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das
     1. art. singular of der: the
     2. pron. singular of der
     3. pron.          (relative) who, that, which
                   Ich kenne ein Mädchen, das das kann. - I know a girl who can do that.
                   Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist.
     4. pron.          (demonstrative) this, that, it
                   Das ist mein Haus. - This is my house.
                   er - Er wissen
                   Ich hab das nicht. - I don’t have it. (i.e. the thing mentioned)
     5. pron.          (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb)
                   Das regnet schon wieder. - It’s raining again.
                   Wissen Sie, wie spät das ist? - Do you know what time it is?
     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
Spiel
     1. n. a game (instance or way of playing)
     2. n. gameplay, the experience or act of playing
           im Spiel - at play
     3. n. (figurative) leeway; wiggle room
           Der Personaler sagte mir, beim Gehalt sei noch Spiel nach oben. - The HR guy told me there was some leeway for a higher salary.
     4. n. (mechanics) backlash; lash; play; slack
     5. n. (Swiss) military band, marching band
     6. v. singular imperative of spielen
gab
     1. v. first-person singular preterite of geben
     2. v. third-person singular preterite of geben
     geben
          1. v. (ditransitive) to give (changing ownership)
                Meine Frau hat mir eine neue Uhr gegeben. - My wife gave me a new watch.
          2. v. (ditransitive) to hand, to pass, to put within reach
                Gib mir das! - Give me that!
                Gib mir deine Hand. - Give me your hand (to hold).
                Könnten Sie mir den Stift geben? - Could you hand me that pen?
          3. v. (impersonal, transitive) Used to indicate that something exists (often with a certain property and/or in a certain location). Usually translated as there be or there exist
                Gibt es gute Schulen in der Nähe? - Are there good schools in the neighborhood?
                Es gibt kein Wasser in dieser Wüste. - There is no water in this desert.
                Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist.
          4. v. (ditransitive, transitive) to communicate (helpful information such as a hint or advice), to signal (in a certain way such as a sign)
                Darf ich dir einen Rat geben? - May I give you some advice?
                Der Spieler gab ein Signal, dass er eingewechselt werden wollte. - The player gave a signal that he wanted to be substituted.
          5. v. to present; to put
          6. v. to result in
keinen
     1. en:not a
     2. pron. masculine accusative of kein
           Ich suche keinen Job. - I'm not looking for a job.
           uxi, Ich suche kein Job., I'm not looking for a job.
     3. pron. dative plural of kein
           es gehört keinen Leuten - it does not belong to anyone
     4. pron. masculine accusative of keiner
     5. pron. dative plural of keiner
     kein
          1. pron. no; not a(n); not one; not any
                Das ist kein Bett. - That is no bed.
                uxi, Es gibt kein Brot., There is no bread.
Anreiz
     1. n-m. incentive
sich
     1. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular: herself, himself, itself, oneself (direct or indirect object).
     2. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person plural: themselves (direct or indirect object).
noch
     1. adv. still, yet (up to and including a given time)
           Du magst mich noch. - You still like me.
           Ich bin noch nicht fertig. - I’m not ready yet.
     2. adv. yet, eventually (at an unknown time in the future)
           Er wird noch kommen. - He will come eventually.
           Das brauche ich später noch. - I'll need that sometime.
     3. adv. additionally, in addition, besides, else; (more often expressed in English with) another, more
           Da ist noch einer. - There’s another one.
           Da sind noch welche. - There are some more.
           Ich habe noch Schokolade im Auto. - I have some more chocolate in the car.
           Weißt du noch was? - Can you think of anything else?
     4. adv. (only) just; barely (by a small margin)
           Ich habe es gerade noch geschafft. - I made it just in time.
     5. adv. (with comparative) even
           Deins ist noch schöner! - Yours is even prettier!
     6. conj. (following a negation, especially weder) nor; function word introducing each except the first term or series, indicating none of them is true
           Ich mag weder ihn noch dich. - I like neither him nor you.
           Er versteht es nicht noch wird er es jemals verstehen. - He doesn’t understand it, nor will he ever understand it.
weitere
     1. adj. form of weit
     weit
          1. adj. wide
          2. adj. large
          3. adj. far, distant (of the past or future)
                Der Roman spielt in der weiten Zukunft. - The novel takes place in the far future.
          4. adj. Denotes a certain point in time or in some process or schedule, or a certain stage of development.
                Es ist fast so weit, das Ritual durchzuführen. - It's almost time to perform the ritual.
                Computer sind so weit fortgeschritten, dass sie Sprache verstehen. - Computers have advanced enough to understand language.
          5. adv. far
anzusehen
     1. v. de-zu-infinitive of ansehen
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