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"word": "-le"
},
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},
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{
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{
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{
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},
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"word": "brüederlīn"
},
{
"word": "esellīn"
},
{
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},
{
"word": "knebelīn"
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{
"word": "küechelīn"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "muschellīn"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "vröuwelīn"
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{
"word": "vröulīn"
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{
"word": "ōrelīn"
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{
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"Appended to a noun, making it a diminutive with neuter gender."
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{
"word": "stërnechīn"
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{
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{
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{
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{
"sense": "words formed with -elīn",
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{
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{
"sense": "words formed with -elīn",
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{
"sense": "words formed with -elīn",
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},
{
"sense": "words formed with -elīn",
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{
"sense": "words formed with -elīn",
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{
"sense": "words formed with -elīn",
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{
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"Etymological Dictionary of the German Language",
"de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache"
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{
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{
"word": "küechelīn"
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{
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{
"word": "heidelīn"
},
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"sense": "words formed with -elīn",
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},
{
"sense": "words formed with -elīn",
"word": "buochelīn"
},
{
"sense": "words formed with -elīn",
"word": "büechelīn"
},
{
"sense": "words formed with -elīn",
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},
{
"sense": "words formed with -elīn",
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{
"sense": "words formed with -elīn",
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"sense": "words formed with -elīn",
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{
"sense": "words formed with -elīn",
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"sense": "words formed with -elīn",
"word": "hundelīn"
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"sense": "words formed with -elīn",
"word": "kindelīn"
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{
"sense": "words formed with -elīn",
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},
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"sense": "words formed with -elīn",
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},
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"sense": "words formed with -elīn",
"word": "pherdelīn"
},
{
"sense": "words formed with -lī",
"word": "esellī"
},
{
"sense": "words formed with -lī",
"word": "megtlī"
},
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"word": "beinichīn"
},
{
"word": "stërnechīn"
},
{
"word": "vogelchīn"
},
{
"word": "voilchīn"
},
{
"word": "-chīn"
},
{
"word": "-ichīn"
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"Middle High German lemmas",
"Middle High German suffixes",
"Middle High German terms derived from Old High German",
"Middle High German terms inherited from Old High German",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries"
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"Appended to a noun, making it a diminutive with neuter gender."
],
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"Etymological Dictionary of the German Language",
"de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache"
]
}
],
"word": "-lin"
}
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