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ein
     1. art. a, an
           ein Mann - a man
           eine Frau - a woman
           ein Kind - a child
     2. adv. (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something
           ein und aus gehen, weder ein noch aus wissen
           darein, derein, feldein, feldein, hafenein, hafenein, herein, herein, hierein, hierein, hinein, hinein, jahrein, jahrein, waldein, waldein (older spellings include Wald-ein), worein, wor
     3. adj. (predicative) on
           Ist der Schalter ein oder aus? (d. h., Ist der Schalter ein- oder ausgeschaltet?) - Is the switch on or off. (i.e., Is the switch switched on or off.)
Fest
     1. n. celebration, festival, party
     2. adj. firm; compact; hard
     3. adj. firm; fixed; rigid
     4. adj. firm; steadfast
für
     1. prep. for
           Das Geschenk ist für dich. - The present is for you.
     2. prep. in favor of, in support of
           Ich bin für die erste Option. - I'm in favor of the first option.
     3. prep. by the standards of
           Für einen Ausländer sprichst du sehr gut Deutsch. - For a foreigner, you speak German very well.
     4. prep. on behalf of
           Mein Anwalt wird das für mich beantworten. - My lawyer will answer to that on my behalf.
     5. prep. kind / type of
           Was für ein Kuchen ist das? - What kind of cake is this?
     6. prep. (informal) instead of
           Für die Hose hab ich jetzt den Rock genommen. - Instead of the trousers which I chose not to buy, I took the skirt.
     7. prep. (colloquial nonstandard) in order to (with zu and infinitive)
           Der Papa holt das Werkzeug, für die Waschmaschine zu reparieren. - Daddy is getting his tools in order to repair the washing machine.
Körper
     1. n-m. body (of a person, animal, etc.)
     2. n-m. (physics) body
     3. n-m. (geometry) body, solid (three-dimensional object)
     4. n-m. (algebra) field (algebraic structure with addition and multiplication)
und
     1. conj. (co-ordinating) and
           Kaffee und Kuchen - coffee and cake
           Ich kam, sah und siegte. - I came, saw, and conquered.
     2. conj. (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them
           Er und Abwaschen? Vielleicht einmal im Jahr! - Him doing the dishes? Maybe once per year!
     3. interj. so?, now?, and?
           Und? Wie ist es gelaufen? - So? How did it go?
Sinne
     1. n. plural of Sinn
     2. v. first-person singular present of sinnen
     3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of sinnen
     4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of sinnen
     5. v. singular imperative of sinnen
     Sinn
          1. n. sense
                ein Sinn für Humor - a sense of humor
                die fünf Sinne - the five senses
          2. n. meaning, sense (the objects or concept that a word or phrase denotes, or that which a sentence says)
                in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense
          3. n. point, idea, tenor
          4. n. mind, consciousness
          5. n. feeling
          6. n. (medicine) sense, sensus, aesthesia
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