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Zwei ist größer als eins.

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Zwei
     n-f. two (digit or figure)
     n-f. (Germany) an academic grade indicating "good", corresponding roughly to a B in English-speaking countries
     num. (cardinal) two (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 2; or describing a set with two components)
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
größer
     adj. comparative of groß
     groß
          adj. big, large, large-scale
          adj. great, grand
          adj. (of a person) tall
          adj. (childish) pertaining to defecation
als
     conj. (subordinating, referring to time of occurrence) at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as
     conj. (used with a comparison or as an exception) than
     conj. as; like; in the function of; in the form of
     conj. as if
     conj. (after negative pronoun) but, other than
eins
     num. (cardinal) one (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 1; first positive number in the set of natural numbers)
     num. (colloquial) one, one o'clock
     pron. Alternative form of eines: singular of einer
     adv. (somewhat, informal) (only used in) sich eins sein (“to agree”) and eins werden (“to arrive at an agreement”)




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