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Was ist der Unterschied zwischen Männern und Frauen?

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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
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
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
Unterschied
     n. difference
zwischen
     prep. between
     prep. among, amongst
Männern
     n. dative plural of Mann
     Mann
          n. man, male human being
          n. husband
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?
Frauen
     en:womenn. plural of Frau
     Frau
          n-f. woman (adult female human)
          n-f. wife (married woman, especially in relation to her spouse)
          n-f. a title of courtesy, equivalent to Mrs/Ms, (n-g, which has nearly replaced Fräulein in the function of) Miss
          n-f. madam (non-gloss, (polite form of address for a woman or lady))
          n-f. lady; noblewoman (woman of breeding or higher class)




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