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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)
Sage
     1. n-f. saga, legend, myth, story, tale
     2. v. first-person singular present of sagen
     3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of sagen
     4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of sagen
     5. v. singular imperative of sagen
     sagen
          1. v. to say (to pronounce; communicate verbally)
          2. v. to tell (to inform (someone) verbally)
          3. v. to mean (to convey or signify)
          4. v. to speak up (+obj, etwas)
Ihnen
     1. pron. personal dative of Sie: you, to you i;indirect object; addressing politely or formally one person
     2. pron. personal dative of sie; them, to them.
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)
bin
     1. v. first-person singular present of sein
     sein
          1. v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be
                Das ist schön. - That is beautiful.
                Das ist ein Auto. - That is a car.
          2. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition)
                Usage: In this sense sein is always conjugated in the third person singular and takes a Dative noun. The impersonal subject es may be present, but is often taken as implied. For example: "Mir i
                Ist dir kalt? - Are you cold?
                Mir ist schlecht. - I'm sick.
                Dem Mann ist schwindelig. - The man feels dizzy.
                Den Kindern ist langweilig. - The children are bored.
          3. v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for
                Usage: As in the previous sense sein takes a Dative noun and is always conjugated according to the impersonal subject es, although it is usually omitted.
                Uns ist nach einem Film zumute. - We feel like watching a movie.
                Mir ist nicht danach. - I don't feel like it.
          4. v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs
                Er ist alt geworden. - He has become old.
          5. v. to exist; there to be; to be alive
                Was nicht ist, kann noch werden. (a common proverb) - That which does not exist now, may come into existence.
                Wenn ich nicht mehr bin, erbst du das Haus. - When I am no more, you'll inherit the house.
          6. v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.)
                Du bist. - It’s your turn.
                Du bist nach mir. - Your turn is after mine.
          7. v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag
                Du bist! - You're it!
                Ich bin nicht mehr. - I'm not it anymore.
          8. det. his
                Daniel schickt seiner Schwester eine SMS. - Daniel is sending a text to his sister.
                Der Kater spielt oft mit seinen Spielsachen. - The cat often plays with his toys.
          9. det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun)
                der Mond und sein Licht - the moon and its light
                das Schaf und seine Lämmer - the sheep and its lambs
          10. det.          (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so.
                        Der kostet so seine zweihundert Euro. - That one costs around two hundred euros.
          11. det. one's
                Man muss seinem Herzen folgen. - One must follow one’s heart.
seit
     1. conj. since
     2. prep. since
           Ich bin seit letzter Woche krank. - I’ve been ill since last week.
     3. prep. for (some past period of time)
           Ich bin seit einer Woche krank. - I’ve been ill for a week now.
Acht
     1. n-f. the natural number eight
     2. n-f. the numeral sign 8
     3. n-f. a playing card with the value eight
     4. n-f. a figure eight shape; a bicycle wheel bent out of shape
     5. n. (in idioms and derivatives, otherwise archaic) attention; regard; heed
     6. n. (historical) outlawry; banishment (declaration that someone is no longer protected by law)
     7. n. (poetic) sworn enmity; declaration of vendetta
     8. n-f. (obsolete, found in western German toponyms) land belonging to a mansion or monastery
     9. num. (cardinal) eight (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 8; or describing a set with eight elements)
Tagen
     1. n-n. (gerund of tagen)
     2. n. noun form of Tag, , dat, p
     3. v. (of committees etc.) to meet
     4. v. (literary) to dawn
     Tag
          1. n. day (24-hour period)
                Tag für Tag - day after day
          2. n. day (period from midnight to the following midnight)
                Der Tag fängt um Mitternacht an. - The day begins at midnight.
          3. n. (astronomy) day (rotational period of a planet, moon or any celestial body (especially Earth))
          4. n. day, daylight (period between sunrise and sunset when there is daylight)
                Im Winter sind die Tage kürzer. - During the winter the days are shorter.
                Diese kurzen Tage verursachen Depressionen. - These short days cause feelings of depression.
                An den irdischen Polen dauert ein Tag sechs Monate. - At the Earth's poles a day lasts about six months.
          5. n. day, daylight, light (light from the Sun)
          6. n. (figurative) light (open view; a visible state or condition)
          7. n. day (part of a day which one spends at work, school, etc.)
                Nun, wie war dein Tag? - Well, how was your day?
                Überstunden!? Was für ein Tag! - Overtime!? What a day!
          8. n. (figurative) day (specified time or period, considered with reference to the prominence or success (in life or in an an argument or conflict) of a person or thing)
                Der Tag gehört uns. Gut gemacht, Männer! - It's our day, now. Well done, men!
                Heute ist einfach nicht mein Tag. - It's just not my day.
          9. n. (dated, now found chiefly in compounds such as Bundestag, Reichstag, Landtag, Sudetendeutscher Tag or Tag der Oberschlesier) convention, congress (formal assembly)
          10. n. see Tage for plural-only senses
          11. interj. (colloquial) hello; (good) day
ein
     1. art. a, an
           ein Mann - a man
           eine Frau - a woman
           ein Kind - a child
     2. adv. (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something
           ein und aus gehen, weder ein noch aus wissen
           darein, derein, feldein, feldein, hafenein, hafenein, herein, herein, hierein, hierein, hinein, hinein, jahrein, jahrein, waldein, waldein (older spellings include Wald-ein), worein, wor
     3. adj. (predicative) on
           Ist der Schalter ein oder aus? (d. h., Ist der Schalter ein- oder ausgeschaltet?) - Is the switch on or off. (i.e., Is the switch switched on or off.)
feuerspeiender
Vulkan
     1. n-m. (planetology, geology, vulcanology) volcano
     2. Proper noun. (Roman god) dated form of Vulcanus, t=Vulcan
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