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Sentence

Ich hau mich in die Falle

Translation

I'm going to bed (literally: I'm beating myself into the trap)



Analysis


Ich
     n. (psychoanalysis) ego
     n. self, me, him, etc.
     pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun)
hau
     v. singular imperative of hauen
     v. colloquial of
     hauen
          v. (literary) to thrust, slash (with a weapon)
          v. to cut, hew
          v. (colloquial) to hit, beat, bang, whack
          v. to fling oneself
          v. (regional) to chop, chop down
mich
     pron. accusative of ich: me
in
     prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building)
     prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to)
     prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time)
     prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of))
     adj. in, popular (in fashion)
die
     art. feminine singular of der
     art. plural of der
     pron. feminine singular of der
     pron. plural of der
     pron.          (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose
     pron.          (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them
     der
          art. the
          art. feminine singular of der
          art. genitive plural of der
          pron. who; that; which
          pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that
          pron. (attributive, stressed) that
          pron. (indicative) him, he
          pron. (differential) the one, him
          pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her
Falle
     n-f. trap
     n-f. (colloquial regional) bed




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