elk in Low German

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Etymology: Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *aiwgahwalīk, from *aiw (“age, eternity”) + *galīk (“similar, alike”). Compare Dutch elk, English each. Etymology templates: {{inh|nds|gmw-pro|*aiwgahwalīk}} Proto-West Germanic *aiwgahwalīk, {{cog|nl|elk}} Dutch elk, {{cog|en|each}} English each Head templates: {{head|nds|pronoun}} elk Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], elk [masculine, nominative, singular], elk [feminine, nominative, singular], elke [feminine, nominative, singular], elk [neuter, nominative, singular], elk [nominative, plural], elke [nominative, plural], elken [masculine, oblique, singular], elk [feminine, oblique, singular], elke [feminine, oblique, singular], elk [neuter, oblique, singular]

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        "1": "nds",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*aiwgahwalīk"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "elk"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch elk",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "each"
      },
      "expansion": "English each",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *aiwgahwalīk, from *aiw (“age, eternity”) + *galīk (“similar, alike”). Compare Dutch elk, English each.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elk",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elk",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elk",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elk",
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        "nominative",
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    {
      "form": "elke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elken",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elk",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "oblique",
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      ]
    },
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        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
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  "pos": "pron",
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      "word": "jede"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "männich"
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      "word": "veel"
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      "word": "enige"
    },
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      "word": "elker"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Elkeener"
    }
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          "name": "Low German pronouns",
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      ],
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        "each, every"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "singular",
          "singular"
        ],
        [
          "each",
          "each"
        ],
        [
          "every",
          "every"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the singular) each, every"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "some, many"
      ],
      "id": "en-elk-nds-pron-9iGoNL~O",
      "links": [
        [
          "some",
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        ],
        [
          "many",
          "many"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) some, many"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "elk"
}

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    "Low German entries with incorrect language header",
    "Low German lemmas",
    "Low German pronouns",
    "Low German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Low German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "elk"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch elk",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "each"
      },
      "expansion": "English each",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *aiwgahwalīk, from *aiw (“age, eternity”) + *galīk (“similar, alike”). Compare Dutch elk, English each.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elk",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elk",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elk",
      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elk",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elk",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elk",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Low German",
  "lang_code": "nds",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "jede"
    },
    {
      "word": "männich"
    },
    {
      "word": "veel"
    },
    {
      "word": "enige"
    },
    {
      "word": "elker"
    },
    {
      "word": "Elkeener"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "each, every"
      ],
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        [
          "singular",
          "singular"
        ],
        [
          "each",
          "each"
        ],
        [
          "every",
          "every"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the singular) each, every"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "some, many"
      ],
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        [
          "some",
          "some"
        ],
        [
          "many",
          "many"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) some, many"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "elk"
}

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  "msg": "TABLE not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "elk"
  ],
  "section": "Low German",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "elk",
  "trace": "started on line 3, detected on line 27"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "elk"
  ],
  "section": "Low German",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "elk",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 27"
}

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  "path": [
    "elk"
  ],
  "section": "Low German",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "elk",
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}

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"elk" meaning in Low German

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