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Er fiel die Treppe herunter, als sie ihm ein Buch an den Kopf warf.

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Er
     n. a person or animal of male gender, a male
     pron. (personal) he.
     pron. (personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der)).
     pron. (personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der)).
     pron. (personal, archaic) Alternative spelling of Er, tr=you (polite)
fiel
     v. first-person singular preterite of fallen
     v. third-person singular preterite of fallen
     fallen
          v. to fall; to drop
          v. to die; to fall in battle; to die in battle; to be killed in action
          v. to fall, to collapse, to be overthrown.
          v. to become lower, to decrease, to decline
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
Treppe
     n-f. stairs
herunter
     adv. down, downwards (to the own location downwards)
als
     conj. (subordinating, referring to time of occurrence) at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as
     conj. (used with a comparison or as an exception) than
     conj. as; like; in the function of; in the form of
     conj. as if
     conj. (after negative pronoun) but, other than
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
ihm
     pron. personal dative of er; him, to him (indirect object); for him (in some cases).
     pron. personal dative of es; to it (indirect object); for it (in some cases).
ein
     art. a, an
     adv. (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something
     adj. (predicative) on
Buch
     n. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication)
     n. (accounting usually in the plural) books (accounting records)
     n. (rare) omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
     Proper noun. either of two municipalities in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
an
     prep. (local) on; upon; at; in; against
     prep. by; near; close to; next to
     prep. (temporal, with days or times of day) on; in; at
     prep. (temporal) a; per; only used with the word Tag, otherwise use in
     prep. on; onto
     prep. at; against
     prep. to; for
     adv. onward; on
     adj. (predicative) on
den
     art. masculine accusative singular of der
     art. dative plural of der
     pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der
Kopf
     n. (anatomy) head
     n. crown, top
     n. heading, title
     n. person; individual; fellow (referring to one's intellect or mentality)
     n. (linguistics) head
     n. (numismatics) heads (side of a coin)
warf
     v. first-person singular preterite of werfen
     v. third-person singular preterite of werfen
     werfen
          v. to throw
          v. to cast; to project
          v. to give birth (of some animals)
          v. to throw oneself (on a bed etc.)




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