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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
älteste
     1. adj. form of alt
     alt
          1. adj. old
                Wie alt bist du? - How old are you?
          2. adj. ancient
          3. adj. elderly (inflected in the comparative)
                ältere Menschen - the elderly
Feuerwehrmann
     1. n. fireman, firefighter (male or of unspecified gender)
hob
     1. v. first-person singular preterite of heben
     2. v. third-person singular preterite of heben
     heben
          1. v. to lift; to raise
          2. v. to heave; to hoist
          3. v. to rise; to lift
den
     1. art. masculine accusative singular of der
     2. art. dative plural of der
     3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der
Kopf
     1. n. (anatomy) head
           Er fiel die Treppe hinunter, als sie ihm ein Buch an den Kopf warf. - He fell down the stairs when she threw a book at his head.
     2. n. crown, top
     3. n. heading, title
     4. n. person; individual; fellow (referring to one's intellect or mentality)
           Er ist ein heller Kopf. - He is a bright head.
     5. n. (linguistics) head
     6. n. (numismatics) heads (side of a coin)
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?
sah
     1. v. first-person singular preterite of sehen
     2. v. third-person singular preterite of sehen
     sehen
          1. v. to see; to have sight
                Er sieht nicht gut. - He doesn’t see well.
          2. v. to see (something); to perceive by vision
          3. v. to realize; to notice; to see; to find out
          4. v. to meet (somebody); to meet up; to see; (butnot in the sense of “pay a visit to”, nor as a euphemism for having a romantic or sexual relation)
                Siehst du den Markus noch? - Do you still see Markus? (Do you meet him regularly? Are you still friends with him?)
          5. v. to look at; to watch; (the construction with nach often implies a turning of the head; other prepositions can be used depending on the context)
                auf/nach etwas sehen - to look at something
          6. v. to check on; to look after; to see to (+preo, nach)
                Hast du in letzter Zeit nach dem Baby gesehen? - Have you seen to the baby recently?
          7. v. to decide spontaneously and/or by personal preference; to wait and see
                Das werden wir dann sehen. - We’ll see then. / We’ll play it by ear.
                Soll ich Nudeln oder Pizza nehmen? — Das musst du selber sehen. - Should I take pasta or pizza? — You’ll have to decide for yourself.
zwischen
     1. prep. between
           die Schere zwischen Arm und Reich - the gap between the poor and rich
     2. prep. among, amongst
dem
     1. art. dative singular of der: the
     2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which
Geäst
     1. n. (collectively) boughs, branches
durch
     1. prep. by means of; by; through
           Das Haus wurde durch ein Feuer zerstört. - The house was destroyed by fire.
     2. prep. through; entering, then exiting
           Wir wandern durch den Wald. - We're hiking through the forest.
     3. prep. through (a period of time)
           Sie hat mir durch eine schwierige Zeit geholfen. - She helped me through a difficult period.
     4. prep. via
     5. prep. owing to; because of
     6. prep. (mathematics) divided by
     7. adv. during; throughout; through
           den ganzen Tag durch - the whole day through
     8. adv. (colloquial with a time) past
           Es ist acht Uhr durch. - It is past eight o’clock.
hinaus
     1. adv. out (away from the speaker)
           zum Fenster hinaus - out the window
aufs
     1. contraction. auf + das, on the, upon the, onto the
           Ich muss aufs Klo. - I must go to the toilet.
herbstliche
     1. adj. form of herbstlich
     herbstlich
          1. adj. autumn, autumnal
Feld
     1. n. field (plot of open land, especially one used to grow crops)
     2. n. area where action, often competitional, takes place
     3. n.          (military) field, battlefield
                   ins Feld schicken - to send (a person) into the field
     4. n.          (sports) field, playing field
     5. n.          (figurative) field, practical observation
                   Feldstudie - field study
     6. n. field, a domain of work, knowledge, study
     7. n. a defined area where something is put in, where information is supplied
     8. n.          (heraldry) field, background
     9. n.          (computing) array
     10. n.          (chess) square
     11. n.          (crossword puzzle etc.) square
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