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um
     1. prep. about
           Es geht um den Kuchen. - It's about the pie.
     2. prep. around
           Um die Ecke - around the corner
     3. prep. at, by (qual, when relating to time)
           Um acht Uhr reisen wir ab - At eight o’clock we depart
     4. prep. by (qual, percentage difference)
           Die Verkaufsmengen gingen um 6% zurück. - Sales in volume has decreased by 6%.
     5. prep. (Austria) for qual, amount of money
           Um einen Euro bekommt man heute nicht besonders viel. - You can't buy much for one euro these days.
           Heute im Sonderangebot um nur 99 Euro. - Special offer today for only 99 euros.
     6. conj. in order to, so as to
           Wir sind gekommen, um zu helfen. - We’ve come (in order) to help.
     7. adj. (predicative, not attributive) up, in the sense of finished
           Werden dich in kurzem binden/ Erdgeist, deine Zeit ist um - source=Friedrich von Hardenberg, Novalis
     8. adv. around, about
     9. adv. turned over, changed, from one state to another
Sechs
     1. n-f. six
     2. n-f. A failing grade in a class or course at school. The grades range from 1 (best) to 6 (worst).
     3. num. (cardinal) six (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 6; or describing a set with six elements)
Uhr
     1. n-f. (invariable) hours, o'clock (indicates the time within a twelve- or twenty-four-hour period)
           Es ist vier Uhr. - It is four o'clock.
           Es ist vier Uhr zwölf. - It is twelve minutes past four.
           Wieviel Uhr ist es? - What time is it?
     2. n-f. clock, watch (instrument used to measure or keep track of time)
           (hyponyms, Armbanduhr, Standuhr, Wanduhr)
           Meine Uhr geht nach. - My watch is running slow.
     3. n-f. (in compounds) meter; gauge (a kind of measuring device, typically for water and gas consumption)
           Wasseruhr - water meter
           Gasuhr - gas meter
     4. n-f. (informal) clockwise direction
           mit der Uhr - clockwise
           gegen die Uhr - widdershins, counterclockwise
beginnt
     1. v. third-person singular present of beginnen
     2. v. second-person plural present of beginnen
     3. v. plural imperative of beginnen
     beginnen
          1. v. to begin; to commence; to be started
                Der Vortrag hat begonnen. - The lecture has begun.
          2. v. (chiefly literary, transitive or with mit) to start something; to begin something
                Er hat den Vortrag begonnen. - He has started the lecture.
                Er hat mit dem Vortrag begonnen. - He has started the lecture.
Operation
     1. n-f. (surgery military, mathematics computer science) operation
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