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Das Buch wird gerade gelesen.

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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
wird
     v. third-person singular present of werden
     werden
          v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense
          v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs
          v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice
          v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn
          v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition)
          v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future)
          v. (colloquial) to be going to work
gerade
     adj. (of a number) even
     adv. now, at the moment
     adv. just, a short while ago
     adv. just, only, not more than
     adv. exactly
     adv. expresses the continuous aspect
     adj. straight
gelesen
     Participle. past participle of lesen
     lesen
          v. to read (look at and understand symbols, words, or data)
          v. to select and gather or harvest (things like grapes)




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