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diese
     1. pron. feminine nominative singular of dieser; "this"
     2. pron. feminine accusative singular of dieser; "this"
           Ich will diese Frau - I want this woman.
     3. pron. nominative plural of dieser; "these"
           Diese Dinge sind dumm - These things are stupid.
     4. pron. accusative plural of dieser; "these"
     dieser
          1. pron. this one, this
          2. pron. that one, that
blaurote
     1. adj. form of blaurot
Glasur
     1. n-f. (cooking, or ceramics) glaze, icing
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?
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
Porzellan
     1. n-n. porcelain
überhaupt
     1. adv. overall, in general
     2. adv. at all; anyway
           Hört Ihr mir überhaupt zu? - Are you listening to me at all?
     3. adv. actually
     4. adv. even
nennt
     1. v. third-person singular present of nennen
     2. v. second-person plural present of nennen
     3. v. plural imperative of nennen
     nennen
          1. v. to name (to give a name to)
          2. v. to call, to describe as (some name, title or description)
                Nennst du mich einen Dummkopf? - Are you calling me an idiot?
                Wir nennen den Hund Leo. - We call the dog Leo.
          3. v. (ditransitive) to mention, to make known, to tell, to give (some piece of information)
                Nennen Sie mir den Ort des Treffens. - Tell me the location of the meeting.
          4. v. to say, to speak, to state (a name)
                Kannst du deinen Namen nennen? - Can you say your name?
          5. v. to call out; to give (e.g. some request)
          6. v. to be called; to be named; to go by some name
man
     1. pron. one, you (indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular)
           Man kann nicht immer kriegen, was man will. - You can’t always get what you want.
           Manchmal muss man Kompromisse machen. - Sometimes one must compromise.
     2. pron. they, people (people in general)
           Zumindest sagt man das so... - At least that’s what they say...
     3. pron. someone, somebody (some unspecified person)
     4. pron. they (some unspecified group of people)
     5. adv. (colloquial regional northern Germany) just; only
           Komm man hier rüber! - Just come over here!
           Das sind man dreißig Stück oder so. - These are only thirty or so.
Aubergine
     1. n-f. aubergine, eggplant (plant, vegetable, herb)
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