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Gerät
     1. n. device, tool, appliance, machine
           Bitte schalten Sie Ihre elektronischen Geräte aus. - Please turn off your electronic devices.
           einwandfreie Geräte. - faultless devices.
     2. n. equipment, tools
     3. n. (dated) contents, furniture
     4. v. third-person singular present of geraten
     geraten
          1. v. to turn out, succeed
          2. v. to thrive
          3. v. to come (across, by); to fall (upon)
          4. v. to get (into); to fall (into); to come (to); to fly (into)
          5. Participle. past participle of raten to advise, to recommend, to guess
          6. adj. advisable
          7. adj. guessed; solved
     raten
          1. v. to advise; to recommend
                jemandem etwas zu tun raten - to advise someone to do something
                Ich rate dir dazu, die Chance zu ergreifen. - I advise you to take the chance.
          2. v. to guess
                Das rätst du nie. - You will never guess that.
                Lass mich raten! - Let me guess!
                Rate(t) mal! - Guess what!
zum
     1. contraction. to or for the (contraction of zu + dem)
     2. contraction. to or for a (contraction of zu + einem)
     zu
          1. prep. to, towards (indicates directionality)
                zum Bahnhof - to the train station
          2. prep. with respect to; regarding
                Zu Punkt 1 möchte ich bemerken, dass... - With respect to item 1, let me remark that...
          3. prep. along with; with (accompanying (the main thing in question))
                Wasser zum Essen trinken - to drink water with one’s meal
          4. prep. at, on (indicates location)
                zu Hause - at home
          5. prep. at (indicates time)
                zur richtigen Zeit - at the right time
                zu Beginn - at the beginning
          6. prep. by, in, on, at (indicates mode (of transportation, speech, etc.))
                zu Pferd - on horseback
          7. prep. (with a verb) for; (with a noun) as, by way of (for the purpose of)
          8. prep. for (in honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of)
          9. prep. into (indicates transition into another form or substance)
          10. prep. as, for, to be (to take on the role of)
          11. prep. to (used to indicate ratios)
          12. prep. at (denotes a price or rate)
          13. part. (with infinitives of verbs) to
                etwas zu essen - something to eat
          14. adv. (with adjectives and adverbs) too (excessively)
                zu schnell - too fast
          15. adv. (by extension, slang) (An intensifier.)
                Dieses Essen ist zu lecker! - This food tastes so good!
          16. adv. towards; at
          17. adv. (somewhat, informal) shut; closed; locked
          18. adv. ahead, on (along, forwards (continuing an action))
          19. adj. (somewhat, informal) shut, closed (made inaccessible or impassable; not open)
                Das Geschäft war zu. - The shop was closed.
                Die Tür muss aus Brandschutzgründen immer zu sein. - This door must be shut at all times for reasons of fire safety.
                Die Tür ist zu, ich komm nicht rein. - The door is locked, I can’t get in there.
          20. adj. closed (not operating or conducting trade)
          21. adj. done up (fastened)
          22. adj. (slang) hammered; very drunk
     dem
          1. art. dative singular of der: the
          2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which
Schneiden
     1. n. plural of Schneide
     2. v. to cut; to carve; to slice
     3. v. to pare; to clip; to mow; to prune; to trim
     4. v. to cut (someone) off; to cut in on (someone)
     5. v. to edit
     6. v. to intersect
           Die beiden Straßen schneiden sich. - Both streets intersect.
     7. v. to cut (oneself)
     8. v. to delude (oneself); to become mistaken
     9. v. to avoid somebody (to cut someone)
     Schneide
          1. n-f. sharp edge
          2. n-f. sawgrass
von
     1. prep. from
           Ich fahre von Köln nach Hamburg. - I'm travelling from Cologne to Hamburg.
           Ich hab’s von meiner Schwester gehört. - I heard it from my sister.
     2. prep. of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below)
           das Auto meines Vaters - - = uxi = uxi, das Auto von meinem Vater, my father’s car / the car of my father
     3. prep. by (with passive voice)
           Das Hotel wird von der Firma bezahlt. - The hotel is paid for by the company.
     4. prep. about, of (a topic)
           Er hat von seiner Jugend erzählt. - He told about his youth.
     5. prep. on, with (a resource)
           Von welchem Geld soll ich als Arbeitsloser in Urlaub fahren? - Being unemployed, on what money should I go on holidays?
           Man kann nicht nur von Luft und Liebe leben. - You can’t live on air and love alone. (proverb)
Papier
     1. n. (usually) paper (material)
     2. n. (usually) wrapping made of paper or a similar material, e.g. with foodstuffs
     3. n. a sheet of paper
     4. n. (chiefly in the plural) a document or proof, especially short for, Ausweispapier, t=identity document, papers
     5. n. (chiefly in the finance, stock market) short for, Wertpapier, t=security
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?
Anderer
     1. n. : the other / different one (male or unspecified)
     2. adj. other, different
           ein and(e)rer Mann - another man
           das Geld and(e)rer Leute - other people's money
           mit jemand ander(e)m sprechen - to talk with someone else
           etwas völlig anderes - something completely different
           eine vollkommen andere Person - a completely different person
dünner
     1. adj. comparative of dünn
     2. adj. form of dünn
Materialien
     1. n. plural of Material
     Material
          1. n. material (matter)
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