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Als
     1. n. creek, drainage channel
     2. conj. (subordinating, referring to time of occurrence) at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as
           Als er ankam, öffnete sie die Tür. - When he arrived, she opened the door.
           Als wir jung waren, spielten wir im Wald. - We played in the forest when we were young.
     3. conj. (used with a comparison or as an exception) than
           Zwei ist größer als eins. - Two is greater than one.
           Die Kopie sieht anders aus als das Original. - The copy looks different than the original.
           Er sagt nichts anderes als die Wahrheit. - He tells nothing other than the truth.
     4. conj. as; like; in the function of; in the form of
           Als Polizist muss ich es tun. - As a policeman, I must do it.
           Wir sind Feinde, aber im Moment müssen wir uns als Freunde verhalten. - We are enemies, but for now we must act like friends.
           Sie verkleidete sich als Krankenschwester, um das Krankenhaus zu betreten. - She disguised herself as a nurse to enter the hospital.
     5. conj. as if
     6. conj. (after negative pronoun) but, other than
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
Junge
     1. n. boy
     2. n. (card games) jack
     3. n. plural of Junges
     4. n. singular of Junges
     5. adj. form of jung
den
     1. art. masculine accusative singular of der
     2. art. dative plural of der
     3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der
heißen
     1. v. (copulative) to have a name; to be named; to be called; but implying that one “owns” this name, not necessarily that one goes by it
           Wie heißt du? - What is your name?
           Ich heiße ... - I’m called ...
           Ich werde Lutz genannt, aber ich heiße Ludger. - They call me Lutz, but my name is Ludger.
     2. v. to mean, to signify; to have a meaning
           Das heißt, dass wir nur noch wenig Zeit haben. - This means that we have but little time left.
           Was or: Wie heißt „Auto“ auf Englisch? - What is ‘Auto’ in English?
     3. v. (impersonal) to say, to be said; to go, run (like)
           Es heißt, dass ... - It is said that ...; They say that ...
     4. v. to call (someone something)
           Er hat mich einen Idioten geheißen. - He called me an idiot.
           Ich heiße Sie herzlich willkommen! - I call you cordially welcome!
     5. v. to order, to direct, to call to do something
           Sie hieß ihn, nach der Schule anzurufen. - She told him to call after school
     6. adj. form of heiß
Ofen
     1. n. oven ((clipping of Backofen))
     2. n. stove
     3. n. furnace
     4. n. kiln ((clipping of Brennofen))
     5. Proper noun. (chiefly Austria) Buda, the western part of the Hungarian capital Budapest.
berührte
     1. v. first-person singular preterite of berühren
     2. v. third-person singular preterite of berühren
     3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of berühren
     4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of berühren
     berühren
          1. v. to touch
          2. v. (geometry) to be tangent to
          3. v. to border on
verbrannte
     1. Participle. form of verbrannt
     2. v. first-person singular preterite of verbrennen
     3. v. third-person singular preterite of verbrennen
     verbrennen
          1. v. to burn (to cause to be consumed by fire or flames), to incinerate, to combust (+aux, haben)
                Das Feuer war verheerend, da nahezu jede Pflanze im Feuer verbrannte. - The fire was devastating because nearly every plant was consumed by the flames.
          2. v. to burn oneself, to suffer a burning (+aux, haben)
                sich den Arm verbrennen - to burn one's arm
                Neugierige Katzen verbrennen sich die Tatzen. - Curiosity killed the cat.
          3. v. to scorch (+aux, haben)
                die Taktik der verbrannten Erde - the tactic of scorched earth
          4. v. to burn (to hurt the mouth by an overdose of spices) (+aux, haben)
          5. v. to be burned (+aux, sein)
                Meine Hände waren vom Feuer verbrannt. - My hands were burnt by the fire.
Er
     1. n. a person or animal of male gender, a male
           Was möchte Er von mir? - What does he want from me?
     2. pron. (personal) he.
           audio, De-wo ist klaus.ogg     De-wo ist klaus.ogg uxi - Where is Klaus? Where is he?
           audio, De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg     De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg uxi - This is my dog. His name is Waldi.
     3. pron. (personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der)).
           audio, De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg     De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg uxi - There stands a tree. It is more than 100 years old.
     4. pron. (personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der)).
           Im Frauengefängnis versuchte ein Häftling zu flüchten, aber er kam nicht weit. - In the women’s prison, an inmate tried to escape, but she didn’t get very far.
     5. pron. (personal, archaic) Alternative spelling of Er, tr=you (polite)
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).
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
Hand
     1. n. (football, informal) short for, Handspiel
           Das war Hand! - That was a handball!
           Das erste Hand war vor dem Strafraum, aber das zweite hätte Elfmeter geben müssen. - The first handball was outside the box, but the second one should have been a penalty.
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