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Deutschland
     1. Proper noun. Germany (a country in Central Europe)
     2. Proper noun. short for a nation state, the legal person comprising the most part of territory with German dominating, or its territory
     3. Proper noun.          (short for, Heiliges Römisches Reich, Heiliges Römisches Reich Deutscher Nation) or short for, Heiliges Römisches Reich, heiliges römisches Reich deuts
     4. Proper noun.          (short for, Deutsches Reich)
     5. Proper noun.          (short for, Bundesrepublik Deutschland)
umgangssprachlich
     1. adj. (linguistics) colloquial (informal but within standard language norms)Danko Šipka: Exclusion Labels in Slavic Monolingual Dictionaries: Lexicographic Construal of Non-Standardness. In: Colloquium: New
     2. adj. (linguistics) vernacular, non-standard (non-standard usage)
sonst
     1. adv. otherwise (under different circumstances)
           Beeil dich, sonst kommen wir zu spät. - Hurry up, otherwise we'll be late.
     2. adv. normally, usually (as opposed to a particular case)
           Ich trinke sonst nicht so viel. - I don't normally drink so much.
     3. adv. (often with noch) else
           Sonst noch etwas? - Anything else?
           Was soll es sonst sein? - What else would it be?
     4. adv. (colloquial) so; then; (consecutive, but directed against an explicit or implicit alternative)
           Wenn wir jetzt losgehen, sind wir eh zu spät. Sonst lass uns morgen noch mal wiederkommen. - If we go there now, we’ll be late anyway. So let’s not do that but instead let’s come back again tom
           Wir gehen grad in die Stadt. Also, wenn du Lust hast... sonst komm doch mit! - We’re headed for the city. So, if you’re interested... maybe you’re not, but if you are then come along!
Südafrika
     1. Proper noun. South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)
(KwaZulu
Natal)
Masche
     1. n-f. (knitting, crocheting) stitch
     2. n-f. hole (in a net)
     3. n-f. link (in chainmail)
     4. n. (colloquial) trick, scam, shtick
           Das ist ja ne tolle Masche. - Now that’s a nice trick.
an
     1. prep. (local) on; upon; at; in; against
           Das Bild hängt an der Wand. - The picture hangs on the wall.
     2. prep. by; near; close to; next to
     3. prep. (temporal, with days or times of day) on; in; at
           Wir treffen uns am (an dem) Dienstag. - We're meeting on Tuesday.
           Ich werde sie am (an dem) Abend sehen. - I will see her in the evening.
     4. prep. (temporal) a; per; only used with the word Tag, otherwise use in
           zweimal am Tag - twice a day
     5. prep. on; onto
           Ich hänge das Bild an die Wand. - I hang the picture on the wall.
     6. prep. at; against
           Schauen Sie an die Tafel. - Look at the blackboard.
     7. prep. to; for
           Ein Brief an Anna. - A letter for Anna.
     8. adv. onward; on
           von heute an - from today on
     9. adj. (predicative) on
           Ist der Schalter an oder aus? = Ist der Schalter an- oder ausgeschaltet? - Is the switch on or off. Is the switch switched on or off.
gestrickten
oder
     1. conj. or
           Danach alles gestr. oder noch 1–2 Wörter? - Is everything after that crossed out or are there one or two more words?
     2. part. (tag question) right?; is it?; is it not?
           Es ist kalt heute, oder? - It’s cold today, isn’t it?
           Das war keine so gute Idee, oder? - That wasn’t such a good idea, was it?
           Du kommst aus Deutschland, oder? - You’re from Germany, aren’t you?
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Waren
     1. n. plural of Ware
     2. v. first-person plural preterite of sein
     3. v. third-person plural preterite of sein
     Ware
          1. n-f. goods, merchandise, ware
vor
     1. prep. in front of, ahead of (relative location in space)
     2. prep. before, prior to, ahead of (relative location in time)
     3. prep. ago (location in the past relative to the present)
           vor drei Tagen - three days ago
           vor einiger Zeit - a while ago
     4. prep. from, against (a threat or negative outcome)
           Er konnte vor dem Tsunami nicht mehr fliehen. - He couldn't escape (from) the tsunami.
