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Wer wählen darf, kann wählen.

Translation

Those who are allowed to vote can vote.



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)
wählen
     v. to choose, to select
     v. to dial (a telephone number, etc.)
     v. to vote; to vote for (a politician, party etc.)
darf
     v. first-person present of dürfen
     v. third-person present of dürfen
     dürfen
          v. (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may
          v. to be allowed or permitted to do something implied or previously stated; may
          v. (subjunctive ii, auxiliary) Expresses a prediction with mild doubt, that something is estimated or probable.
          v. (colloquial) to must, to have to
          v. (obsolete, transitive, with genitive) to need, to require
kann
     v. first-person singular present of können
     v. third-person singular present of können
     können
          v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can.
          v.          (auxiliary)
          v.          to be able to do something implied; can.
          v.          to know how to do (something); to know; to understand; to be able to do (something); to be capable of; can do (something), to have a specific skill. (w
          v.          to be possible, to make sense
          v.          (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may.
          v.          (auxiliary) to be in the legal situation of being able to realize a legal effect even if it be legally disallowed
wählen
     v. to choose, to select
     v. to dial (a telephone number, etc.)
     v. to vote; to vote for (a politician, party etc.)




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