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egal
     1. adj. (usually predicative only) all the same, unimportant
           Das ist mir egal. - That's all the same to me.
           Es könnte mir gar nicht egaler sein. - I couldn't care less.
     2. adj. (dated, still used by some older speakers) the same, identical, alike, matching
           Das sind zwei egale Hemden. - These are two identical shirts.
     3. adv. no matter
           Egal, was du sagst: ich bleibe dabei. - No matter what you say: my opinion won't change.
     4. interj. expresses indifference
           "Willst du zuerst ins Kino oder ins Café gehen?" "Egal." - "Do you want to go to the cinema or the cafe first? " "I don't mind.".
ob
     1. conj. (qual, subordinating) Introduces an indirect question, a doubt. if, whether.
           ob ... oder - if ... or
           Ich weiß nicht, ob sie krank ist. - I don't know if she's sick
           Hast du sie gefragt, ob sie kommt? - Did you ask her if she's coming?
           Ob das wirklich wahr ist? - Is it really true?
     2. conj. (conditional, obsolete, except in als ob) if, in case
     3. prep. (formal, literary, + genitive; rare with dative) on account of
Schwarz
     1. n. black (colour)
     2. n. (heraldry) sable; black in heraldry
     3. Proper noun. surname, common, from=nicknames, varform=Schwartz
     4. adj. black, reflecting little or no light
     5. adj. (figurative) illegal
     6. adj. black, having a high amount of melanin in an organ, e.g. the skin
     7. adj. (politics, Germany, relational) of the CDU or CSU (large center-right Christian Democratic parties, whose associated colour is black)
     8. adj. (of coffee) without milk
     9. adj. (trick-taking card games) not having won any trick (or only tricks with zero points)
     10. adj. (relational) Goth (of Goth music or culture, called schwarze Szene in German)
Braun
     1. n. brown (color)
           (color panel, A52A2A)
     2. Proper noun. surname, common, from=nicknames, eq=Brown
     3. adj. brown
           brauner Zucker - brown sugar
     4. adj. tan (skin, due to sun exposure)
     5. adj. (politics, historic) of the Nazi party and organisations (due to the brown SA uniform)
     6. adj. (politics, loosely, pejorative) of the political right, especially the far right
Gelb
     1. n. yellow
     2. n. (short for: Eigelb) yolk
     3. adj. yellow
     4. adj. (politics, Germany, relational) of the FDP (a libertarian and market-economy promoting political party in Germany)
oder
     1. conj. or
           Danach alles gestr. oder noch 1–2 Wörter? - Is everything after that crossed out or are there one or two more words?
     2. part. (tag question) right?; is it?; is it not?
           Es ist kalt heute, oder? - It’s cold today, isn’t it?
           Das war keine so gute Idee, oder? - That wasn’t such a good idea, was it?
           Du kommst aus Deutschland, oder? - You’re from Germany, aren’t you?
Normal
     1. n-n. (science) standard, normal
     2. adj. ordinary, normal
           völlig normal. - completely normal.
     3. adv. (standard) ordinarily, normally, in a normal fashion
           Er hat sich ganz normal benommen. - He behaved quite normally.
     4. adv. (colloquial) Alternative form of normalerweise: usually, normally, in general
           Normal geh ich früh ins Bett. - I normally go to bed early.
     5. interj. (colloquial) sure, of course, obviously; (usually implies that something is trivial)
           Du hast mit zwölf schon geraucht? ― Normal. - You already smoked at twelve? ― Sure.
alle
     1. pron. feminine singular of all
     2. pron. plural of all
     3. det. feminine singular of all
     4. det. plural of all
     5. adj. (colloquial) finished; gone
           Die Milch ist alle. - The milk is gone.
           Wir haben gestern das Bier alle gemacht. - Yesterday we have depleted the beer.
     alles
          1. pron. (indefinite) everything; all
                Alles ist gut. - All is well.
          2. pron. (indefinite, chiefly colloquial, appositional) all (as in "we all" etc.)
                Ihr seid alles Idioten. - You're all idiots.
                Die Politiker haben alle keine Ahnung. - The politicians all don’t have a clue.
          3. det. of all
                Alles Geld der Welt würde ich für dich geben. - All the money in the world I'd give for you.
                Ich wünsche dir alles Gute. - I wish you all the best.
Leute
     1. n. people (several individual persons, a group of people in general, esp. of one kind or another), folk (folks), peeps (slang), guys (boys and/or girls)
     2. n. plural of Leut
sollten
     1. v. first-person plural preterite of sollen
     2. v. third-person plural preterite of sollen
     3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of sollen
     4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of sollen
     sollen
          1. v. (auxiliary) should; to be obligated (to do something); ought; shall
                Ich soll das machen. - I should do that.
                Ich sollte das nicht tun. - I should not do it.
          2. v. (auxiliary) to be recommended (to do something); to be asked (to do something)
          3. v. (auxiliary) to be intended (to do something); to be meant (to be something)
          4. v. (auxiliary) to be said (to do something); reportedly; they say that; I hear that; so they say; rumor has it; supposedly.
                Es soll da viele Leute geben. - They say that there are many people there.
          5. v. (auxiliary) would; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates something that would happen in the past but after the time frame of the main clause
          6. v. (auxiliary) should; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates a hypothetical and unlikely condition for the main clause
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
Gleichen
     1. n. plural of Gleiche
     2. v. (with a dative case object) to be like (something); to equal (something); to resemble
     3. v. to be alike
Rechte
     1. n. right (right side)
     2. n. plural of Rechter
     3. n. nominative singular of Rechter
     4. n. plural of Recht
     5. adj. form of recht
     Recht
          1. n. a right, privilege
                Sie haben nicht das Recht, über irgendetwas belogen zu werden. - You do not have the right to be lied to about anything.
          2. n. a title, claim
          3. n. the law
Haben
     1. n-n. credit
     2. v. (auxiliary) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses)
           Das habe ich nicht gesagt. - I haven't said that.
     3. v. to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic)
     4. 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.
     5. v. to have, get (to obtain, acquire)
     6. v. to get (to receive)
     7. v. to have (to be scheduled to attend)
     8. v. to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from)
     9. v. to contain, be composed of, equal
           Ein Meter hat 100 Zentimeter. - One metre has 100 centimetres.
     10. v. (impersonal, dialectal, with es) there be, there is, there are
           Es hat zwei Bücher. - There are two books.
     11. v. to make a fuss
           Hab dich nicht so! - Don't make such a fuss!
     12. 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.
     13. 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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