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Kurzform
     1. n-f. short form, clipped form, shortened form
     2. n-f. short version, shortened version
     3. n-f. abbreviation
für
     1. prep. for
           Das Geschenk ist für dich. - The present is for you.
     2. prep. in favor of, in support of
           Ich bin für die erste Option. - I'm in favor of the first option.
     3. prep. by the standards of
           Für einen Ausländer sprichst du sehr gut Deutsch. - For a foreigner, you speak German very well.
     4. prep. on behalf of
           Mein Anwalt wird das für mich beantworten. - My lawyer will answer to that on my behalf.
     5. prep. kind / type of
           Was für ein Kuchen ist das? - What kind of cake is this?
     6. prep. (informal) instead of
           Für die Hose hab ich jetzt den Rock genommen. - Instead of the trousers which I chose not to buy, I took the skirt.
     7. prep. (colloquial nonstandard) in order to (with zu and infinitive)
           Der Papa holt das Werkzeug, für die Waschmaschine zu reparieren. - Daddy is getting his tools in order to repair the washing machine.
Gegenstände
     1. n. plural of Gegenstand
     Gegenstand
          1. n. object, item, thing, article
          2. n. (obsolete, grammar) object of a sentence
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?
Dinge
     1. n. plural of Ding
     Ding
          1. n. thing
                Was ist das für ein Ding? - What is that thing?
          2. n. (mildly disrespectful) thing; girl; boy (young person)
          3. n. (dated) Thing (historic Germanic council)
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
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)
Ihrer
     1. pron. yours (i, polite/formal; both singular and plural)
     2. pron. genitive of Sie i;addressing politely or formally one or more people
     3. det. feminine singular of IhrDeterminer
     4. det. genitive plural of IhrDeterminer
     5. pron. personal genitive of sie: of her, of them
     6. det. (possessive) feminine singular of ihr
     7. det. (possessive) genitive plural of ihr
Form
     1. n-f. shape
     2. n-f. form (order of doing things)
     3. v. singular imperative of formen
     4. v. colloquial of
Einer
     1. n-m. (mathematics) unit
     2. n-m. (mathematics) units' place, ones' place (place value of a number)
     3. n-m. (sports) single scull
     4. n-m. (swimming) one-meter diving board
     5. num. feminine singular of ein
     6. art. feminine singular of ein
     7. pron. one
     8. pron. someone, somebody
     9. pron. feminine singular of einer
Gabel
     1. n-f. fork
     2. n-f. pitchfork
     3. n-f. prong
     4. v. first-person singular present of gabeln
     5. v. singular imperative of gabeln
ähneln
     1. v. (with dative) to resemble, be or look similar to
           Ich ähnle meinem Vater überhaupt nicht. - I do not resemble my father at all.
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