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das
     1. art. singular of der: the
     2. pron. singular of der
     3. pron.          (relative) who, that, which
                   Ich kenne ein Mädchen, das das kann. - I know a girl who can do that.
                   Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist.
     4. pron.          (demonstrative) this, that, it
                   Das ist mein Haus. - This is my house.
                   er - Er wissen
                   Ich hab das nicht. - I don’t have it. (i.e. the thing mentioned)
     5. pron.          (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb)
                   Das regnet schon wieder. - It’s raining again.
                   Wissen Sie, wie spät das ist? - Do you know what time it is?
     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
Huhn
     1. n. hen
           Mein Huhn hat schon Eier gelegt. - My hen has already laid eggs.
     2. n. (chiefly in the plural also) chicken
legt
     1. v. third-person singular present of legen
     2. v. second-person plural present of legen
     3. v. plural imperative of legen
     legen
          1. v. to lay, to put, to place, to position, so that it afterwards lies as opposed to being setzen, stellen
                Leg deine Sachen auf den Stuhl! - Put your things on the chair!
                Ich lege mich auf das Bett. - I lie down on the bed.
                Eier legen - to lay eggs
                ein Feuer legen - to set a fire
                Leg dich auf den Boden! - Lie down on the floor!
          2. v. (animal husbandry) to castrate
                Ich habe meinen Hengst legen lassen. - I had my stallion castrated.
          3. v. (colloquial especially video games) to slay, to defeat
          4. v. (colloquial impersonal) to cause great amusement, to make someone collapse in laughter, to kill, to slay
                Bei dem zweiten Witz hat's ihn komplett gelegt. - The second joke totally killed him.
in
     1. prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building)
           Es ist in dem Haus. - It is in the house.
           Ich habe die Schlüssel im (in dem) Kühlschrank gefunden. - I found the keys in the refrigerator.
           Unsere Kinder sind in der Schule. - Our kids are at school.
           Er ist in einem Café. - He is at a coffee shop.
           Letzte Nacht waren sie im (in dem) Club. - They were at the club last night.
     2. prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to)
           in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense
     3. prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time)
           Er schloss sein Studium im Alter von vierzehn. - He completed his studies at/by the age of fourteen.
           im Alter - in old age
           im Mittelalter - during the middle ages
           in den 1960er Jahren - in the 1960s
     4. prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of))
           Er geht ins Haus. - He goes into the house.
           Wir gehen in die Schweiz. - We are going to Switzerland.
           Wir treten in ein neues Zeitalter ein. - We are coming into a new age.
     5. adj. in, popular (in fashion)
Letzter
     1. n. the last one (male or of unspecified gender)
     2. n. singular of Letzte
     3. n. genitive plural of Letzte
     4. adj. form of letzte
Zeit
     1. n-f. time (as a concept)
     2. n-f. time of day ((clipping of Uhrzeit))
     3. n-f. period, era (time in the past)
     4. n-f. stint (e.g. in the army)
     5. n-f. (grammar) tense
     6. prep. (solemn) for the entire time of, during
           Zeit ihrer Beziehung haben sie sich nie gestritten. - They never argued once during their relationship.
in letzter Zeit
     1. adv. of late; lately; recently; referring to the recent past as a whole
keine
     1. en:not a
     2. pron. feminine of kein
           Das ist keine Lampe. - That is not a lamp.
     3. pron. of kein
           Elemente sind Stoffe, die in keine einfacheren Stoffe zerlegt werden können. - Elements are substances that can not be decomposed into any simpler substance.
     4. pron. feminine of keiner
           uxi, Ich kenne keine, die mir gefällt., I don't know anyone I like.
     5. pron. of keiner
           Von den Lösungen ist keine korrekt. - Of the solutions, none is correct.
Eier
     1. n. plural of Ei
     2. v. first-person singular present of eiern
     3. v. singular imperative of eiern
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