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Sentence

Als er ankam, öffnete sie die Tür.

Translation

When he arrived, she opened the door.



Analysis


Als
     n. creek, drainage channel
     conj. (subordinating, referring to time of occurrence) at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as
     conj. (used with a comparison or as an exception) than
     conj. as; like; in the function of; in the form of
     conj. as if
     conj. (after negative pronoun) but, other than
er
     pron. (personal) he.
     pron. (personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der)).
     pron. (personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der)).
     pron. (personal, archaic) Alternative spelling of Er, tr=you (polite)
ankam
     v. first-person singular preterite of ankommen
     v. third-person singular preterite of ankommen
öffnete
     v. first-person singular preterite of öffnen
     v. third-person singular preterite of öffnen
     v. first-person singular subjunctive of öffnen
     v. third-person singular subjunctive of öffnen
     öffnen
          v. to open (to make something accessible or allow for passage by moving from a shut position)
          v. to open (to make accessible to customers or clients)
          v. to open (to load into memory for viewing or editing)
          v. to open, get, or answer the door
          v. to open (to become open)
          v. to open up (to), confide (in) (to reveal oneself; share personal information about oneself)
sie
     pron. she
     pron. it (when the object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine die)
     pron. he (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a male person, is feminine die)
     pron. they; them
     es
          pron. Nominative and accusative neuter third-person singular personal pronoun
          pron. (Impersonal pronoun used to refer to statements, activities, the environment etc., or as a placeholder/dummy pronoun) — it
          art. (regional, colloquial) alt form-lite, das
die
     art. feminine singular of der
     art. plural of der
     pron. feminine singular of der
     pron. plural of der
     pron.          (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose
     pron.          (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them
     der
          art. the
          art. feminine singular of der
          art. genitive plural of der
          pron. who; that; which
          pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that
          pron. (attributive, stressed) that
          pron. (indicative) him, he
          pron. (differential) the one, him
          pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her
Tür
     n-f. door (rigid plane on a hinge)
     n-f. door; doorway (passage that can be blocked with such a plane)




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