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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
Henne
     1. n-f. hen (female chicken)
           Meine Henne hat schon Eier gelegt. - My hen has already laid eggs.
legt
     1. v. third-person singular present of legen
     2. v. second-person plural present of legen
     3. v. plural imperative of legen
     legen
          1. v. to lay, to put, to place, to position, so that it afterwards lies as opposed to being setzen, stellen
                Leg deine Sachen auf den Stuhl! - Put your things on the chair!
                Ich lege mich auf das Bett. - I lie down on the bed.
                Eier legen - to lay eggs
                ein Feuer legen - to set a fire
                Leg dich auf den Boden! - Lie down on the floor!
          2. v. (animal husbandry) to castrate
                Ich habe meinen Hengst legen lassen. - I had my stallion castrated.
          3. v. (colloquial especially video games) to slay, to defeat
          4. v. (colloquial impersonal) to cause great amusement, to make someone collapse in laughter, to kill, to slay
                Bei dem zweiten Witz hat's ihn komplett gelegt. - The second joke totally killed him.
ein
     1. art. a, an
           ein Mann - a man
           eine Frau - a woman
           ein Kind - a child
     2. adv. (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something
           ein und aus gehen, weder ein noch aus wissen
           darein, derein, feldein, feldein, hafenein, hafenein, herein, herein, hierein, hierein, hinein, hinein, jahrein, jahrein, waldein, waldein (older spellings include Wald-ein), worein, wor
     3. adj. (predicative) on
           Ist der Schalter ein oder aus? (d. h., Ist der Schalter ein- oder ausgeschaltet?) - Is the switch on or off. (i.e., Is the switch switched on or off.)
legen ein
     1. v. first-person plural present of einlegen
     2. v. third-person plural present of einlegen
     3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of einlegen
     4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of einlegen
Ei
     1. n. egg (all biological senses)
           Willst du dein Ei hart oder weich? - Do you want your egg hard-boiled or soft-boiled?
           Das befruchtete Ei nistet sich in der Gebärmutter ein. - The fertilised egg nidates in the uterus.
     2. n. something egg-shaped
     3. n. (informal usually in the plural) testicle; ball (also figuratively)
           Mal sehen, ob ihr Eier habt! - Let’s see if you guys have balls!
     4. n. (colloquial in the plural) bucks (money)
           Kost’ dreißig Eier, der Spaß. - This thing costs thirty bucks.
     5. n. (colloquial usually vocative mildly pejorative) clown; foolish bloke
           Da steht „ziehen“, du Ei. - The sign says “pull”, you clown.
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