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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
weint
     1. v. third-person singular present of weinen
     2. v. second-person plural present of weinen
     3. v. plural imperative of weinen
     weinen
          1. v. to weep, cry
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?
Du
     1. pron. alternative case form of du you (singular) (especially when used as a direct address in letters)
     2. n. (literally) the thou, the you (singular)
           jemandem das Du anbieten - to offer somebody the thou
     3. pron. you (thou, singular familiar)
willst
     1. v. second-person singular present of wollen
     wollen
          1. adj. (relational) wool; woolen, woollen
          2. v. to want; to wish; to desire; to demand
                Ich will doch nur das Beste. - I want only the best.
          3. v. (auxiliary) to want (to do something)
                Ich will gehen. - I want to go.
          4. v. (auxiliary) to intend, to mean
                Ich wollte dich nicht erschrecken. - I did not mean to scare you.
'ne
     1. art. (colloquial)contraction of eine (a, an)
Lachnummer
     1. n-f. (colloquial) laughing stock
Abziehen
     1. n. gerund of abziehen
     2. v. to subtract, to deduct
           Das wird von deinem Lohn abgezogen. - This will be deducted from your pay.
     3. v. to pull out
     4. v. to leave
     5. v. to pull the trigger
     6. v. (colloquial) to rip off (to cheat, to charge an exorbitant or unfair rate)
     7. v. to skin (an animal)
           Sie hat dem Hasen das Fell abgezogen
           Sie hat den Hasen abgezogen - She skinned the hare
     8. v. to sharpen (a blade)
     9. v. to sand down (wooden flooring); to sweep (a clay tennis court)
     10. v. to bottle (wine) (after removing from a barrel, tank etc.)
     11. v. to print; to run off, to make a copy of
           Sie haben 100 Exemplare des Flugblattes abgezogen - They made 100 copies of the pamphlet
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