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Wie heißt „Auto“ auf Englisch?

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wie
     adv. how
     conj. like
     conj. as
     conj. (colloquial nonstandard) than
     conj. (chiefly colloquial) when referring to the past
heißt
     v. second-person singular present of heißen
     v. third-person singular present of heißen
     v. second-person plural present of heißen
     v. plural imperative of heißen
     heißen
          v. (copulative) to have a name; to be named; to be called; but implying that one “owns” this name, not necessarily that one goes by it
          v. to mean, to signify; to have a meaning
          v. (impersonal) to say, to be said; to go, run (like)
          v. to call (someone something)
          v. to order, to direct, to call to do something
          adj. form of heiß
Auto
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
Englisch
     Proper noun. English (language)
     Proper noun. (football, dialectal, parts of western Germany) A children’s game for three or more participants played with one goal. Players try to reduce the goalkeeper’s points by scoring volley goals. Missing th




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