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Das Rennen kann für den menschlichen Körper eine große Belastung sein.

Translation

Running can mean a great strain for the human body.



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
Rennen
     n-n. (sports) race, a competitive event in sports
     n-n. the act of running
kann
     v. first-person singular present of können
     v. third-person singular present of können
     können
          v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can.
          v.          (auxiliary)
          v.          to be able to do something implied; can.
          v.          to know how to do (something); to know; to understand; to be able to do (something); to be capable of; can do (something), to have a specific skill. (w
          v.          to be possible, to make sense
          v.          (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may.
          v.          (auxiliary) to be in the legal situation of being able to realize a legal effect even if it be legally disallowed
für
     prep. for
     prep. in favor of, in support of
     prep. by the standards of
     prep. on behalf of
     prep. kind / type of
     prep. (informal) instead of
     prep. (colloquial nonstandard) in order to (with zu and infinitive)
den
     art. masculine accusative singular of der
     art. dative plural of der
     pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der
menschlichen
     adj. form of menschlich
     menschlich
          adj. human, manlike
          adj. humane, kind
Körper
     n-m. body (of a person, animal, etc.)
     n-m. (physics) body
     n-m. (geometry) body, solid (three-dimensional object)
     n-m. (algebra) field (algebraic structure with addition and multiplication)
eine
     num. feminine singular of ein
     art. feminine singular of ein: a, an
     pron. feminine singular of einer
     pron. masculine nominative singular of einer
     pron. singular of einer
große
     adj. form of groß
     groß
          adj. big, large, large-scale
          adj. great, grand
          adj. (of a person) tall
          adj. (childish) pertaining to defecation
Belastung
     n-f. load, weight, pressure, strain
     n-f. burden
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




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