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Wie heißt du?

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Analysis


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
du
     pron. you (thou, singular familiar)




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