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Er ging durch die Pforte in den Hof.

Translation

He went through the gate into the yard.



Analysis


Er
     n. a person or animal of male gender, a male
     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)
ging
     v. first-person singular preterite of gehen
     v. third-person singular preterite of gehen
     gehen
          v. to go, to walk
          v. to leave
          v. to leave, to take off (aeroplane, train)
          v. (impersonal, intransitive) to be going; to be all right; indicates how the dative object fares
          v. (slightly, informal, intransitive, often, impersonal) to be possible
          v. (colloquial intransitive) to work, to function (of a machine, method or the like)
          v. (colloquial intransitive) to last, to go for, to go on, to be in progress
          v. to sit, to rise, to expand (of dough etc.)
          v. (colloquial intransitive) to be (on) (to pay)
          v. (regional, or dated, impersonal, intransitive) to approach; to be going (on some one) + auf (object) = time
          v. (with genitive, only in combination with Weg) to go one's way, to make one's way (of a path, destination), to go separate ways
durch
     prep. by means of; by; through
     prep. through; entering, then exiting
     prep. through (a period of time)
     prep. via
     prep. owing to; because of
     prep. (mathematics) divided by
     adv. during; throughout; through
     adv. (colloquial with a time) past
gehen durch
     v. first-person plural present of durchgehen
     v. third-person plural present of durchgehen
     v. first-person plural subjunctive of durchgehen
     v. third-person plural subjunctive of durchgehen
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
Pforte
     n-f. (literary) gate, large door
     n-f. reception area (especially in a hospital)
in
     prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building)
     prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to)
     prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time)
     prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of))
     adj. in, popular (in fashion)
den
     art. masculine accusative singular of der
     art. dative plural of der
     pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der
Hof
     n. yard, court, courtyard (open area by a house or enclosed by houses)
     n. court (residence and entourage of a nobleman)
     n. farmyard (central area of a farm, excluding the fields)
     n. (by extension) farm, agricultural enterprise




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