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dabei
1. adv. (takes a reflexive pronoun adverb of) bei (replaces bei + demonstrative or personal pronoun, unless referring to people)
2. adv. with one, on one
Hast du Geld dabei? - Do you have money on you?
3. adv. (when) indeed, (but) actually (expressing a contradiction)
Er will einkaufen gehen. Dabei ist heute Sonntag. - He wants to go shopping, when indeed today is Sunday.
4. adv. in the process of (i, followed by an infinitive clause)
Ich bin dabei, meine Wohnung zu streichen. - I’m in the process of painting my apartment.
5. adv. thereby, thus
Saatgut und Pollen können dabei über weite Distanzen verschleppt werden. - Seed and pollen can thereby be dispersed across great distances.
durchläuft
1. v. third-person singular present of durchlaufen
durchlaufen
1. v. (literally) to run through
2. v. to go through
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
Sonne
1. Proper noun. (astronomy) the Sun
Die Sonne ist eine Lichtquelle. - The Sun is a light source.
2. n-f. (astronomy) a sun (a star, especially when being the center of a solar system)
3. n-f. sunshine, sunlight (the light and warmth we receive on Earth from the sun)
Wir hatten den ganzen Tag Sonne. - We had sunshine all day.
Geh mir aus der Sonne! - Move for me out of the sunshine!)
Laut Wetterbericht wird es morgen Sonne geben. - According to the weather forecast there will be sunshine tomorrow.
4. pron. (colloquial)contraction of so eine (such a) (so, ein)
5. pron. Ungrammatical synonym of solch in plural.
Wer macht denn sonne Sachen? - Who would do such things?
6. v. first-person singular present of sonnen
7. v. first-person singular subjunctive of sonnen
8. v. third-person singular subjunctive of sonnen
9. v. singular imperative of sonnen
um
1. prep. about
Es geht um den Kuchen. - It's about the pie.
2. prep. around
Um die Ecke - around the corner
3. prep. at, by (qual, when relating to time)
Um acht Uhr reisen wir ab - At eight o’clock we depart
4. prep. by (qual, percentage difference)
Die Verkaufsmengen gingen um 6% zurück. - Sales in volume has decreased by 6%.
5. prep. (Austria) for qual, amount of money
Um einen Euro bekommt man heute nicht besonders viel. - You can't buy much for one euro these days.
Heute im Sonderangebot um nur 99 Euro. - Special offer today for only 99 euros.
6. conj. in order to, so as to
Wir sind gekommen, um zu helfen. - We’ve come (in order) to help.
7. adj. (predicative, not attributive) up, in the sense of finished
Werden dich in kurzem binden/ Erdgeist, deine Zeit ist um - source=Friedrich von Hardenberg, Novalis
8. adv. around, about
9. adv. turned over, changed, from one state to another
den
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der
2. art. dative plural of der
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der
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