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Anrede
     1. n-f. salutation, form of address (e.g., in a letter)
     2. n-f. a (short) speech to someone
Fremder
     1. n. stranger (someone whom one does not know) (male or of unspecified gender)
           Mitten in der Nacht stand ein Fremder vor der Tür und sagte, dass wir die Polizei rufen müssen. (In the middle of the night there was a stranger at the door who said we had to call the police.)
     2. n. stranger, foreigner (someone from a different country, or from a different part of a country)
           In einer neuen Stadt bist du zunächst ein Fremder. (Initially you are a stranger in a new city.)
     3. n. singular of Fremde
     4. n. genitive plural of Fremde
     5. adj. comparative of fremd
     6. adj. form of fremd
Personen
     1. n. plural of Person
     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!
durch
     1. prep. by means of; by; through
           Das Haus wurde durch ein Feuer zerstört. - The house was destroyed by fire.
     2. prep. through; entering, then exiting
           Wir wandern durch den Wald. - We're hiking through the forest.
     3. prep. through (a period of time)
           Sie hat mir durch eine schwierige Zeit geholfen. - She helped me through a difficult period.
     4. prep. via
     5. prep. owing to; because of
     6. prep. (mathematics) divided by
     7. adv. during; throughout; through
           den ganzen Tag durch - the whole day through
     8. adv. (colloquial with a time) past
           Es ist acht Uhr durch. - It is past eight o’clock.
Kinder
     1. en:children
     2. n. plural of Kind
     Kind
          1. n. kid; child (young person)
          2. n. child; offspring (person with regard to his or her parents; also a baby animal or young animal, especially as the second component in numerous compound nouns)
                Er war das zweitgeborene Kind in der Familie. - He was the second-born child in the family.
                Er ist das Kind zweier blinder Eltern. - He is the child of two blind parents.
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