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Wir wohnen in dem weißen Haus, das Beige gehört meiner Schwester.

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wir
     pron. we
wohnen
     v. to live, reside, dwell (to remain or be settled permanently, or for a considerable time)
     v. to stay (to remain in a place for a definite or short period of time)
in
     prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building)
     prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to)
     prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time)
     prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of))
     adj. in, popular (in fashion)
dem
     art. dative singular of der: the
     pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which
weißen
     v. to whiten
     adj. form of weiß
Haus
     n. house
     n. home (in various phrases)
     n. theatre
das
     art. singular of der: the
     pron. singular of der
     pron.          (relative) who, that, which
     pron.          (demonstrative) this, that, it
     pron.          (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb)
     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
Beige
     n-f. (Southern Germany, Switzerland) stack, pile
     n. (uninflected) beige (the color)
     n. inflected beige thing
gehört
     Participle. past participle of hören
     Participle. past participle of gehören
     v. third-person singular present of gehören
     v. second-person plural present of gehören
     v. plural imperative of gehören
     hören
          v. to hear (to perceive sounds (or a sound) through the ear)
          v. to listen to, pay attention to (to give (someone) one's attention)
          v. to attend, to go to, to sit in on
          v. to get, to receive
          v. to listen (to pay attention to a sound or speech; to accept advice or obey instruction)
          v. to hear (to receive information; to come to learn)
          v. to hear (to be contacted (by))
     h
          n. (common, not restricted to scientific usage) hour
     gehören
          v. (with dative) to belong to, be the property of
          v. to be a prerequisite for; to be a characteristic of (with zu)
          v. to belong to, be a part of (with zu)
          v. to be proper
          v. ought to be (with the past participle form of the verb)
     geh
          v. singular imperative of gehen
     gehen
          v. to go, to walk
          v. to leave
          v. to leave, to take off (aeroplane, train)
          v. (impersonal, intransitive) to be going; to be all right; indicates how the dative object fares
          v. (slightly, informal, intransitive, often, impersonal) to be possible
          v. (colloquial intransitive) to work, to function (of a machine, method or the like)
          v. (colloquial intransitive) to last, to go for, to go on, to be in progress
          v. to sit, to rise, to expand (of dough etc.)
          v. (colloquial intransitive) to be (on) (to pay)
          v. (regional, or dated, impersonal, intransitive) to approach; to be going (on some one) + auf (object) = time
          v. (with genitive, only in combination with Weg) to go one's way, to make one's way (of a path, destination), to go separate ways
meiner
     pron. mine (substantival possessive)
     pron. genitive of ich
     det. feminine singular of mein
     det. genitive plural of mein
Schwester
     n-f. sister
     n-f. (chiefly colloquial, short for Krankenschwester) nurse; by extension used to refer to any medical staff that is not a doctor (usually, but not necessarily, confined to female staff)
     n-f. nurse; used as a title of address for nurses
     n-f. (Christianity) sister; nun; used particularly, but not only, as a title of address




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