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Die Kuh und das Schaf zählen zu den ersten Tieren welche domestiziert worden sind und heute zu den Nutztieren gehören.

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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
Kuh
     n. cow (female bovine animal at or near adulthood)
und
     conj. (co-ordinating) and
     conj. (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them
     interj. so?, now?, and?
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
Schaf
     n. sheep
zählen
     v. to count (to determine the number of objects in a group)
     v.          to count (to enumerate the digits of one's numeral system)
     v.          to have, comprise, span (some numerical value)
     v. to reckon, to consider, to deem (later used in the active voice with a passive meaning)
     v.          to be of significance, to matter, to count
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
den
     art. masculine accusative singular of der
     art. dative plural of der
     pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der
ersten
     num. genitive singular of erste
     num. singular of erste
     num. masculine accusative singular of erste
     num. dative plural of erste
     num. plural of erste
     erste
          adj. (ordinal) first
Tieren
     n. noun form of Tier, , dat, p
     Tier
          n. animal (i, see usage notes below)
          n. A person who has a quality thought of as animalistic, such as ferocity, strength, hairiness, etc.
          n. (hunting jargon) hind (female red deer)
welche
     det. feminine singular of welcher
     det. plural of welcher
     pron. feminine singular of welcher
     pron. plural of welcher
     pron. some
domestiziert
     Participle. past participle of domestizieren
     v. third-person singular present of domestizieren
     v. second-person plural present of domestizieren
     v. plural imperative of domestizieren
     domestizieren
          v. to domesticate
worden
     Participle. past participle of werden
     werden
          v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense
          v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs
          v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice
          v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn
          v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition)
          v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future)
          v. (colloquial) to be going to work
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
und
     conj. (co-ordinating) and
     conj. (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them
     interj. so?, now?, and?
heute
     adv. today
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
den
     art. masculine accusative singular of der
     art. dative plural of der
     pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der
Nutztieren
     n. dative plural of Nutztier
     Nutztier
          n-n. livestock; domesticated animals in general
          n-n. farm animals; domesticated animals that are mainly found on a farm
gehören
     v. (with dative) to belong to, be the property of
     v. to be a prerequisite for; to be a characteristic of (with zu)
     v. to belong to, be a part of (with zu)
     v. to be proper
     v. ought to be (with the past participle form of the verb)




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