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übertragen
1. v. to transfer, transmit
2. v. to translate
3. v. to broadcast, televise
4. v. to hand over something to somebody, entrust somebody with something, confer a right on somebody
5. v. (medicine) to have a post-term birth
6. v. to be passed on to somebody (disease, illness)
7. v. to communicate itself to somebody (enthusiasm, nervousness, etc.)
8. Participle. past participle of übertragen
9. adj. figurative
Person
1. n-f. person, individual
Ein Tisch für zwei Personen, bitte! - A table for two, please!
An der Schlägerei waren mehrere polizeibekannte Personen beteiligt. - Several individuals known to police were involved in the brawl.
2. n-f. (pejorative, dated) someone (often female) who is not proper company, mostly because they are of lower class or doubtful morals
Diese Person kommt mir nicht mehr ins Haus! - I don’t want this person in my house again!
die
1. art. feminine singular of der
die Frau - the woman
2. art. plural of der
die Männer - the men
3. pron. feminine singular of der
4. pron. plural of der
5. pron. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose
Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. - I know a woman who can do that.
6. pron. (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them
die da - that one/she/they there
der
1. art. the
2. art. feminine singular of der
3. art. genitive plural of der
4. pron. who; that; which
Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. - I know a man who can do that.
5. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that
6. pron. (attributive, stressed) that
Der Mann war es! - It was that man!
7. pron. (indicative) him, he
Der hat es getan! - It was him who did it!
8. pron. (differential) the one, him
Der mit dem Mantel - The one with the coat
9. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her
Etwas
1. n. thing, being
2. n. a quality or talent that is hard to pin down
Sie hat dieses gewisse Etwas. (She has this certain something.)
3. pron. something
4. adv. somewhat, slightly
5. adv. a little, a bit
6. det. (with unor plural noun) some, a bit of
Hab etwas Respekt vor den Toten. - Have some respect for the dead.
veranlasst
1. Participle. past participle of veranlassen
2. adj. initiated, arranged
3. v. second-person present of veranlassen
4. v. third-person singular present of veranlassen
5. v. plural imperative of veranlassen
veranlassen
1. v. to cause, to prompt, to arrange for, to bring about
Die Proteste veranlassten die Regierung, ihre Einschränkungen der Meinungsfreiheit zu lockern. - The protests caused the government to relax its restrictions on free speech.
verursacht
1. Participle. past participle of verursachen
2. v. third-person singular present of verursachen
3. v. second-person plural present of verursachen
4. v. plural imperative of verursachen
verursachen
1. v. to cause, to induce
Das Eis hat ein paar Unfälle verursacht. - The ice caused a few accidents.
Aufsehen verursachen. - to draw attention.

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