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Der Junge ist größer als sein Vater.

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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
Junge
     n. boy
     n. (card games) jack
     n. plural of Junges
     n. singular of Junges
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
größer
     adj. comparative of groß
     groß
          adj. big, large, large-scale
          adj. great, grand
          adj. (of a person) tall
          adj. (childish) pertaining to defecation
als
     conj. (subordinating, referring to time of occurrence) at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as
     conj. (used with a comparison or as an exception) than
     conj. as; like; in the function of; in the form of
     conj. as if
     conj. (after negative pronoun) but, other than
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
Vater
     n. father




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