"wenn man vom Teufel spricht, kommt er" meaning in German

See wenn man vom Teufel spricht, kommt er in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: [vɛn man fɔm ˈtɔɪ̯fl̩ ʃpʁɪçt ˈkɔmt eːɐ̯] Audio: De-wenn_man_vom_Teufel_spricht_kommt_er.ogg
Head templates: {{head|de|phrase}} wenn man vom Teufel spricht, kommt er
  1. (idiomatic) speak of the devil and he shall appear Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: wenn man vom Teufel spricht, dann kommt er
    Sense id: en-wenn_man_vom_Teufel_spricht,_kommt_er-de-phrase-VoaMgWHy Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "wenn man vom Teufel spricht, kommt er",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "speak of the devil and he shall appear"
      ],
      "id": "en-wenn_man_vom_Teufel_spricht,_kommt_er-de-phrase-VoaMgWHy",
      "links": [
        [
          "speak of the devil and he shall appear",
          "speak of the devil and he shall appear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) speak of the devil and he shall appear"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wenn man vom Teufel spricht, dann kommt er"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[vɛn man fɔm ˈtɔɪ̯fl̩ ʃpʁɪçt ˈkɔmt eːɐ̯]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-wenn_man_vom_Teufel_spricht_kommt_er.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c4/De-wenn_man_vom_Teufel_spricht_kommt_er.ogg/De-wenn_man_vom_Teufel_spricht_kommt_er.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/De-wenn_man_vom_Teufel_spricht_kommt_er.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wenn man vom Teufel spricht, kommt er"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "wenn man vom Teufel spricht, kommt er",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German idioms",
        "German lemmas",
        "German multiword terms",
        "German phrases",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "speak of the devil and he shall appear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "speak of the devil and he shall appear",
          "speak of the devil and he shall appear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) speak of the devil and he shall appear"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[vɛn man fɔm ˈtɔɪ̯fl̩ ʃpʁɪçt ˈkɔmt eːɐ̯]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-wenn_man_vom_Teufel_spricht_kommt_er.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c4/De-wenn_man_vom_Teufel_spricht_kommt_er.ogg/De-wenn_man_vom_Teufel_spricht_kommt_er.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/De-wenn_man_vom_Teufel_spricht_kommt_er.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wenn man vom Teufel spricht, dann kommt er"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wenn man vom Teufel spricht, kommt er"
}

Download raw JSONL data for wenn man vom Teufel spricht, kommt er meaning in German (1.1kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.