn erkannte, lag tot auf dem Bürgersteig.",
"translation": "The man, whom she recognized to be her neighbour, was lying dead on the pavement.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"that; which; who; whom"
],
"links": [
[
"that",
"that"
],
[
"which",
"which"
],
[
"who",
"who"
],
[
"whom",
"whom"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(relative, literary) that; which; who; whom"
],
"tags": [
"literary",
"relative"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
41,
47
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
39,
43
]
],
"english": "Shall I bring butter or is there still some in the fridge?",
"text": "Soll ich Butter mitbringen oder ist noch welche im Kühlschrank?",
"translation": "Shall I bring butter or is there still some in the fridge?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"some (an unspecified amount of)"
],
"links": [
[
"some",
"some"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(indefinite) some (an unspecified amount of)"
],
"tags": [
"indefinite"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈvɛlçər/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈvɛl.çɐ]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈvɛʎ-]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈvɛɪ̯-]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ʋ-]"
},
{
"audio": "De-welcher.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/De-welcher.ogg/De-welcher.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/De-welcher.ogg"
},
{
"audio": "De-welcher2.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/De-welcher2.ogg/De-welcher2.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/De-welcher2.ogg",
"tags": [
"Germany",
"Berlin"
]
}
],
"word": "welcher"
}
Download raw JSONL data for welcher meaning in German (8.6kB)
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"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </ref>",
"path": [
"welcher"
],
"section": "German",
"subsection": "pronoun",
"title": "welcher",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "page/1896",
"msg": "Template nesting error: template_nesting = 1 couldn't split inflection templates, welcher/German section declension",
"path": [
"welcher"
],
"section": "German",
"subsection": "pronoun",
"title": "welcher",
"trace": ""
}
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