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Wilhelm Vocabulary

The data that serves wilhelmlang.com. They are written in YAML format, because

1. it is machine-readable so that it can be consumed quickly in data pipelines
2. it is human-readable and, thus, easy to modify
3. it supports multi-lines value which is very handy for data of natural languages

YAML Schema

German

vocabulary:
  - term: string
    definition: list
    plural: string
    declension/conjugation: string

• The conjugation is the inflection paradigm for a German verb and declension the inflection for nouns and adjectives. Only one of the two is present for a term.

• The type of the word can be inferred using the following rule

  • term with a definite article of "der"/"die"/"das" and a field of plural that comes with it signifies a noun

  • Those with conjugation field denotes a verb; its definition also begins with "to ..."

  • The rests are explicitly stated in the definition field. For example,

      - term: ob
        definition:
          - (conj.) if
          - (conj.) whether
    

    means "ob" is a conjunction in this case

      - term: denn
        definition:
          - (adv.) then, thus
          - (conj.) because
    

    tells that "denn" can be both an adverb or conjunction

Korean

vocabulary:
  - term: string
    definition: list

Ancient Greek

vocabulary:
  - term: string
    definition: list

Latin

vocabulary:
  - term: string
    definition: list

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