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Die Kolibris sind die einzigen Vögel, die rückwärts fliegen können.

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die
     art. feminine singular of der
     art. plural of der
     pron. feminine singular of der
     pron. plural of der
     pron.          (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose
     pron.          (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them
     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
Kolibris
     n. noun form of Kolibri, , gen, s
     n. noun form of Kolibri, , nom, p
     n. noun form of Kolibri, , gen, p
     n. noun form of Kolibri, , dat, p
     n. noun form of Kolibri, , acc, p
     Kolibri
          n. hummingbird (Trochilidae)
sind
     v. first-person plural present of sein
     v. third-person plural present of sein
     v. second-person plural 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
die
     art. feminine singular of der
     art. plural of der
     pron. feminine singular of der
     pron. plural of der
     pron.          (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose
     pron.          (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them
     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
einzigen
     adj. form of einzig
     einzig
          adj. only, sole
          adj. unique
          adv. only
Vögel
     n. nominative plural of Vogel
     n. accusative plural of Vogel
     n. genitive plural of Vogel
die
     art. feminine singular of der
     art. plural of der
     pron. feminine singular of der
     pron. plural of der
     pron.          (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose
     pron.          (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them
     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
rückwärts
     adv. backwards
fliegen
     v. to fly; to travel by air (+aux, sein)
     v. to rush; to fly; to go quickly (+aux, sein)
     v. to fly; to pilot (+aux, haben)
     v. to transport by air (+aux, haben)
     v. to get the axe, to get kicked out (+aux, sein)
     v. to fall; to fall down (+aux, sein)
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




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