           Du hast mich vorm Ertrinken gerettet. - You saved me from drowning.
           vor Verlusten schützen - to protect against losses
           sich vor jemandem verstecken - to hide from somebody
     5. prep. (what) with, (out) of (stating cause)
           vor Freude weinen - to cry with joy
           Ich sterbe vor Durst. - I'm dying of thirst.
           Ich kann dich vor all dem Rauch gar nicht sehen. - I can't even see you, what with all the smoke.
           Vor lauter Angst traute sich keiner im Raum mehr zu atmen. - Nobody in the room dared to breathe out of sheer fright.
allem
     1. pron. Dative singular masculine and neutral gender forms of alles ("all").
vor allem
     1. adv. above all (of prime importance), especially
Strümpfen
     1. n. dative plural of Strumpf
     Strumpf
          1. n. stocking; hose (women’s undergarment covering the foot, the lower leg, and part of the thigh)
          2. n. stocking (long sock covering the foot and the lower leg)
          3. n. (loosely) sock
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
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).
gelöst
     1. Participle. past participle of lösen
     2. adj. solved, resolved
     3. adj. relaxed
     4. adj. detached, disengaged
     5. adj. undone (knot)
     lösen
          1. v. to loose; to loosen; to detach; to remove
                (etwas) von (etwas anderes) lösen - "to remove (something) from (something else)".
          2. v. to separate
          3. v. to cast off; to remove
          4. v. to solve; to resolve; to answer
          5. v. to come loose
          6. v. to dissolve
          7. v. (of a ticket) to buy
                eine Fahrkarte lösen - to buy a ticket
          8. v. to release; to undo; to untie; to ease
          9. v. to dissolve; to disband; to break up; to end
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hat
     1. v. third-person singular present of haben
     haben
          1. v. (auxiliary) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses)
                Das habe ich nicht gesagt. - I haven't said that.
          2. v. to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic)
          3. v. to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself)
                Glaub und hab keine Angst. - Believe and don't be afraid or Believe and have no fear.
          4. v. to have, get (to obtain, acquire)
          5. v. to get (to receive)
          6. v. to have (to be scheduled to attend)
          7. v. to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from)
          8. v. to contain, be composed of, equal
                Ein Meter hat 100 Zentimeter. - One metre has 100 centimetres.
          9. v. (impersonal, dialectal, with es) there be, there is, there are
                Es hat zwei Bücher. - There are two books.
          10. v. to make a fuss
                Hab dich nicht so! - Don't make such a fuss!
          11. v. (colloquial with es and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into
                Ich hab's nich so mit Hunden. - I don't have it that much with dogs.
          12. v. (colloquial with es and von or über) to talk about
                Wir hatten's grad von dir und deiner Freundin. - We just had it about you and your girlfriend.
und
     1. conj. (co-ordinating) and
           Kaffee und Kuchen - coffee and cake
           Ich kam, sah und siegte. - I came, saw, and conquered.
     2. conj. (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them
           Er und Abwaschen? Vielleicht einmal im Jahr! - Him doing the dishes? Maybe once per year!
     3. interj. so?, now?, and?
           Und? Wie ist es gelaufen? - So? How did it go?
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
Reihen
     1. n. plural of Reihe
     2. v. to line up; to arrange (i, according to some structure)
     3. v. to line up; to follow one after another
     4. v. (sewing) to tack, to crimp (to sew/baste on loosely, with wide stitches)
     Reihe
          1. n-f. row
          2. n-f. rank, succession, series, sequence, range
          3. n-f. (maths) series
          4. n-f. (chess) rank
abwärts
     1. adv. downwards, downhill
     2. adv. downstream
oder
     1. conj. or
           Danach alles gestr. oder noch 1–2 Wörter? - Is everything after that crossed out or are there one or two more words?
     2. part. (tag question) right?; is it?; is it not?
           Es ist kalt heute, oder? - It’s cold today, isn’t it?
           Das war keine so gute Idee, oder? - That wasn’t such a good idea, was it?
           Du kommst aus Deutschland, oder? - You’re from Germany, aren’t you?
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