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Er hob ihr das Buch auf.

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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)
hob ... auf
     v. first-person singular preterite of aufheben
     v. third-person singular preterite of aufheben
     aufheben
          v. to pick up (something lying on the ground)
          v. (often with reflexive dative) to keep something for the future (emphasis on not throwing away)
          v. to abolish (rule, law, etc.)
          v. to sublate (preserve and cancel simultaneously)
ihr
     pron. you, ye (plural, familiar)
     pron. dative of sie
     det. her (possessive)
     det. its (when the owning object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine)
     det. their
das
     art. singular of der: the
     pron. singular of der
     pron.          (relative) who, that, which
     pron.          (demonstrative) this, that, it
     pron.          (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb)
     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
Buch
     n. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication)
     n. (accounting usually in the plural) books (accounting records)
     n. (rare) omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
     Proper noun. either of two municipalities in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany




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