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kein
     1. pron. no; not a(n); not one; not any
           Das ist kein Bett. - That is no bed.
           uxi, Es gibt kein Brot., There is no bread.
Plural
     1. n-m. (grammar) plural
     2. adj. pluralistic
bürokratisches
     1. adj. form of bürokratisch
     bürokratisch
          1. adj. bureaucratic
sich
     1. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular: herself, himself, itself, oneself (direct or indirect object).
     2. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person plural: themselves (direct or indirect object).
sehr
     1. adv. very
           Ich bin sehr glücklich. - I am very happy.
     2. adv. a lot, much
           Ich vermisse dich sehr. - I miss you a lot.
streng
     1. adj. severe, rigid, strict
     2. adv. very much, strictly
an
     1. prep. (local) on; upon; at; in; against
           Das Bild hängt an der Wand. - The picture hangs on the wall.
     2. prep. by; near; close to; next to
     3. prep. (temporal, with days or times of day) on; in; at
           Wir treffen uns am (an dem) Dienstag. - We're meeting on Tuesday.
           Ich werde sie am (an dem) Abend sehen. - I will see her in the evening.
     4. prep. (temporal) a; per; only used with the word Tag, otherwise use in
           zweimal am Tag - twice a day
     5. prep. on; onto
           Ich hänge das Bild an die Wand. - I hang the picture on the wall.
     6. prep. at; against
           Schauen Sie an die Tafel. - Look at the blackboard.
     7. prep. to; for
           Ein Brief an Anna. - A letter for Anna.
     8. adv. onward; on
           von heute an - from today on
     9. adj. (predicative) on
           Ist der Schalter an oder aus? = Ist der Schalter an- oder ausgeschaltet? - Is the switch on or off. Is the switch switched on or off.
streng an
     1. v. singular imperative of anstrengen
     2. v. colloquial of
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
Vorschriften
     1. n. plural of Vorschrift
     Vorschrift
          1. n-f. regulation, rule
          2. n-f. prescription
haltendes
     1. Participle. form of haltend
Handeln
     1. n. (gerund of handeln); action, behaviour
     2. v. to act; to take action
           Jeder ist dafür verantwortlich, wie er handelt. - Everybody is responsible for the way they act.
           Wir müssen handeln, bevor es zu spät ist. - We must take action before it is too late.
     3. v. to negotiate; to bargain; to haggle
           Da lass ich nicht mit mir handeln. - I won’t bargain about this.
     4. v. to trade in; to deal; to sell (+preo, mit)
           Er handelt mit Teppichen. - He trades in carpets.
     5. v. to trade
           Eine Aktiengesellschaft ist eine Firma, die an der Börse gehandelt wird. - A stock company is an enterprise that is traded in the stock market.
     6. v. to tip as; to take into consideration as being
           Er wird als der nächste Superstar gehandelt. - He’s being tipped as the next superstar.
     7. v. to discuss; to deal with; to write or speak about (+preo, von)
           Der Autor handelt auf 32 Seiten von dieser Nebensächlichkeit. - The author discusses this marginal issue in 32 pages.
     8. v. to be about; to deal with
           Das Buch handelt von Hasen. - The book is about hares.
     9. v. (impersonal, reflexive, often with bei to add clarification, idiomatic) to be, to be a case of, to be a matter of (Often used to introduce the subject before giving it a name, or to indicate so
           Es handelt sich um ein Missverständnis. - What we have is a misunderstanding.
           Bei diesen Tieren handelt es sich um Hasen. - These animals here are hares.
           Es handelt sich um ein paar Tage, bis die Pakete ankommen werden. - It will be a matter of days before the packages will arrive.
     10. v. to handle something; to control; to deal with in an organised fashion
           Wir müssen sehen, wie wir dieses Problem handeln. - We must find a way of handling this problem.
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