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Nach drei Tagen kann die Vase gebrannt werden.

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nach
     prep. after, past (later in time)
     prep. after, behind (in sequence)
     prep. to, towards (with geographical names; see usage notes below)
     prep. according to; guided by
     prep. by the authority of; following
     prep. (with verbs of sensual perception) like (see usage notes below)
     prep. for (qual, indicating desire for an object)
     post. according to
     adv. (in compound verbs) after, behind, later, next to
drei
     num. (cardinal) three (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 3; or describing a set with three elements)
Tagen
     n-n. (gerund of tagen)
     n. noun form of Tag, , dat, p
     Tag
          n. day (24-hour period)
          n. day (period from midnight to the following midnight)
          n. (astronomy) day (rotational period of a planet, moon or any celestial body (especially Earth))
          n. day, daylight (period between sunrise and sunset when there is daylight)
          n. day, daylight, light (light from the Sun)
          n. (figurative) light (open view; a visible state or condition)
          n. day (part of a day which one spends at work, school, etc.)
          n. (figurative) day (specified time or period, considered with reference to the prominence or success (in life or in an an argument or conflict) of a person or thing)
          n. (dated, now found chiefly in compounds such as Bundestag, Reichstag, Landtag, Sudetendeutscher Tag or Tag der Oberschlesier) convention, congress (formal assembly)
          n. see Tage for plural-only senses
          interj. (colloquial) hello; (good) day
kann
     v. first-person singular present of können
     v. third-person singular present of können
     können
          v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can.
          v.          (auxiliary)
          v.          to be able to do something implied; can.
          v.          to know how to do (something); to know; to understand; to be able to do (something); to be capable of; can do (something), to have a specific skill. (w
          v.          to be possible, to make sense
          v.          (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may.
          v.          (auxiliary) to be in the legal situation of being able to realize a legal effect even if it be legally disallowed
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
Vase
     n-f. vase
gebrannt
     Participle. past participle of brennen
     adj. burnt
     adj. fired (e.g. in a kiln)
     adj. distilled
     adj. (of nuts etc.) roasted in a sugary coating; candied
     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
werden
     v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense
     v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs
     v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice
     v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn
     v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition)
     v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future)
     v. (colloquial) to be going to work




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