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An den irdischen Polen dauert ein Tag sechs Monate

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an
     prep. (local) on; upon; at; in; against
     prep. by; near; close to; next to
     prep. (temporal, with days or times of day) on; in; at
     prep. (temporal) a; per; only used with the word Tag, otherwise use in
     prep. on; onto
     prep. at; against
     prep. to; for
     adv. onward; on
     adj. (predicative) on
den
     art. masculine accusative singular of der
     art. dative plural of der
     pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der
irdischen
     adj. form of irdisch
     irdisch
          adj. terrestrial, earthly
          adj. worldly, mundane
Polen
     Proper noun. Poland (a country in Central Europe)
     n. singular of Pole
     n. plural of Pole
dauert
     v. third-person singular present of dauern
     v. second-person plural present of dauern
     v. plural imperative of dauern
     dauern
          v. to last, to continue, to persist (for a period of time)
          v. to last, to be permanent
          v. (impersonal, with bis) to take time, to take a while (for, until)
ein
     art. a, an
     adv. (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something
     adj. (predicative) on
Tag
     n. day (24-hour period)
     n. day (period from midnight to the following midnight)
     n. (astronomy) day (rotational period of a planet, moon or any celestial body (especially Earth))
     n. day, daylight (period between sunrise and sunset when there is daylight)
     n. day, daylight, light (light from the Sun)
     n. (figurative) light (open view; a visible state or condition)
     n. day (part of a day which one spends at work, school, etc.)
     n. (figurative) day (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. (dated, now found chiefly in compounds such as Bundestag, Reichstag, Landtag, Sudetendeutscher Tag or Tag der Oberschlesier) convention, congress (formal assembly)
     n. see Tage for plural-only senses
     interj. (colloquial) hello; (good) day
sechs
     num. (cardinal) six (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 6; or describing a set with six elements)
Monate
     n. plural of Monat
     Monat
          n. month (division of a year, usually one twelfth ≈ 30 days)
          n. month (any period of such length)
          n. month (period between two new moons)




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