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Ich verstehe, wie diese Maschine funktioniert ...

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Ich
     n. (psychoanalysis) ego
     n. self, me, him, etc.
     pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun)
verstehe
     v. first-person singular present of verstehen
     v. singular imperative of verstehen
     verstehen
          v. to understand
          v.          to hear and interpret (speech)
          v.          to comprehend, make sense of
          v.          to take, see, gather (impute what is not explicitly stated)
          v.          to know, have knowledge or understanding of (through experience or study)
          v. to understand oneself, understand each other, be understood
          v.          (with als) to see oneself as, to think of oneself as
          v.          to understand one another, be able to communicate
          v.          (with mit) to get along with
          v.          (with auf) to be an expert (at something)
          v.          to be meant, to have to be interpreted (in some way)
          v.          (impersonal) to go without saying, to be obvious
wie
     adv. how
     conj. like
     conj. as
     conj. (colloquial nonstandard) than
     conj. (chiefly colloquial) when referring to the past
diese
     pron. feminine nominative singular of dieser; "this"
     pron. feminine accusative singular of dieser; "this"
     pron. nominative plural of dieser; "these"
     pron. accusative plural of dieser; "these"
     dieser
          pron. this one, this
          pron. that one, that
Maschine
     n-f. machine
     n-f. engine
     n-f. (slightly, informal) airplane
     n-f. (colloquial) motorcycle
funktioniert
     Participle. past participle of funktionieren
     v. third-person singular present of funktionieren
     v. second-person plural present of funktionieren
     v. plural imperative of funktionieren
     funktionieren
          v. (of a device) to work, function
          v. (of a plan etc.) to work, work out




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