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Das Buch gehört ihm.

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das
     art. singular of der: the
     pron. singular of der
     pron.          (relative) who, that, which
     pron.          (demonstrative) this, that, it
     pron.          (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb)
     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
Buch
     n. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication)
     n. (accounting usually in the plural) books (accounting records)
     n. (rare) omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
     Proper noun. either of two municipalities in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
gehört
     Participle. past participle of hören
     Participle. past participle of gehören
     v. third-person singular present of gehören
     v. second-person plural present of gehören
     v. plural imperative of gehören
     hören
          v. to hear (to perceive sounds (or a sound) through the ear)
          v. to listen to, pay attention to (to give (someone) one's attention)
          v. to attend, to go to, to sit in on
          v. to get, to receive
          v. to listen (to pay attention to a sound or speech; to accept advice or obey instruction)
          v. to hear (to receive information; to come to learn)
          v. to hear (to be contacted (by))
     h
          n. (common, not restricted to scientific usage) hour
     gehören
          v. (with dative) to belong to, be the property of
          v. to be a prerequisite for; to be a characteristic of (with zu)
          v. to belong to, be a part of (with zu)
          v. to be proper
          v. ought to be (with the past participle form of the verb)
     geh
          v. singular imperative of gehen
     gehen
          v. to go, to walk
          v. to leave
          v. to leave, to take off (aeroplane, train)
          v. (impersonal, intransitive) to be going; to be all right; indicates how the dative object fares
          v. (slightly, informal, intransitive, often, impersonal) to be possible
          v. (colloquial intransitive) to work, to function (of a machine, method or the like)
          v. (colloquial intransitive) to last, to go for, to go on, to be in progress
          v. to sit, to rise, to expand (of dough etc.)
          v. (colloquial intransitive) to be (on) (to pay)
          v. (regional, or dated, impersonal, intransitive) to approach; to be going (on some one) + auf (object) = time
          v. (with genitive, only in combination with Weg) to go one's way, to make one's way (of a path, destination), to go separate ways
ihm
     pron. personal dative of er; him, to him (indirect object); for him (in some cases).
     pron. personal dative of es; to it (indirect object); for it (in some cases).




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