unc in Middle High German

IPA: /ˈunk/ (note: before 13ᵗʰ CE) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Old High German unc, from Proto-Germanic *ungwiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gmh|goh|unc}} Old High German unc, {{inh|gmh|gem-pro|*ungwiz}} Proto-Germanic *ungwiz, {{inh|gmh|ine-pro|*h₂éngʷʰis||snake}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”) Head templates: {{gmh-noun|m}} unc m Inflection templates: {{gmh-ndecl|((m.astem.decllemma:unk))}} Forms: strong [table-tags], ein [indefinite, nominative, singular], dër [definite, nominative, singular], unc [nominative, noun, singular], die [definite, nominative, plural], unke [nominative, noun, plural], eines [genitive, indefinite, singular], dës [definite, genitive, singular], unkes [genitive, noun, singular], dër [definite, genitive, plural], unke [genitive, noun, plural], eime [dative, indefinite, singular], dëm [dative, definite, singular], unke [dative, noun, singular], dën [dative, definite, plural], unken [dative, noun, plural], einen [accusative, indefinite, singular], dën [accusative, definite, singular], unc [accusative, noun, singular], die [accusative, definite, plural], unke [accusative, noun, plural]

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "Unke"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "unc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German unc",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ungwiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ungwiz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂éngʷʰis",
        "4": "",
        "5": "snake"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old High German unc, from Proto-Germanic *ungwiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmh-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dër",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "noun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "die",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eines",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dës",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unkes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "noun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dër",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eime",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dëm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "noun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dën",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dën",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "noun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "die",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "unc m",
      "name": "gmh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "((m.astem.decllemma:unk))"
      },
      "name": "gmh-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle High German",
  "lang_code": "gmh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a snake, a serpent, a basilisk"
      ],
      "id": "en-unc-gmh-noun-HK~Asdhn",
      "links": [
        [
          "snake",
          "snake"
        ],
        [
          "serpent",
          "serpent"
        ],
        [
          "basilisk",
          "basilisk"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 4 16 16 11 4 3 25 2 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 1 14 14 11 19 1 16 12 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 1 15 15 13 16 1 17 10 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle High German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle High German strong masculine nouns without umlaut",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "gmh",
          "name": "Animals",
          "orig": "gmh:Animals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a snake, a serpent, a basilisk",
        "the Devil"
      ],
      "id": "en-unc-gmh-noun-4QlF2cDN",
      "links": [
        [
          "snake",
          "snake"
        ],
        [
          "serpent",
          "serpent"
        ],
        [
          "basilisk",
          "basilisk"
        ],
        [
          "Devil",
          "Devil"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈunk/",
      "note": "before 13ᵗʰ CE"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unc"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Middle High German entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle High German lemmas",
    "Middle High German masculine nouns",
    "Middle High German nouns",
    "Middle High German strong masculine nouns without umlaut",
    "Middle High German terms derived from Old High German",
    "Middle High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle High German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Middle High German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "Middle High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle High German terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Middle High German terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old High German lemmas",
    "Old High German masculine nouns",
    "Old High German nouns",
    "Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old High German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "gmh:Animals"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "Unke"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "unc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German unc",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ungwiz"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old High German unc, from Proto-Germanic *ungwiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmh-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ein",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dër",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "noun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "die",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eines",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dës",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unkes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "noun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dër",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eime",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dëm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "noun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dën",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unken",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dën",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "noun",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "die",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "unke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "noun",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "unc m",
      "name": "gmh-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "((m.astem.decllemma:unk))"
      },
      "name": "gmh-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle High German",
  "lang_code": "gmh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a snake, a serpent, a basilisk"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "snake",
          "snake"
        ],
        [
          "serpent",
          "serpent"
        ],
        [
          "basilisk",
          "basilisk"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a snake, a serpent, a basilisk",
        "the Devil"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "snake",
          "snake"
        ],
        [
          "serpent",
          "serpent"
        ],
        [
          "basilisk",
          "basilisk"
        ],
        [
          "Devil",
          "Devil"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈunk/",
      "note": "before 13ᵗʰ CE"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unc"
}

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"unc" meaning in Middle High German

Noun