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Der Tag fängt um Mitternacht an.

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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
Tag
     n. day (24-hour period)
     n. day (period from midnight to the following midnight)
     n. (astronomy) day (rotational period of a planet, moon or any celestial body (especially Earth))
     n. day, daylight (period between sunrise and sunset when there is daylight)
     n. day, daylight, light (light from the Sun)
     n. (figurative) light (open view; a visible state or condition)
     n. day (part of a day which one spends at work, school, etc.)
     n. (figurative) day (specified time or period, considered with reference to the prominence or success (in life or in an an argument or conflict) of a person or thing)
     n. (dated, now found chiefly in compounds such as Bundestag, Reichstag, Landtag, Sudetendeutscher Tag or Tag der Oberschlesier) convention, congress (formal assembly)
     n. see Tage for plural-only senses
     interj. (colloquial) hello; (good) day
fängt ... an
     v. third-person singular present of anfangen
     anfangen
          v. to begin; to commence
          v. to start doing something
          v. to begin something; to start something
          v. to start a topic; to keep talking about something
          v. to begin something; to start something
          v. to put to good use, to do something good (with)
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
Mitternacht
     n. midnight




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