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das
     1. art. singular of der: the
     2. pron. singular of der
     3. pron.          (relative) who, that, which
                   Ich kenne ein Mädchen, das das kann. - I know a girl who can do that.
                   Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist.
     4. pron.          (demonstrative) this, that, it
                   Das ist mein Haus. - This is my house.
                   er - Er wissen
                   Ich hab das nicht. - I don’t have it. (i.e. the thing mentioned)
     5. pron.          (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb)
                   Das regnet schon wieder. - It’s raining again.
                   Wissen Sie, wie spät das ist? - Do you know what time it is?
     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
Baby
     1. n. baby (infant)
     2. n. (music, or slang) baby (term of endearment for a lover)
schlief
     1. v. first-person singular preterite of schlafen
     2. v. third-person singular preterite of schlafen
     3. v. singular imperative of schliefen
     schlafen
          1. v. to sleep
                Ich habe diese Nacht gut geschlafen. - I slept well last night.
                schlafen gehen - to go to sleep
                sich schlafen legen - to lie down to sleep
          2. v. to sleep on something; to wait and think before making a decision (+preo, über, accusative)
                Ich werde eine Nacht darüber schlafen. - I'll sleep on it tonight.
          3. v. to sleep with; to have sex (+preo, mit)
Acht
     1. n-f. the natural number eight
     2. n-f. the numeral sign 8
     3. n-f. a playing card with the value eight
     4. n-f. a figure eight shape; a bicycle wheel bent out of shape
     5. n. (in idioms and derivatives, otherwise archaic) attention; regard; heed
     6. n. (historical) outlawry; banishment (declaration that someone is no longer protected by law)
     7. n. (poetic) sworn enmity; declaration of vendetta
     8. n-f. (obsolete, found in western German toponyms) land belonging to a mansion or monastery
     9. num. (cardinal) eight (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 8; or describing a set with eight elements)
Stunden
     1. n. plural of Stunde
     2. v. to defer (payment)
     Stunde
          1. n-f. hour (unit of time consisting of 60 minutes)
                Der Film dauert drei Stunden. - The movie lasts three hours.
          2. n-f. (dated) hour, moment, time (point in time)
                Bitte für uns Sünder, jetzt und in der Stunde unsres Todes. - Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
          3. n-f. lesson; class (teaching unit, usually between 45 and 90 minutes)
                Ich muss jetzt zur Klavierstunde. - I need to go to piano class right now.
Lang
     1. Proper noun. surname, from=nicknames
     2. adj. long; lengthy (in space or time)
     3. adj. (of a person) tall
     4. adj. (with units of time, chiefly Jahre) many (indicating the length of the time in total)
           Er hat lange Jahre damit verbracht, diese Frage zu erörtern. - He spent many years reasoning about this question.
     5. adv. (chiefly colloquial, but also found in formal style) Alternative form of lange
           Der Ausflug hat lang gedauert. - The trip took quite long.
     6. adv. long, sprawled, stretched (physically)
           Er lag lang auf der Erde. - He lay sprawled on the ground.
     7. post. for (temporal)
           Er ist ein Jahr lang um die Welt gereist. - He travelled around the world for one year.
           Ich habe mein ganzes Leben lang die Relativitätstheorie studiert. - I studied relativistic physics my entire life.
     8. post. (chiefly colloquial, but also found in formal style) Alternative form of entlang
           Gehen Sie einfach diese Straße lang! - Just go along this street!
           Wo lang? Hier lang! - Which way? This way!
     9. v. singular imperative of langen
     langen
          1. v. (colloquial southern) to reach for something, to grab
          2. v. (colloquial southern) to pass, to hand something to someone
          3. v. (colloquial southern) to suffice, to be enough
                Mir langt's. - I've had enough
          4. adj. form of lang
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