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Er
1. n. a person or animal of male gender, a male
Was möchte Er von mir? - What does he want from me?
2. pron. (personal) he.
audio, De-wo ist klaus.ogg De-wo ist klaus.ogg uxi - Where is Klaus? Where is he?
audio, De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg uxi - This is my dog. His name is Waldi.
3. pron. (personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der)).
audio, De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg uxi - There stands a tree. It is more than 100 years old.
4. pron. (personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der)).
Im Frauengefängnis versuchte ein Häftling zu flüchten, aber er kam nicht weit. - In the women’s prison, an inmate tried to escape, but she didn’t get very far.
5. pron. (personal, archaic) Alternative spelling of Er, tr=you (polite)
setzte
1. v. first-person singular preterite of setzen
2. v. third-person singular preterite of setzen
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of setzen
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of setzen
setzen
1. v. to set; to put
2. v. to sit down
sich zur Ruhe setzen - to retire
3. v. to settle
den
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der
2. art. dative plural of der
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der
Fuß
1. n. foot (body part)
2. n. footing
3. n. (architecture) pedestal
4. n. (dated) foot, foot (unit of length; always in the singular)
5. n. metrical foot
6. n. (regional) leg
in
1. prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building)
Es ist in dem Haus. - It is in the house.
Ich habe die Schlüssel im (in dem) Kühlschrank gefunden. - I found the keys in the refrigerator.
Unsere Kinder sind in der Schule. - Our kids are at school.
Er ist in einem Café. - He is at a coffee shop.
Letzte Nacht waren sie im (in dem) Club. - They were at the club last night.
2. prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to)
in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense
3. prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time)
Er schloss sein Studium im Alter von vierzehn. - He completed his studies at/by the age of fourteen.
im Alter - in old age
im Mittelalter - during the middle ages
in den 1960er Jahren - in the 1960s
4. prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of))
Er geht ins Haus. - He goes into the house.
Wir gehen in die Schweiz. - We are going to Switzerland.
Wir treten in ein neues Zeitalter ein. - We are coming into a new age.
5. adj. in, popular (in fashion)
den
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der
2. art. dative plural of der
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der
Bügel
1. n-m. bow
2. n-m. handle, hanger
3. n-m. stirrup
4. n-m. iron (for ironing)
5. v. first-person singular present of bügeln
6. v. singular imperative of bügeln
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?
Schwang
1. n. swing
2. n. fashion
im Schwange sein - to be in fashion
3. v. first-person singular preterite of schwingen
4. v. third-person singular preterite of schwingen
schwingen
1. v. to swing (to move back and forth) (+aux, haben)
Sie schwingt auf einer Schaukel. - She is swinging on a swing.
2. v. to move (somewhere) by swinging (+aux, sein)
3. v. to swing (to move something using a swinging motion) (+aux, haben)
4. v. to wave; to brandish (+aux, haben)
5. v. to vibrate (+aux, haben)
6. v. to oscillate (+aux, haben)
7. v. to resound (+aux, haben)
8. v. to propagate (somewhere) as sound, to move throughout (an area) resounding (+aux, sein)
der Klang der Glocken schwang durch die Stadt - the sound of the bells resounded throughout the city
9. v. to be expressed (i, in someone's words) +aux, haben
10. v. (skiing) to ski back and forth +aux, sein
11. v. to arc (+aux, haben)
12. v. (regional) to clean (hemp or flax) of wood residues +aux, haben
13. v. (Switzerland, sports) to wrestle in the Schwingen (Swiss wrestling) style +aux, haben
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).
in
1. prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building)
Es ist in dem Haus. - It is in the house.
Ich habe die Schlüssel im (in dem) Kühlschrank gefunden. - I found the keys in the refrigerator.
Unsere Kinder sind in der Schule. - Our kids are at school.
Er ist in einem Café. - He is at a coffee shop.
Letzte Nacht waren sie im (in dem) Club. - They were at the club last night.
2. prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to)
in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense
3. prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time)
Er schloss sein Studium im Alter von vierzehn. - He completed his studies at/by the age of fourteen.
im Alter - in old age
im Mittelalter - during the middle ages
in den 1960er Jahren - in the 1960s
4. prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of))
Er geht ins Haus. - He goes into the house.
Wir gehen in die Schweiz. - We are going to Switzerland.
Wir treten in ein neues Zeitalter ein. - We are coming into a new age.
5. adj. in, popular (in fashion)
den
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der
2. art. dative plural of der
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der
Sattel
1. n. saddle
2. n. (music, lutherie) nut of a string instrument (supporting strings at the head end)
3. v. first-person singular present of satteln
4. v. singular imperative of satteln

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