See für in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "I need the book for an assignment.",
"text": "Ich brauche das Buch für eine Hausarbeit.",
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"english": "She takes painkillers for her headaches.",
"text": "Sie nimmt Schmerzmittel für ihre Kopfschmerzen.",
"translation": "She takes painkillers for her headaches.",
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"english": "That is not of interest to us.",
"text": "Das ist für uns nicht von Interesse.",
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"english": "All that stress ended up being a bit too much for him.",
"text": "Der ganze Stress war etwas zu viel für ihn.",
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"english": "To me, this matter seems crystal clear.",
"text": "Für mich ist die Sache glasklar.",
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"english": "I bought that device for less than 100 euros.",
"text": "Das Gerät habe ich für weniger als 100 Euro gekauft.",
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"english": "For his crimes, he went to prison for two years.",
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"english": "He pushed me. In return, I tripped him.",
"text": "Er hat mich geschubst. Dafür habe ich ihm ein Bein gestellt.",
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"english": "What kind of cake is this?",
"text": "Was für ein Kuchen ist das?",
"translation": "What kind of cake is this?",
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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.",
"translation": "Instead of the trousers [which I chose not to buy], I took the skirt.",
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"english": "to (mistakenly) consider someone something",
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"english": "She's off work / on leave for the next two weeks.",
"text": "Sie ist für die nächsten zwei Wochen im Urlaub.",
"translation": "She's off work / on leave for the next two weeks.",
"type": "example"
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22,
25
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22,
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"english": "I think that's enough for today.",
"text": "Ich denke, das reicht für heute.",
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"english": "The concert is planned for Monday.",
"text": "Das Konzert ist für Montag geplant.",
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15,
18
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28,
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"english": "Our boss arranged a meeting for 10 am.",
"text": "Unser Chef hat für 10 Uhr ein Meeting anberaumt.",
"translation": "Our boss arranged a meeting for 10 am.",
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"english": "For a foreigner, you speak German very well.",
"text": "Für einen Ausländer sprichst du sehr gut Deutsch.",
"translation": "For a foreigner, you speak German very well.",
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"english": "For this time of year, it's already quite warm.",
"text": "Für die Jahreszeit ist schon ganz schön warm.",
"translation": "For this time of year, it's already quite warm.",
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"english": "step by step",
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"english": "year after year",
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"english": "word-for-word",
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],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
28,
31
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
27,
38
]
],
"english": "Daddy is getting his tools in order to repair the washing machine.",
"text": "Der Papa holt das Werkzeug, für die Waschmaschine zu reparieren.",
"translation": "Daddy is getting his tools in order to repair the washing machine.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"in order to"
],
"info_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": ":zu(inf)<do something>"
},
"expansion": "[with zu (+ infinitive) ‘do something’]",
"extra_data": {
"words": [
"zu",
"(+",
"infinitive)",
"‘do",
"something’"
]
},
"name": "+obj"
}
],
"links": [
[
"in order to",
"in order to"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, nonstandard) in order to [with zu (+ infinitive) ‘do something’]"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "um"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"nonstandard"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "before, in front of",
"word": "vor"
}
],
"categories": [
"German terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of vor: before, in front of"
],
"links": [
[
"vor",
"vor#German"
],
[
"before",
"before"
],
[
"in front of",
"in front of"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) alternative form of vor: before, in front of"
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fyːɐ̯/"
},
{
"ipa": "/fʏɐ̯/"
},
{
"ipa": "/fyːr/",
"tags": [
"standard"
]
},
{
"audio": "De-für.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/De-f%C3%BCr.ogg/De-f%C3%BCr.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/De-f%C3%BCr.ogg"
},
{
"audio": "De-für2.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c8/De-f%C3%BCr2.ogg/De-f%C3%BCr2.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/De-f%C3%BCr2.ogg",
"tags": [
"Germany",
"Berlin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/fə/",
"note": "reduced form in common speech"
},
{
"homophone": "führ (when pronounced with long “ü”)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-yːɐ̯"
}
],
"word": "für"
}
Download raw JSONL data for für meaning in German (16.5kB)
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