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Sentence

Die Sonne brannte auf sie herab.

Translation

The sun was shining upon them with great heat.



Analysis


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
Sonne
     Proper noun. (astronomy) the Sun
     n-f. (astronomy) a sun (a star, especially when being the center of a solar system)
     n-f. sunshine, sunlight (the light and warmth we receive on Earth from the sun)
brannte
     v. first-person singular preterite of brennen
     v. third-person singular preterite of brennen
     brennen
          v. to burn; to light on fire
          v. to burn; to be on fire
          v. to have a strong affection for; to be affectionate
          v. to be lit, to be on (of a light or lamp)
          v. to irritate; to induce pain or another painful sensation; to bite; to sting
          v. to smart; to sting (a sore or wound)
          v. to fire; to bake; to kiln (tiles and pottery)
          v. to distil (alcoholic beverages such as schnapps)
          v. to burn; to archive data on a storage medium. (such as CDs, DVDs, etc.)
          v. to emit heat
          v. to roast
          v. to bream (clean a ship etc. by fire and scraping)
          v. (Austria, informal) to fork out, to shell out
auf
     prep. (with dative) on, upon (positioned at the top of)
     prep. (with accusative) on, onto, up (moving to the top of)
     prep. (with accusative) on (indicating responsibility)
     prep. (with dative) in, at; used with certain nouns instead of bei or in
     prep. (with accusative) to; used with certain nouns instead of zu or in
     prep. (with a language name) in (see usage note below)
     prep. (linguistics) in (of a word: ending with some sound or syllable)
     prep. (with accusative) for (during the continuation of)
     prep. (with accusative) to, for (indicating purpose, goal or wish)
     prep. (with accusative) by (used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something)
     adv. (somewhat, informal) open
     adv. (colloquial) finished; gone (food)
     adv. (colloquial) up; awake; out of bed
     interj. carry on (continue or proceed as before)
     interj. have a go
sie
     pron. she
     pron. it (when the object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine die)
     pron. he (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a male person, is feminine die)
     pron. they; them
     es
          pron. Nominative and accusative neuter third-person singular personal pronoun
          pron. (Impersonal pronoun used to refer to statements, activities, the environment etc., or as a placeholder/dummy pronoun) — it
          art. (regional, colloquial) alt form-lite, das
herab
     adv. down, downwards (to the own location downwards)




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