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Sentence

Die Straße ist breit.

Translation

The street is wide.



Analysis


die
     art. feminine singular of der
     art. plural of der
     pron. feminine singular of der
     pron. plural of der
     pron.          (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose
     pron.          (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them
     der
          art. the
          art. feminine singular of der
          art. genitive plural of der
          pron. who; that; which
          pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that
          pron. (attributive, stressed) that
          pron. (indicative) him, he
          pron. (differential) the one, him
          pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her
Straße
     n-f. street; road (a way wide enough to be passable for vehicles, generally paved, in or outside a settlement)
     n-f. carriageway (the part of a road or street used by vehicles, excluding the pavement, etc.)
     n-f. (figuratively) public, any area accessible to anyone
     n-f. (figuratively) general public, using the locale to describe people not part of a specific group
     n-f. the streets, areas or groups of people of no income or criminal affiliation, or the leading of a life associated with these
     n-f. strait (channel of water)
     n-f. (poker) straight
ist
     v. third-person singular present of sein
     sein
          v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be
          v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition)
          v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for
          v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs
          v. to exist; there to be; to be alive
          v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.)
          v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag
          det. his
          det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun)
          det.          (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so.
          det. one's
breit
     adj. broad, wide
     adj. (figuratively) wide
     adj. (colloquial) drunk or high on marijuana; stoned




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