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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)
Tieren
     1. n. noun form of Tier, , dat, p
     Tier
          1. n. animal (i, see usage notes below)
          2. n. A person who has a quality thought of as animalistic, such as ferocity, strength, hairiness, etc.
                Wenn er getrunken hat, wird er zum Tier. - When he’s had a drink, he turns into an animal.
          3. n. (hunting jargon) hind (female red deer)
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?
Pflanzen
     1. n. gerund of pflanzen
     2. n. plural of Pflanze
     3. v. to plant
     Pflanze
          1. n-f. plant
                Der Garten war voll mit vielen verschiedenen Arten von Pflanzen. - The garden was full of many different kinds of plants.
Haar
     1. n. hair
     2. v. singular imperative of haaren
     3. v. colloquial of
Härchen
     1. n-n. diminutive of Haar
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