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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
Grund
     1. n. ground, land (usually as someone's property)
     2. n. bottom (of a container or a body of water)
     3. n. (figurative) reason; motive, cause (für + accusative)
           Es muss einen Grund dafür geben. - There must be a reason for that.
für
     1. prep. for
           Das Geschenk ist für dich. - The present is for you.
     2. prep. in favor of, in support of
           Ich bin für die erste Option. - I'm in favor of the first option.
     3. prep. by the standards of
           Für einen Ausländer sprichst du sehr gut Deutsch. - For a foreigner, you speak German very well.
     4. prep. on behalf of
           Mein Anwalt wird das für mich beantworten. - My lawyer will answer to that on my behalf.
     5. prep. kind / type of
           Was für ein Kuchen ist das? - What kind of cake is this?
     6. prep. (informal) instead of
           Für die Hose hab ich jetzt den Rock genommen. - Instead of the trousers which I chose not to buy, I took the skirt.
     7. prep. (colloquial nonstandard) in order to (with zu and infinitive)
           Der Papa holt das Werkzeug, für die Waschmaschine zu reparieren. - Daddy is getting his tools in order to repair the washing machine.
meine
     1. pron. feminine singular of meiner
     2. pron. plural of meiner
     3. det. feminine singular of mein
     4. det. plural of mein
     5. v. first-person singular present of meinen
     6. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of meinen
     7. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of meinen
     8. v. singular imperative of meinen
     mein
          1. det. (possessive) my
     meinen
          1. v. to opine, to think; to believe; to suppose
                Ich meine, das war letztes oder vorletztes Jahr. - I think it was last year or the year before.
          2. v. to say; to utter; (not used with nouns; not used in the imperative and rarely in the infinitive)
                Entschuldige, was meintest du gerade? - Sorry, what did you just say?
          3. v. to mean; to be convinced or sincere about something
                Das sagt er nicht nur, das meint er auch. - He doesn’t just say it, he means it.
          4. v. to mean; to have in mind; to convey
                Was meintest du damit? - What did you mean by that?
                Meinst du das rote oder das gelbe Haus? - Do you mean the red or the yellow house?
          5. v. (now rare) to mean; to signify
                Was meint dieses Wort? - What does this word mean?
          6. det. (possessive) masculine accusative singular of mein
          7. det. (possessive) dative plural of mein
schlechte
     1. adj. form of schlecht
     schlecht
          1. adj. bad, evil, wicked (the opposite of good; immoral)
                ein schlechter Mensch - a bad person
          2. adj. bad (unskilled; of limited ability)
                sie ist schlecht in Mathe - she is bad at maths
          3. adj. bad (unhealthy, unwell)
                schlecht für jemanden sein - to be bad for somebody
          4. adj. bad (of poor physical appearance)
                schlecht aussehen - to look bad
          5. adj. bad, off (spoiled, rotten, overripe)
                schlecht werden - to go off, to go bad
          6. adj. dirty (dishonourable)
          7. adv. badly, poorly, not well (in a bad or poor manner)
          8. adv. with difficulty, not easily
Note
     1. n-f. (music) note (character indicating the length and pitch of a tone)
     2. n-f. (diplomacy) note
     3. n-f. (school) grade, mark
liegt
     1. v. third-person singular present of liegen
     2. v. second-person plural present of liegen
     3. v. plural imperative of liegen
     liegen
          1. v. to lie (to be in a horizontal position)
          2. v.          (Swiss) to lie down
          3. v. to be, to lie somewhere (of flat objects, also of inpatients in a hospital; otherwise use sitzen or stehen)
          4. v. to be located, to lie somewhere (of countries, towns, houses, etc.)
          5. v. to be, to stand (of indices, measurements)
darin
     1. adv. in it, in that, therein
dass
     1. conj. (subordinating) that
           Ich habe gehört, dass du krank bist. - I was told that you are sick.
     2. conj. (subordinating, chiefly colloquial) so that
           Beeil dich, dass wir bald losfahren können. - Hurry up so that we can take off soon.
Ich
     1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego
     2. n. self, me, him, etc.
           das wahre Ich - the real me
     3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun)
nicht
     1. adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb)
           Bitte nicht stören! - Please do not disturb!
           Das ist nicht wahr. - That is not true.
     2. interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not?
           Du bist sicher die Claudia, nicht? - You must be Claudia, aren't you?
gelernt
     1. Participle. past participle of lernen
     2. adj. skilled, trained
     3. adj. learnt / learned
     lernen
          1. v. to learn
                Ich lerne noch. - I’m still learning.
                Ich lerne Spanisch. - I’m learning Spanish.
          2. v. to study (revise or review materials)
                Ich lerne für meine Prüfung. - I’m studying for my exam.
          3. v. (somewhat informal, transitive) to train to become something
                Ich lerne Bäcker. - I’m training to be a baker.
          4. v. (colloquial nonstandard transitive with dative) to teach
                Das lern ich dir. - I’ll teach you that.
Habe
     1. n. belongings, possession
     2. v. first-person singular present of haben
     3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of haben
     4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of haben
     5. v. singular imperative of haben
     haben
          1. v. (auxiliary) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses)
                Das habe ich nicht gesagt. - I haven't said that.
          2. v. to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic)
          3. v. to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself)
                Glaub und hab keine Angst. - Believe and don't be afraid or Believe and have no fear.
          4. v. to have, get (to obtain, acquire)
          5. v. to get (to receive)
          6. v. to have (to be scheduled to attend)
          7. v. to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from)
          8. v. to contain, be composed of, equal
                Ein Meter hat 100 Zentimeter. - One metre has 100 centimetres.
          9. v. (impersonal, dialectal, with es) there be, there is, there are
                Es hat zwei Bücher. - There are two books.
          10. v. to make a fuss
                Hab dich nicht so! - Don't make such a fuss!
          11. v. (colloquial with es and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into
                Ich hab's nich so mit Hunden. - I don't have it that much with dogs.
          12. v. (colloquial with es and von or über) to talk about
                Wir hatten's grad von dir und deiner Freundin. - We just had it about you and your girlfriend.
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