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gib
     1. v. singular imperative of geben
     2. v. colloquial of
     geben
          1. v. (ditransitive) to give (changing ownership)
                Meine Frau hat mir eine neue Uhr gegeben. - My wife gave me a new watch.
          2. v. (ditransitive) to hand, to pass, to put within reach
                Gib mir das! - Give me that!
                Gib mir deine Hand. - Give me your hand (to hold).
                Könnten Sie mir den Stift geben? - Could you hand me that pen?
          3. v. (impersonal, transitive) Used to indicate that something exists (often with a certain property and/or in a certain location). Usually translated as there be or there exist
                Gibt es gute Schulen in der Nähe? - Are there good schools in the neighborhood?
                Es gibt kein Wasser in dieser Wüste. - There is no water in this desert.
                Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist.
          4. v. (ditransitive, transitive) to communicate (helpful information such as a hint or advice), to signal (in a certain way such as a sign)
                Darf ich dir einen Rat geben? - May I give you some advice?
                Der Spieler gab ein Signal, dass er eingewechselt werden wollte. - The player gave a signal that he wanted to be substituted.
          5. v. to present; to put
          6. v. to result in
mir
     1. pron. personal dative of ich: me, to me:
           Er gab es mir. - He gave it to me.
     2. pron. (dialectal, or colloquial) Alternative form of wir, t=we
Mal
     1. n. time (as in the first time; many times)
     2. n. occasion, case, occurrence
     3. n. a mark on the body, e.g. a scar, mole, etc.
     4. n. (chiefly in compounds) mark, sign in the landscape, e.g. a milestone
     5. n. (ball games) base
     6. adv. times (indicating multiplication of two numbers)
           sechs mal sieben ist zweiundvierzig - six times seven is forty-two
     7. adv. (informal) Alternative form of einmal, , sometime, ever, once, may serve to introduce a new information.
           Wenn du in Köln bist, musst du mal bei deiner Tante anrufen. - When you’re in Cologne, you must call your aunt sometime.
           Ich geh mal zum Kaffeestand. - I’m off to the coffee stall.
     8. adv. (informal) Softening a sentence, thus making a request or command more polite. By extension, indicating a command or request.
           Haben Sie mal Feuer? - Do you have a lighter please?
           Haste Feuer? - D'ya have fire?
           Du musst mal deine Tante anrufen. - You have to call your aunt.
     9. v. singular imperative of malen
     10. v. colloquial of
     malen
          1. v. to paint (do paintwork)
          2. v. to paint (create a painting)
          3. v. (loosely) to draw, depict (with a pencil, computer program, etc.)
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.)
Paar
     1. n. pair, couple
           Ein Paar brauner Schuhe. - A pair of brown shoes.
     2. n. twosome
     3. det. some; few; a few
ein paar
     1. det. Form of paar
Kröten
     1. n. plural of Kröte
     2. n. (slang) money
     Kröte
          1. n-f. toad
          2. n-f. (colloquial) brazen kid
          3. n-f. (informal, chiefly or only in the plural) money
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