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Sentence

Wer bringt denn dem Jungen solche Kraftausdrücke bei?

Translation

Who's teaching that boy such swearwords?



Analysis


wer
     pron. (interrogative) who (what person or people)
     pron. (interrogative, colloquial) what, which (one) (see usage notes)
     pron. (relative) whoever, he who, someone who, the person who, anyone who (whatever person or persons)
     pron. (indefinite, colloquial) somebody, someone; anybody, anyone (an unspecified person)
bringt ... bei
     v. third-person singular present of beibringen
     v. second-person plural present of beibringen
     v. plural imperative of beibringen
     beibringen
          v. (ditransitive) to teach
          v. (ditransitive) to break (news, information) carefully to
          v. (ditransitive) to inflict on, inflict with
          v. to bring, to provide as evidence
denn
     conj. for; because; since
     conj. (after a comparative, archaic, or dialectal) than
     adv. (in a question, modal particle) then, ever, but, now (used for emphasis or to express interest, surprise or doubt, or in rhetorical questions)
     adv. (rather rare) thus, so; (expresses a consequence; see usage notes)
     adv. (colloquial regional northern Germany) then, after that, in that case
dem
     art. dative singular of der: the
     pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which
Jungen
     n. plural of Junge
     n. accusative singular of Junge
     n. dative singular of Junge
     n. genitive singular of Junge
     Junge
          n. boy
          n. (card games) jack
          n. plural of Junges
          n. singular of Junges
solche
     pron. feminine singular of solch
     pron. plural of solch
     pron. nominative singular of solch
     pron. accusative singular of solch
Kraftausdrücke
     n. plural of Kraftausdruck




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