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Das dunkle Rot gefällt mir besser.

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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
dunkle
     adj. form of dunkel
     v. first-person singular present of dunkeln
     v. first-person singular subjunctive of dunkeln
     v. third-person singular subjunctive of dunkeln
     v. singular imperative of dunkeln
     dunkel
          adj. (of light, colour) dark
          adj. (of sound) deep
          adj. (of memory, ideas) vague, faint
          v. first-person singular present of dunkeln
          v. singular imperative of dunkeln
     dunkeln
          v. to darken
Rot
     n. the colour red
     n. (heraldry) gules; red in heraldry
     n. the suit hearts in German playing cards
gefällt
     v. third-person singular present of gefallen
     Participle. past participle of fällen
     gefallen
          v. to please; to appeal to
          Participle. past participle of fallen
          adj. fallen, dropped
          Participle. past participle of gefallen
     fallen
          v. to fall; to drop
          v. to die; to fall in battle; to die in battle; to be killed in action
          v. to fall, to collapse, to be overthrown.
          v. to become lower, to decrease, to decline
     fällen
          v. to cut down, to fell (a tree)
          v. to precipitate
          v. (a decision) to make
          v. (a judgement or sentence) to pass
     f
mir
     pron. personal dative of ich: me, to me:
     pron. (dialectal, or colloquial) Alternative form of wir, t=we
besser
     adj. comparative of gut; better
     v. first-person singular present of bessern
     v. singular imperative of bessern
     bessern
          v. to improve, to better




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