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Das Wasser ist nicht tief genug, um einen Kopfsprung zu machen.

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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
Wasser
     n. water (H₂O)
     n. alcoholic beverage, similar to brandy, made from fermented fruit
     n. (colloquial) (clipping of Mineralwasser/Tafelwasser)
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
nicht
     adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb)
     interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not?
tief
     adj. (also, figuratively) deep
     adj. low (situated close to, or below, the ground)
     adj. (figuratively, Switzerland) low (small, not high in amount or quantity, value, etc.)
     adv. deeply, profoundly
     adv. thoroughly, in depth
genug
     det. (invariable) enough, sufficient, an adequate number or amount of
     pron. (invariable) enough, an adequate number or amount
     adv. enough, sufficiently, in an adequate way
     adj. (colloquial) enough, sufficient, in an adequate way
     interj. enough!
um
     prep. about
     prep. around
     prep. at, by (qual, when relating to time)
     prep. by (qual, percentage difference)
     prep. (Austria) for qual, amount of money
     conj. in order to, so as to
     adj. (predicative, not attributive) up, in the sense of finished
     adv. around, about
     adv. turned over, changed, from one state to another
einen
     num. masculine accusative singular of ein
     art. masculine accusative singular of ein: a, an
     pron. masculine accusative singular of einer
     pron. singular of einer
     pron. plural of einer
     v. (higher register, transitive) to unite
     v. (higher register, reflexive) to come to terms
Kopfsprung
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
machen
     v. to make, produce, create (an object, arrangement, situation, etc.)
     v. to make, prepare
     v. to do, perform, carry out (to execute; to put into operation (an action))
     v. to do; (indicates an activity associated with a noun)
     v. to go (to make the (specified) sound)
     v. to make (to cause or compel (to do something))
     v. to cause (to set off an event or action or produce as a result)
     v. to make (to cause to be)
     v. to make (transform from one thing into another)
     v. to make (to have as a feature)
     v. to come to, total, cost (to require the payment of)
     v. to make, be (the result of a calculation)
     v. to make (to earn, gain wages, profit, etc.)
     v. to be, play (to act as the indicated role, especially in a performance)
     v. to matter (to be important)
     v. to make, make oneself out to be, act, play (to behave so as to give an appearance of being; to act as if one were (something, or a certain way)) (+preo, auf)
     v. to do one's business, do number two or number one, go (to defecate or urinate)
     v. to do (to fare or perform (well or poorly))
     v. to look (to have an appearance of being)
     v. to get cracking (an (“on,” “with”)), get a move on (it), to get down (an (“to”)) (something); (in imperative:) come on, let's go




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