der

See also: -der, Der, der-, dér, dêr, dër, and děr

Symbol

der

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Deori.

Etymology 1

Imitative.

Pronunciation

enPR: dûr, IPA^(key): /dɜː/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Rhymes: -ɜː

Interjection

der

(Australia) Disdainful indication that something is obvious.
(Australia) Indication of stupidity.
- 1979, Gabrielle Carey, Kathy Lette, Puberty Blues, page 46:
  `Sprung!' cried Jeff Basin, the local dubbo. 'Oh, der,' moaned Boardie sarcastically.

Synonyms

duh

Etymology 2

Nonstandard spelling of there, reflecting any of a variety of accents with th-stopping.

Alternative forms

dere

Pronunciation

(African-American Vernacular) enPR: dûr(r) IPA^(key): /dɛː(ɹ)/
Rhymes: -ɛː(ɹ)
Homophone: dare

Adverb

der (not comparable)

Nonstandard spelling of there.

Interjection

der

Nonstandard spelling of there.

Noun

der (uncountable)

Nonstandard spelling of there.

Pronoun

der

Nonstandard spelling of there.

Derived terms

der's

Anagrams

-red, DRE, EDR, ERD, RDE, RED, Red, erd, red

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Article

der

(definite) the
- 1856, Jacob Maehly, Rhigmurmel. Gedichte in Basler Mundart, page 187f:
  - 'S Emilie werd im elterlige Roth
    Sich widersetze, wenn [...]
  - In 's Emilies Stammbuech [...]
- 1872, Caspar Hagen, Dichtungen in alemannischer Mundart aus Vorarlberg, page 67:
  Am Tag der Rast, am Tag der Rueh',
  Schout gern dem Kinderg'wimmel,
  De frohe Kinderspiele zue
  's Allvatterherz vum Himmel!
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1872, Caspar Hagen, Dichtungen in alemannischer Mundart aus Vorarlberg, page 98:
  Was host denn 's Teufels?
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1872, Caspar Hagen, Dichtungen in alemannischer Mundart aus Vorarlberg, page 121:
  Ho 's Johrs vum Kind nü Batze g'hett,
  Und lützel Garba g'schnitte.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1872, Caspar Hagen, Dichtungen in alemannischer Mundart aus Vorarlberg, page 140:
  Der Ehstand ist [...]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1872, Caspar Hagen, Dichtungen in alemannischer Mundart aus Vorarlberg, page 160:
  Sie nimmt vum Bett de-n-arme Wurm
  Und [...]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Vorarlberg:

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	Singular			Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	der	d'	des, 's	d'
Genitive	's	der	's
Dative	dem	der	dem	de
Accusative	de de-n- (before a vowel)	d'	des, 's	d'

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	Singular			Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	der	die, d'	's	die, d'
Genitive			's
Dative	dem	der, de	dem	de
Accusative	de	die, d'	's	d'

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Etymology 1


simp. and trad. (der)		der

的 + diminutive suffix 兒 / 儿.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): der

(Zhuyin): ˙ㄉㄜㄦ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: der
  - Zhuyin: ˙ㄉㄜㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: de̊r
  - Wade–Giles: tê⁵-ʼrh
  - Yale: der
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .de'l
  - Palladius: дэр (dɛr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d̥ɤɻ/

Particle

der

(Internet slang, cute-sounding) Alternative pronunciation of the particle 的.
超容易der！ ― Chāo róngyì der! ― It super easy!

Etymology 2

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simp. and trad. (der)		der
alternative forms		嘚兒／嘚儿

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Pronunciation

Rhymes with -eir.

Hanyu Pinyin: dēr
IPA: /təɻ⁵⁵/ (Chen, 1985, p. 61)

Noun

der (colloquial)

dick; An informal term for penis.
fuck all
你知道個der！／你知道个der！ ― Nǐ zhīdào ge der! ― You know fuck all!

Determiner

der (colloquial)

shitty; despicable; damn
這個der專業學它還有什麼意思！ [MSC, trad.]
这个der专业学它还有什么意思！ [MSC, simp.]
Zhèi ge der zhuānyè xué tā hái yǒu shénme yìsi! [Pinyin]
(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Adjective

der (colloquial)

foolish
你這個樣子好der啊！ [MSC, trad.]
你这个样子好der啊！ [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ zhè ge yàngzǐ hǎo der a! [Pinyin]
This look of you is so foolish!

