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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.
diesen
     1. pron. masculine accusative singular of dieser; "this"
           Ich will diesen Apfel - I want this apple.
     2. pron. dative plural of dieser; "these"
           Ich half diesen Tieren - I helped these animals.
     dieser
          1. pron. this one, this
          2. pron. that one, that
Nagel
     1. n. (anatomy) A nail, the horny plate on fingers and toes of humans and certain animals which mostly consists of keratin.
           Ihre Nägel waren rot lackiert. - Her nails were painted red.
     2. n. A nail, a man-made pointed fastener used for joining different materials by penetrating them.
           Hang das Bild an den Nagel dort drüben. - Hang the picture on the nail over there.
     3. v. first-person singular present of nageln
     4. v. singular imperative of nageln
Brauche
     1. n. dative singular of Brauch
     2. v. first-person singular present of brauchen
     3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of brauchen
     4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of brauchen
     5. v. singular imperative of brauchen
     brauchen
          1. v. to need, to be in need of, to require
                Ich brauche deine Hilfe. - I need your help.
                Ich brauche nie lang. - I never need long.
                Dafür brauchen wir dringend eine politische Lösung. - For this, we urgently need a political solution.
          2. v. to need to, to have to (in negation or with the adverb nur)
                Du brauchst nicht auf mich (zu) warten. - You don’t need to wait for me.
                Sie braucht mich nur an(zu)rufen. - She just needs to call me.
Ich
     1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego
     2. n. self, me, him, etc.
           das wahre Ich - the real me
     3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun)
Mal
     1. n. time (as in the first time; many times)
     2. n. occasion, case, occurrence
     3. n. a mark on the body, e.g. a scar, mole, etc.
     4. n. (chiefly in compounds) mark, sign in the landscape, e.g. a milestone
     5. n. (ball games) base
     6. adv. times (indicating multiplication of two numbers)
           sechs mal sieben ist zweiundvierzig - six times seven is forty-two
     7. adv. (informal) Alternative form of einmal, , sometime, ever, once, may serve to introduce a new information.
           Wenn du in Köln bist, musst du mal bei deiner Tante anrufen. - When you’re in Cologne, you must call your aunt sometime.
           Ich geh mal zum Kaffeestand. - I’m off to the coffee stall.
     8. adv. (informal) Softening a sentence, thus making a request or command more polite. By extension, indicating a command or request.
           Haben Sie mal Feuer? - Do you have a lighter please?
           Haste Feuer? - D'ya have fire?
           Du musst mal deine Tante anrufen. - You have to call your aunt.
     9. v. singular imperative of malen
     10. v. colloquial of
     malen
          1. v. to paint (do paintwork)
          2. v. to paint (create a painting)
          3. v. (loosely) to draw, depict (with a pencil, computer program, etc.)
die
     1. art. feminine singular of der
           die Frau - the woman
     2. art. plural of der
           die Männer - the men
     3. pron. feminine singular of der
     4. pron. plural of der
     5. pron.          (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose
                   Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. - I know a woman who can do that.
     6. pron.          (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them
                   die da - that one/she/they there
     der
          1. art. the
          2. art. feminine singular of der
          3. art. genitive plural of der
          4. pron. who; that; which
                Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. - I know a man who can do that.
          5. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that
          6. pron. (attributive, stressed) that
                Der Mann war es! - It was that man!
          7. pron. (indicative) him, he
                Der hat es getan! - It was him who did it!
          8. pron. (differential) the one, him
                Der mit dem Mantel - The one with the coat
          9. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her
Zange
     1. n-f. a pair of pincers, pliers, tongs, forceps
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