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Trockenes Holz brennt am besten.

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trockenes
     adj. form of trocken
     trocken
          adj. dry (not wet; lacking water)
          adj. (wine) dry (not sweet)
          adj. (person) dry (abstinent after having had an alcohol problem)
          adj. (joke) dry (subtly humorous, and often mildly rude)
          adj. dry (dull, boring)
Holz
     n. wood (material)
     n. a particular kind of wood
     n. a piece of wood, usually small
     n. (literary) grove; woods; small forest
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
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
besten
     adj. superlative of gut, (best)




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