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Meine Hündin warf neulich sieben Welpen.

Translation

My dog recently bore seven puppies.



Analysis


meine
     pron. feminine singular of meiner
     pron. plural of meiner
     det. feminine singular of mein
     det. plural of mein
     v. first-person singular present of meinen
     v. first-person singular present subjunctive of meinen
     v. third-person singular present subjunctive of meinen
     v. singular imperative of meinen
     mein
          det. (possessive) my
     meinen
          v. to opine, to think; to believe; to suppose
          v. to say; to utter; (not used with nouns; not used in the imperative and rarely in the infinitive)
          v. to mean; to be convinced or sincere about something
          v. to mean; to have in mind; to convey
          v. (now rare) to mean; to signify
          det. (possessive) masculine accusative singular of mein
          det. (possessive) dative plural of mein
Hündin
     n-f. female dog, bitch, she-dog
     n-f. short for Wolfshündin, Fuchshündin etc.
     n-f. slut
warf
     v. first-person singular preterite of werfen
     v. third-person singular preterite of werfen
     werfen
          v. to throw
          v. to cast; to project
          v. to give birth (of some animals)
          v. to throw oneself (on a bed etc.)
neulich
     adv. recently (in the recent past)
sieben
     v. to sift; to sieve
Welpen
     n. genitive singular of Welpe
     n. dative singular of Welpe
     n. accusative singular of Welpe
     n. nominative plural of Welpe
     n. genitive plural of Welpe
     n. dative plural of Welpe
     n. accusative plural of Welpe
     Welpe
          n. puppy (male or of unspecified gender) (young dog)
          n. cub (male or of unspecified gender) (young of several wild animals)




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