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kannst
     1. v. second-person singular present of können
     können
          1. v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can.
          2. v.          (auxiliary)
                        Kannst du ihm helfen? - Are you able to help him?
                        Ich hätte das machen können. - I could have done that.
                        Das kann sein, kann aber auch nicht sein. - This may be and may also not be.
                        Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist.
          3. v.          to be able to do something implied; can.
                        Nein, ich kann nicht. - No, I can’t.
                        Er hat gekonnt. - He was able to do it.
          4. v.          to know how to do (something); to know; to understand; to be able to do (something); to be capable of; can do (something), to have a specific skill. (w
                        Ich kann Deutsch und Englisch. - I know German and English.
                        Kannst du es? - Can you do it?
                        Das hätte ich nicht gekonnt. - I couldn’t have done that. / I wouldn’t have been capable of that.
          5. v.          to be possible, to make sense
                        Nächstes Jahr is’n Schaltjahr. – Das kann nich’. Letztes Jahr war doch Schaltjahr! - Next year is a leap year. – That’s not possible. Last year w
          6. v.          (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may.
                        Kann ich mitkommen? - May I come along?
                        Er hat nicht ins Kino gehen können. - He was not allowed to go to the cinema.
          7. v.          (auxiliary) to be in the legal situation of being able to realize a legal effect even if it be legally disallowed
                        
Du
     1. pron. alternative case form of du you (singular) (especially when used as a direct address in letters)
     2. n. (literally) the thou, the you (singular)
           jemandem das Du anbieten - to offer somebody the thou
     3. pron. you (thou, singular familiar)
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.)
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
Leiter
     1. n-f. ladder
           Er ist von der Leiter gefallen. - He fell off the ladder.
     2. n-m. agent noun of leiten
     3. n-m.          leader, director, manager, head, chief (male or of unspecified sex)
     4. n-m.          (physics, electricity, electronics) conductor, lead, wire, line
wieder
     1. adv. Indicates that the action taking place has happened before. again
           Siehst du, jetzt hast du’s schon wieder gesagt! - See, now you’ve said it again!
     2. adv. Indicates that the action will return something to its original state or position. back
           Schalte das Licht wieder aus. - Turn the light back off.
aufstellen
     1. v. to establish, to postulate
     2. v. to field (troops or eg a political candidate); to deploy
     3. v. to arrange, to set up, to erect
     4. v. to set (a record); to make (a plan, list etc.)
     5. v. to line up
     6. v. (regional) to put on (the fire, hob etc. to cook)
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