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kopfschüttelnd
     1. adj. (often, adverbial) uncomprehending, disapproving (as by shaking one's head)
löschte
     1. v. first-person singular preterite of löschen
     2. v. third-person singular preterite of löschen
     3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of löschen
     4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of löschen
     löschen
          1. v. to quench (fire, thirst, or lime)
                Durst löschen - to quench the thirst
                Feuer löschen - to extinguish the fire
          2. v. to delete, to erase (remembrance, memory, data)
                Dateien löschen - to erase data
          3. v. (nautical) to unload (goods from a ship)
Er
     1. n. a person or animal of male gender, a male
           Was möchte Er von mir? - What does he want from me?
     2. pron. (personal) he.
           audio, De-wo ist klaus.ogg     De-wo ist klaus.ogg uxi - Where is Klaus? Where is he?
           audio, De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg     De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg uxi - This is my dog. His name is Waldi.
     3. pron. (personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der)).
           audio, De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg     De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg uxi - There stands a tree. It is more than 100 years old.
     4. pron. (personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der)).
           Im Frauengefängnis versuchte ein Häftling zu flüchten, aber er kam nicht weit. - In the women’s prison, an inmate tried to escape, but she didn’t get very far.
     5. pron. (personal, archaic) Alternative spelling of Er, tr=you (polite)
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
Lampe
     1. n-f. lamp, light (piece of furniture, or fixture mounted on a wall or ceiling, holding one or more electric light sockets)
     2. n-f. bulb, light bulb (evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament or an article that resembles such a bulb) ((clipping of Glühlampe))
     3. n-f. scut (from hunter jargon: a rabbit's tail)
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?
legte
     1. v. first-person singular preterite of legen
     2. v. third-person singular preterite of legen
     3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of legen
     4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of legen
     legen
          1. v. to lay, to put, to place, to position, so that it afterwards lies as opposed to being setzen, stellen
                Leg deine Sachen auf den Stuhl! - Put your things on the chair!
                Ich lege mich auf das Bett. - I lie down on the bed.
                Eier legen - to lay eggs
                ein Feuer legen - to set a fire
                Leg dich auf den Boden! - Lie down on the floor!
          2. v. (animal husbandry) to castrate
                Ich habe meinen Hengst legen lassen. - I had my stallion castrated.
          3. v. (colloquial especially video games) to slay, to defeat
          4. v. (colloquial impersonal) to cause great amusement, to make someone collapse in laughter, to kill, to slay
                Bei dem zweiten Witz hat's ihn komplett gelegt. - The second joke totally killed him.
sich
     1. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular: herself, himself, itself, oneself (direct or indirect object).
     2. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person plural: themselves (direct or indirect object).
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)
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