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sag
     1. v. singular imperative of sagen
     2. v. colloquial of
     sagen
          1. v. to say (to pronounce; communicate verbally)
          2. v. to tell (to inform (someone) verbally)
          3. v. to mean (to convey or signify)
          4. v. to speak up (+obj, etwas)
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.)
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
Tante
     1. n-f. aunt
     2. n-f. (colloquial) woman, broad
guten
     1. adj. form of gut
Tag
     1. n. day (24-hour period)
           Tag für Tag - day after day
     2. n. day (period from midnight to the following midnight)
           Der Tag fängt um Mitternacht an. - The day begins at midnight.
     3. n. (astronomy) day (rotational period of a planet, moon or any celestial body (especially Earth))
     4. n. day, daylight (period between sunrise and sunset when there is daylight)
           Im Winter sind die Tage kürzer. - During the winter the days are shorter.
           Diese kurzen Tage verursachen Depressionen. - These short days cause feelings of depression.
           An den irdischen Polen dauert ein Tag sechs Monate. - At the Earth's poles a day lasts about six months.
     5. n. day, daylight, light (light from the Sun)
     6. n. (figurative) light (open view; a visible state or condition)
     7. n. day (part of a day which one spends at work, school, etc.)
           Nun, wie war dein Tag? - Well, how was your day?
           Überstunden!? Was für ein Tag! - Overtime!? What a day!
     8. n. (figurative) day (specified time or period, considered with reference to the prominence or success (in life or in an an argument or conflict) of a person or thing)
           Der Tag gehört uns. Gut gemacht, Männer! - It's our day, now. Well done, men!
           Heute ist einfach nicht mein Tag. - It's just not my day.
     9. n. (dated, now found chiefly in compounds such as Bundestag, Reichstag, Landtag, Sudetendeutscher Tag or Tag der Oberschlesier) convention, congress (formal assembly)
     10. n. see Tage for plural-only senses
     11. interj. (colloquial) hello; (good) day
     12. v. singular imperative of tagen
guten Tag
     1. interj. hello, good day, good afternoon (greeting said when meeting or acknowledging someone)
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