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Sentence

Du hast nur noch drei Leben übrig.

Translation

You only have three lives left.



Analysis


Du
     pron. alternative case form of du you (singular) (especially when used as a direct address in letters)
     n. (literally) the thou, the you (singular)
     pron. you (thou, singular familiar)
hast
     v. second-person singular present of haben
     haben
          v. (auxiliary) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses)
          v. to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic)
          v. to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself)
          v. to have, get (to obtain, acquire)
          v. to get (to receive)
          v. to have (to be scheduled to attend)
          v. to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from)
          v. to contain, be composed of, equal
          v. (impersonal, dialectal, with es) there be, there is, there are
          v. to make a fuss
          v. (colloquial with es and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into
          v. (colloquial with es and von or über) to talk about
nur
     adv. only, just, merely, simply
     adv. ever; at all
     adv. however, though
     conj. (chiefly colloquial) but
noch
     adv. still, yet (up to and including a given time)
     adv. yet, eventually (at an unknown time in the future)
     adv. additionally, in addition, besides, else; (more often expressed in English with) another, more
     adv. (only) just; barely (by a small margin)
     adv. (with comparative) even
     conj. (following a negation, especially weder) nor; function word introducing each except the first term or series, indicating none of them is true
drei
     num. (cardinal) three (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 3; or describing a set with three elements)
Leben
     n-n. (gerund of leben): living
     n-n. life; being alive
     n-n.          (biology) a state in which organic entities such as animals, plants and bacteria have properties like metabolism, adaption and replication
     n-n.          (biology) the entirety of those who are in this state
     n-n.          the time period in which one is in this state; the time between birth and death
     n-n.          (religion, philosophy) a state of being in touch or in line with certain metaphysical forces and principles by which biological life is governed
     n-n. life; way of life (a particular manner of behaving and passing one’s time, whether real or ideal, and whether self-chosen or not)
     n-n. biography; life; life story (an account of a person’s life, whether real or virtual)
     n-n. (usually) existence; life (a position one has created for oneself, often manifested in success, prosperity, and standing)
     n-n. (usually) life; precious or beloved thing that someone considers fundamental to their existence
     n-n. (video games) a measure of successful play
     n-n.          life; numbers of times a game can be played
     n-n.          health; hit points
     n-n. (youth slang) used as the object of certain verbs, often ones that are per se intransitive, for emphasis
übrig
     adj. (attributive) rest of, remaining
     adj. (predicative) left, left over; spare




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