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Du kannst auf beide Seiten des Blattes schreiben.

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Du
     pron. alternative case form of du you (singular) (especially when used as a direct address in letters)
     n. (literally) the thou, the you (singular)
     pron. you (thou, singular familiar)
kannst
     v. second-person singular present of können
     können
          v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can.
          v.          (auxiliary)
          v.          to be able to do something implied; can.
          v.          to know how to do (something); to know; to understand; to be able to do (something); to be capable of; can do (something), to have a specific skill. (w
          v.          to be possible, to make sense
          v.          (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may.
          v.          (auxiliary) to be in the legal situation of being able to realize a legal effect even if it be legally disallowed
auf
     prep. (with dative) on, upon (positioned at the top of)
     prep. (with accusative) on, onto, up (moving to the top of)
     prep. (with accusative) on (indicating responsibility)
     prep. (with dative) in, at; used with certain nouns instead of bei or in
     prep. (with accusative) to; used with certain nouns instead of zu or in
     prep. (with a language name) in (see usage note below)
     prep. (linguistics) in (of a word: ending with some sound or syllable)
     prep. (with accusative) for (during the continuation of)
     prep. (with accusative) to, for (indicating purpose, goal or wish)
     prep. (with accusative) by (used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something)
     adv. (somewhat, informal) open
     adv. (colloquial) finished; gone (food)
     adv. (colloquial) up; awake; out of bed
     interj. carry on (continue or proceed as before)
     interj. have a go
beide
     det. both
     det. (the) two
     pron. both
     pron. (the) two
Seiten
     n. plural of Seite "pages/sides".
     Seite
          n-f. (geometry, and in general) side (a bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape)
          n-f. (geometry) face, side, surface of any three-dimensional object
          n-f. page (single leaf of any manuscript or book)
          n-f. side (one of the two surfaces of a sheet of paper)
          n-f. one side or half of something or someone
          n-f. (figuratively) a certain aspect of a concept
          n-f. (figuratively) side, faction or group of competitors in a war, game, conflict or any other competitive situation in opposite to their opponents
          n-f. face of a coin or dice
          n-f. (computing) website
des
     art. genitive singular of der: the
     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
Blattes
     n. genitive singular of Blatt
     Blatt
          n. (botany) leaf (green and flat organ of a plant)
          n. (botany) petal (one of the parts of the whorl of a flower)
          n. sheet, piece of paper (piece of paper (usually rectangular) that has not been cut, torn, or folded)
          n.          sheet (full sheet of paper in a newspaper or similar periodical, representing four pages)
          n. hand, cards (set of cards held by a player)
          n. (colloquial) paper, newspaper (publication containing news and other articles)
          n. (colloquial sometimes pejorative) magazine (a printed and published informative periodical)
          n. blade (flat functional end of an oar, rudder, propeller, etc.)
          n. blade (sharp cutting edge of a saw or other tool)
          n. thin plate; foil (very thin sheet of metal)
schreiben
     v. to write, to write out (use letters to make words and texts)
     v. to spell (use a particular combination of letters to make a word)
     v. to write (use handwriting)
     v. to write (produce texts, work as an author)
     v. to be some year or date
     v. to write, to text (send written information, communication)
     v. to write to each other (exchange correspondance)
     v. to be spelled/spelt; (of a word or a person's name)
     v. (idiomatic, passive, or transitive with man) Used to express that someone does not know the first thing about something.




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