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Heute Abend grillen wir Krabben am Spieß.

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Heute
     n. today
     adv. today
Abend
     n-m. evening; the time from dusk onwards (unlike in English, now generally including the first hours of the night, until midnight)
grillen
     v. to grill
wir
     pron. we
Krabben
     n. plural of Krabbe
     Krabbe
          n-f. crab
          n-f. shrimp
          n-f. (architectural element) crocket
am
     contraction. an + dem, at the, on the
     contraction. auf + dem, on the, at the
     contraction. Forms the superlative in adverbial and predicate use.
     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
     dem
          art. dative singular of der: the
          pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which
Spieß
     n-m. a pointed rod, especially
     n-m.          spit
     n-m.          pike
     n-m.         * Luther Bible, Jesaja 2:4
     n-m.         *: (quote, Da werden sie ihre Schwerter zu Pflugscharen und ihre Spieße zu Sicheln machen., and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their
     n-m. (chess, figuratively) skewer (tactic in the game of chess)
     n-m. (Germany, military) an appointment usually held by a Stabsfeldwebel or Oberstabsfeldwebel (OR-8/9), roughly equivalent to company sergeant major in the British Army and comparable to first sergeant in




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