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Er hob seinen Hut wieder auf, der ihm vom Kopf geweht wurde.

Translation

He again picked up his hat that was blown off his head.



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)
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)
seinen
     det. (possessive) masculine accusative singular of sein
     det. (possessive) dative plural 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
Hut
     n. hat (see usage notes)
     n. (of mushrooms) head; top
     n-f. protection keeping, care, supervision, guard, ward
wieder
     adv. Indicates that the action taking place has happened before. again
     adv. Indicates that the action will return something to its original state or position. back
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
ihm
     pron. personal dative of er; him, to him (indirect object); for him (in some cases).
     pron. personal dative of es; to it (indirect object); for it (in some cases).
vom
     contraction. from the, of the; about the (contraction of von + dem)
     von
          prep. from
          prep. of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below)
          prep. by (with passive voice)
          prep. about, of (a topic)
          prep. on, with (a resource)
     dem
          art. dative singular of der: the
          pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which
Kopf
     n. (anatomy) head
     n. crown, top
     n. heading, title
     n. person; individual; fellow (referring to one's intellect or mentality)
     n. (linguistics) head
     n. (numismatics) heads (side of a coin)
geweht
     Participle. past participle of wehen
     wehen
          v. to blow (wind, a storm, etc.)
          v. to flutter, to wave (in the wind); to fly (of a flag)
wurde
     v. first-person singular preterite of werden
     v. third-person singular preterite of werden
     werden
          v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense
          v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs
          v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice
          v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn
          v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition)
          v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future)
          v. (colloquial) to be going to work




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