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Sentence

Das Haus ist zum Verkauf ausgeschrieben.

Translation

This house is advertised for sale.



Analysis


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
Haus
     n. house
     n. home (in various phrases)
     n. theatre
ist
     v. third-person singular present of sein
     sein
          v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be
          v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition)
          v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for
          v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs
          v. to exist; there to be; to be alive
          v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.)
          v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag
          det. his
          det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun)
          det.          (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so.
          det. one's
zum
     contraction. to or for the (contraction of zu + dem)
     contraction. to or for a (contraction of zu + einem)
     zu
          prep. to, towards (indicates directionality)
          prep. with respect to; regarding
          prep. along with; with (accompanying (the main thing in question))
          prep. at, on (indicates location)
          prep. at (indicates time)
          prep. by, in, on, at (indicates mode (of transportation, speech, etc.))
          prep. (with a verb) for; (with a noun) as, by way of (for the purpose of)
          prep. for (in honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of)
          prep. into (indicates transition into another form or substance)
          prep. as, for, to be (to take on the role of)
          prep. to (used to indicate ratios)
          prep. at (denotes a price or rate)
          part. (with infinitives of verbs) to
          adv. (with adjectives and adverbs) too (excessively)
          adv. (by extension, slang) (An intensifier.)
          adv. towards; at
          adv. (somewhat, informal) shut; closed; locked
          adv. ahead, on (along, forwards (continuing an action))
          adj. (somewhat, informal) shut, closed (made inaccessible or impassable; not open)
          adj. closed (not operating or conducting trade)
          adj. done up (fastened)
          adj. (slang) hammered; very drunk
     dem
          art. dative singular of der: the
          pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which
Verkauf
     n. sale
ausgeschrieben
     Participle. past participle of ausschreiben
     adj. written out
     adv. advertised for sale
     ausschreiben
          v. to advertise
          v. to advertise for bids
          v. to announce
          v. to invite tenders
          v. to spell in full
          v. to put something out for tender
          v. to write something out




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