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Schneiderhandwerk
transitiv
     1. adj. (grammar, of verbs) transitive
     2. adj. (math) transitive
den
     1. art. masculine accusative singular of der
     2. art. dative plural of der
     3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der
Saum
     1. n. hem (sewn edge of a garment or cloth)
     2. n. (figurative) edge
     3. n. (dialectal, otherwise obsolete) burden of a pack animal
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)
Textilien
     1. n. plural of Textilie
     Textilie
          1. n-f. (chiefly in the plural) textile(s)
Umlegen
     1. n. gerund of umlegen
     2. v. to lay around
     3. v. to tilt, to lay flat
     4. v. to apportion; to divide
     5. v. to flip
     6. v. to move
     7. v.          (of a lever) to shift, to move
     8. v.          (of an appointment) to change +preo, auf, , to
     9. v.          (of a cable etc.) to re-lay
     10. v.          (of a patient) to transfer, to move
     11. v. to put on
     12. v. to kill or murder; to waste
     13. v. to knock down (a wall, an opponent)
     14. v. to capsize
Falten
     1. n. plural of Falte
     2. v. to fold
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?
Verkürzen
     1. n. gerund of verkürzen
     2. v. to shorten
     3. v. to shorten (become shorter)
     4. v. to reduce (in distance, duration, quantity)
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