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Und somit fiel die Entscheidung was zu tun ist auf mich zurück.

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und
     conj. (co-ordinating) and
     conj. (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them
     interj. so?, now?, and?
somit
     adv. therefore, hence, thus
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
Entscheidung
     n-f. decision
was
     pron. (interrogative) what
     pron. (relative) which ((referring to the entire preceding clause))
     pron. (relative) that, which ((referring to das, alles, etwas, nichts, and neuter substantival adjectives))
     pron. (relative, colloquial) that, which ((referring to neuter singular nouns, instead of standard das))
     pron. (indefinite, colloquial) something, anything ((instead of standard etwas))
     pron. (interrogative, dated) why (with emphasis, astonishment or disapproval)
     adv. (colloquial) a little, somewhat
     adv. (interrogative, colloquial) why, what for
zu
     prep. to, towards (indicates directionality)
     prep. with respect to; regarding
     prep. along with; with (accompanying (the main thing in question))
     prep. at, on (indicates location)
     prep. at (indicates time)
     prep. by, in, on, at (indicates mode (of transportation, speech, etc.))
     prep. (with a verb) for; (with a noun) as, by way of (for the purpose of)
     prep. for (in honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of)
     prep. into (indicates transition into another form or substance)
     prep. as, for, to be (to take on the role of)
     prep. to (used to indicate ratios)
     prep. at (denotes a price or rate)
     part. (with infinitives of verbs) to
     adv. (with adjectives and adverbs) too (excessively)
     adv. (by extension, slang) (An intensifier.)
     adv. towards; at
     adv. (somewhat, informal) shut; closed; locked
     adv. ahead, on (along, forwards (continuing an action))
     adj. (somewhat, informal) shut, closed (made inaccessible or impassable; not open)
     adj. closed (not operating or conducting trade)
     adj. done up (fastened)
     adj. (slang) hammered; very drunk
tun
     v. To do (to perform or execute an action).
     v. (with dative) To do something (positive or negative) to someone.
     v. To make a difference; to be different.
     v. (somewhat informal, with “so” or “als ob”) To fake; to feign; to pretend.
     v. (chiefly colloquial) To put, to place, to add.
     v. (chiefly colloquial, with “es”) To work, to function.
     v. (chiefly colloquial, but acceptable in writing) Used with thepreceding infinitive of another verb to emphasise this verb
     v. (colloquial non-standard) (Used with thefollowing infinitive of another verb, often to emphasise the statement)
     v. (colloquial non-standard) (Used in the past subjunctive with the infinitive of another verb to form the conditional tense (instead of standard würde))
ist
     v. third-person singular present of sein
     sein
          v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be
          v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition)
          v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for
          v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs
          v. to exist; there to be; to be alive
          v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.)
          v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag
          det. his
          det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun)
          det.          (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so.
          det. one's
auf
     prep. (with dative) on, upon (positioned at the top of)
     prep. (with accusative) on, onto, up (moving to the top of)
     prep. (with accusative) on (indicating responsibility)
     prep. (with dative) in, at; used with certain nouns instead of bei or in
     prep. (with accusative) to; used with certain nouns instead of zu or in
     prep. (with a language name) in (see usage note below)
     prep. (linguistics) in (of a word: ending with some sound or syllable)
     prep. (with accusative) for (during the continuation of)
     prep. (with accusative) to, for (indicating purpose, goal or wish)
     prep. (with accusative) by (used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something)
     adv. (somewhat, informal) open
     adv. (colloquial) finished; gone (food)
     adv. (colloquial) up; awake; out of bed
     interj. carry on (continue or proceed as before)
     interj. have a go
mich
     pron. accusative of ich: me
zurück
     adv. back, backward, backwards, to the rear.
     interj. stand back!
     interj. get back!




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