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Dieser Junge ist so stark wie ein wildes Tier!

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dieser
     pron. this one, this
     pron. that one, that
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
so
     adv. so, such, that
     adv. as (followed by an adjective or adverb plus wie in a statement of equality)
     adv. thus, like this/that, in this/that way, in this/that manner
     adv. then (in that case)
     adv. (colloquial) expletive; sometimes intensifying, sometimes with no noticeable meaning
     conj. (coordinating) thus, so, pursuant to the aforementioned premises
     conj. (subordinating, chiefly archaic, sometimes legal and regional) an, if
     part. (colloquial) (quotative particle, somewhat similar to be like but also combinable with other verbs)
     pron. (obsolete, relative) that, which, who
     interj. (tlb, colloquial) (a discourse marker in the beginning of a sentence indicating a topic having been dealt with and another being tackled)
stark
     adj. strong (intense, powerful, unyielding)
     adj. strong (having a high concentration of some ingredient, e.g. alcohol)
     adj. (of an action, especially, sports) good, great, skilled
     adj. (colloquial slightly dated) brilliant, awesome
     adj. (colloquial dated) incredible, unbelievable
     adj. (dated, euphemistic) overweight, fat
     adj. (grammar) strong (inflecting according to a pattern distinct from another called "weak")
wie
     adv. how
     conj. like
     conj. as
     conj. (colloquial nonstandard) than
     conj. (chiefly colloquial) when referring to the past
ein
     art. a, an
     adv. (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something
     adj. (predicative) on
wildes
     adj. form of wild
     wild
          adj. wild
          adj. (obsolete) strange
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)




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