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Dieser Senf brennt wie Teufel auf meiner Zunge!

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dieser
     pron. this one, this
     pron. that one, that
Senf
     n. mustard
brennt
     v. third-person singular present of brennen
     v. second-person plural present of brennen
     v. plural imperative 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
wie
     adv. how
     conj. like
     conj. as
     conj. (colloquial nonstandard) than
     conj. (chiefly colloquial) when referring to the past
Teufel
     n-m. (singular only) the Devil, Satan
     n-m. a devil, satan, i.e. a creature of hell, a demon, a fallen angel etc.
     n-m. a devil, satan, i.e. an evil person
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
meiner
     pron. mine (substantival possessive)
     pron. genitive of ich
     det. feminine singular of mein
     det. genitive plural of mein
Zunge
     n-f. tongue (organ in the mouth)
     n-f. tongue (flap in a shoe)




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