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"english": "For a foreigner, you speak German very well.",
"text": "Für einen Ausländer sprichst du sehr gut Deutsch.",
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}
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],
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"english": "My lawyer will answer to that on my behalf.",
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{
"english": "What kind of cake is this?",
"text": "Was für ein Kuchen ist das?",
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"english": "Instead of the trousers [which I chose not to buy], I took the skirt.",
"text": "Für die Hose hab ich jetzt den Rock genommen.",
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}
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"text": "Der Papa holt das Werkzeug, für die Waschmaschine zu reparieren.",
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}
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"in order to (with zu and infinitive)"
],
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"in order to",
"in order to"
],
[
"zu",
"zu#German"
]
],
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],
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},
{
"ipa": "/fʏɐ̯/"
},
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{
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},
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},
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],
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"German lemmas",
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"German terms derived from Old High German",
"German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"German terms inherited from Middle High German",
"German terms inherited from Old High German",
"German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"German terms with IPA pronunciation",
"German terms with audio links",
"German terms with homophones",
"Rhymes:German/yːɐ̯",
"Rhymes:German/yːɐ̯/1 syllable"
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
"word": "Fürtuch"
},
{
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},
{
"word": "was für"
}
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"text": "Das Geschenk ist für dich.",
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"english": "For a foreigner, you speak German very well.",
"text": "Für einen Ausländer sprichst du sehr gut Deutsch.",
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}
],
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"by the standards of"
],
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"with-accusative"
]
},
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"english": "My lawyer will answer to that on my behalf.",
"text": "Mein Anwalt wird das für mich beantworten.",
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"english": "What kind of cake is this?",
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"kind"
],
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"type"
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],
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{
"english": "Instead of the trousers [which I chose not to buy], I took the skirt.",
"text": "Für die Hose hab ich jetzt den Rock genommen.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"instead of"
],
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"instead of",
"instead of"
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"(informal) instead of"
],
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"informal",
"with-accusative"
]
},
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],
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"type": "example"
}
],
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[
"zu",
"zu#German"
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],
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{
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},
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},
{
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