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Dies hier ist der erste Entwurf.

Translation

This is the first sketch.



Analysis


dies
     pron. Alternative form of dieses
hier
     adv. (location) here; in this place; refers to an environment one is currently in, or to something within reach
     adv. (location) there; right there; in that place; refers to something that is considered nearby, or can be seen and pointed at
     adv. (abstract) here (within this context)
     adv. used with the definite article or the determiner dieser, , this, that to express proximity (“this”)
     interj. (colloquial) Used for emphasis or to call for attention, often when changing the subject
ist
     v. third-person singular present of sein
     sein
          v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be
          v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition)
          v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for
          v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs
          v. to exist; there to be; to be alive
          v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.)
          v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag
          det. his
          det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun)
          det.          (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so.
          det. one's
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
erste
     adj. (ordinal) first
Entwurf
     n. draft
     n. design, model, sketch




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