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warum
     1. adv. why; for what reason
           warum ist die Banane krumm - why is the banana bent
Ziehen
     1. n. gerund of ziehen
     2. v. to pull (e.g., a door handle); to drag (+aux, haben)
     3. v. to draw (e.g. a weapon); to extract; to puff (+aux, haben)
     4. v. to draw (a conclusion, lesson, etc.) (+aux, haben)
     5. v. (impersonal, intransitive) to be drafty; there to be a draft (current of air)
           Es zieht. - There’s a draft.
     6. v. to move; to migrate (+aux, sein)
           Ich ziehe nach Hamburg, aber mein Bruder zieht in eine andere Stadt. - I'm moving to Hamburg, but my brother is moving to another city.
     7. v. to roam; to head (+aux, sein)
     8. v. to stretch; to warp (+aux, haben)
     zeihen
          1. v. (ditransitive, dated, or elevated, accusative + genitive,) to accuse, to blame somebody (of)
                Niemand kann mich einer Lüge zeihen. - Nobody can accuse me of a lie.
                Selbst seinen Dienern traut er nicht, / zeiht seine Engel noch des Irrtums. -  Even in his servants he puts no trust, and his angels he charges with error.
wir
     1. pron. we
um
     1. prep. about
           Es geht um den Kuchen. - It's about the pie.
     2. prep. around
           Um die Ecke - around the corner
     3. prep. at, by (qual, when relating to time)
           Um acht Uhr reisen wir ab - At eight o’clock we depart
     4. prep. by (qual, percentage difference)
           Die Verkaufsmengen gingen um 6% zurück. - Sales in volume has decreased by 6%.
     5. prep. (Austria) for qual, amount of money
           Um einen Euro bekommt man heute nicht besonders viel. - You can't buy much for one euro these days.
           Heute im Sonderangebot um nur 99 Euro. - Special offer today for only 99 euros.
     6. conj. in order to, so as to
           Wir sind gekommen, um zu helfen. - We’ve come (in order) to help.
     7. adj. (predicative, not attributive) up, in the sense of finished
           Werden dich in kurzem binden/ Erdgeist, deine Zeit ist um - source=Friedrich von Hardenberg, Novalis
     8. adv. around, about
     9. adv. turned over, changed, from one state to another
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