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An den irdischen Polen dauert ein Tag sechs Monate

Translation

At the Earth's poles a day lasts about six months.



Analysis


an
     prep. (with a location in the dative case) on; upon; at; in; against
     prep. (with a time in the dative case) on; in
     prep. (with a dative case object) by; near; close to; next to
     prep. (with a dative case object) by means of; by
     prep. (with an accusative case object) on; onto
     prep. (with an accusative case object) at; against
     prep. (with an accusative case object) to; for
     adv. onward; on
den
     art. the; accusative masculine singular of der
     art. the; dative plural for all genders of der
     pron. that; whom; accusative singular of der
irdischen
     adj. inflected form of irdisch
     irdisch
          adj. terrestrial, earthly
          adj. worldly, mundane
Polen
     n. accusative plural of Pole
dauert
     v. third-person singular present of dauern
     v. second-person plural present of dauern
     v. imperative plural of dauern
     dauern
          v. to last, to continue over time
          v. to persist
          v. to take (time)
          v. (archaic, with accusative) to grieve; to arouse pity
ein
     num. one
     art. a, an
Tag
     n-m. a day; a period of time that lasts 24 hours
     n-m. a day; the period from midnight to the following midnight
     n-m. a day; the period between sunrise and sunset when there is daylight
     n-m. (astronomy) a day, the rotational period of a planet, moon or any celestial body (especially Earth)
     n-m. the part of a day which one spends at work, school, etc
     n-m. a day; a specified time or period, considered with reference to the prominence or success (in life or in an an argument or conflict) of a person or thing
     n-m. (dated) a convention, a congress (now found chiefly in compounds such as Reichstag or Landtag)
     interj. (colloquial) hello; (good) day
sechs
     num. (cardinal) six
Monate
     n. plural of Monat
     n. (archaic) dative singular form of Monat
     Monat
          n-m. month




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