See gern in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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}
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"source": "inflection",
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},
{
"form": "gern",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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"neuter",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "gernas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "gerneʀā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "gernas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
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{
"form": "gernumē",
"source": "inflection",
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"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
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},
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
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{
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"source": "inflection",
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{
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"source": "inflection",
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"masculine",
"singular"
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},
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"neuter",
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},
{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "gernō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"neuter",
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"source": "inflection",
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"masculine",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "gerneʀō",
"source": "inflection",
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"genitive",
"plural"
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"source": "inflection",
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{
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"source": "inflection",
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"source": "inflection",
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"source": "inflection",
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"neuter",
"plural"
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{
"form": "gernum",
"source": "inflection",
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"neuter",
"plural"
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"source": "inflection",
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"masculine",
"plural"
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"masculine",
"plural"
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"instrumental",
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"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gern",
"pos": "adj",
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
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"parents": [],
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},
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"word": "gernō"
},
{
"word": "girnijan"
}
],
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"eager, willing"
],
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[
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"eager"
],
[
"willing",
"willing"
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"tags": [
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]
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{
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},
{
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}
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"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ġeorn"
},
"expansion": "Old English: ġeorn\nMiddle English: ȝeorn, yern\nEnglish: yern (obsolete)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
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},
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"name": "desc"
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"text": "Old Saxon: gern"
},
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"1": "goh",
"2": "gern"
},
"expansion": "Old High German: gern, gërni\nMiddle High German: gërn, gërne",
"name": "desctree"
}
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}
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"source": "inflection",
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"nominative",
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"source": "inflection",
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"source": "inflection",
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"masculine",
"singular"
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"source": "inflection",
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"feminine",
"singular"
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{
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"source": "inflection",
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"source": "inflection",
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"masculine",
"singular"
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"form": "gerneʀā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "gernas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "gernumē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
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},
{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "gernumē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "gernu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "gerneʀu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "gernu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "gernē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "gernō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "gernu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "gernā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "gerneʀō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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"neuter",
"plural"
]
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"source": "inflection",
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"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"plural"
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},
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},
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"plural"
]
},
{
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]
},
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]
},
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},
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},
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"Pages with entries",
"Proto-West Germanic a-stem adjectives",
"Proto-West Germanic adjectives",
"Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
"Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Proto-West Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰer- (yearn)",
"Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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}
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