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈdɛr]
Rhymes: -ɛr

Verb

der

second-person singular imperative of drát

Etymology

From Old Norse þar, from Proto-Germanic *þar (“there”), cognate with English there, German da.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɛːˀr/, [ˈd̥ɛˀɐ̯], [ˈd̥eˀɐ̯], (as a pronoun) IPA^(key): /dɛr/, [d̥ɑ]

Adverb

der

there (in or at that place)

References

“der,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Pronoun

der

(dummy pronoun) there (expletive word put in the subject field when the subject is postponed to the predicate field, typically with indefinite subjects or subjectless passive verbs)
der sad to katte på et bord
two cats were sitting on a table (lit. "there sat two cats on a table")

der blev diskuteret vildt
people were debating vehemently (lit. "there was debated vehemently")
(relative) who, which, that (introduces relative clauses, only when the pronoun is the subject of the sentence)
Synonyms: hvilken, som

alle kan være enige om, at det menneske, der kommer hjem fra sin dannelsesrejse, er et mere fuldbragt menneske end det, der tog af sted.
everybody can agree that the person that returns from an educational journey is a more complete person than the one that left
added to interrogative pronouns functioning as the subject of interrogative dependent clauses or exclamative independent clauses
jeg ved godt, hvem der vinder den flaske
I know who is going to win that bottle

hvem der bare havde en hund!
if only I had a dog

References

“der,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
“der,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

Particle

der

(deictic particle) that (put after a definite noun phrase)
hun købte bordet der for ingen penge
she bought that table for no money

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Pronunciation

(stressed) IPA^(key): /dɛr/
(unstressed) IPA^(key): /dər/
Hyphenation: der

Etymology 1

Unstressed form of daar (“there”).

Adverb

der

there

Etymology 2

Article

der

(archaic) genitive singular feminine of de; of the
geschiedenis der Nederlandsche taal ― history of the Dutch language
(archaic) genitive plural of de; of the
het koninkrijk der Nederlanden ― the kingdom of the Netherlands
(archaic) dative singular feminine of de

Usage notes

The distinction of the dative case, which had long been frail and without any basis in actual speech, widely fell out of use over the course of the 19th century. The genitive case, chiefly of the plural, was still productively used in written style in the latter half of the 20th century, especially in order to avoid reduplication of van. However, it has since continuously lost ground and is now reserved to poetic and highly literary language (apart from fixed expressions and surnames).
The current pronunciation is a spelling pronunciation. Before the word became archaic, it was pronounced with a schwa, /dər/. The original pronunciation with a schwa survives in dialects, e.g. Ripuarian (where the word may be spelled d'r).

Declension

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	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	de	de	het	de
genitive¹	des	der	des	der
dative¹	den	der	den	den
accusative¹	den	de	het	de
¹⁾ Archaic

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Anagrams

red

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Etymology

Clipping of dernier.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛʁ/

Noun

der m or f (plural ders)

last
la der des ders (referring to the First World War) ― the war that ends all wars (literally, “the last of the lasts”)

Derived terms

der des ders

Verb

der

first/third-person singular future subjunctive of dar

Etymology

From Middle High German dër, from Old High German der, ther, replacing the original masculine and feminine nominative forms from Proto-Germanic *sa, by analogy with the adjective inflection. Compare also Old Dutch thie and Old English sē where the same process occurred.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /de(ː)r/, [deːɐ̯], [dɛɐ̯], [dɐ]
The most common pronunciation is [dɛɐ̯], which is possible in all contexts. The form [deːɐ̯] may be used when the word is stressed. The reduced form [dɐ] occurs chiefly after prepositions and conjunctions. In northern and central German vernaculars, the /d/ may then assimilate to any preceding consonant; so in der, auf der may become [ˈɪnɐ], [ˈaʊ̯fɐ].
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Rhymes: -eːɐ̯

Article

der (definite)

the

Declension

More information German definite articles, Masculine ...

German definite articles
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	der	die	das	die
Genitive	des	der	des	der
Dative	dem	der	dem	den
Accusative	den	die	das	die

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Old Declension

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German definite articles
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	der	die	das (older also: daß)	die
Genitive	des (older also: deß)	der	des (older also: deß)	deren or derer, also der
Dative	dem	der	dem	denen, also den
Accusative	den	die	das (older also: daß)	die

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Derived terms

Article

der

inflection of der:
1. genitive/dative feminine singular
2. genitive plural

Pronoun

der m (relative)

who; that; which
Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. ― I know a man who can do that.

Usage notes

In a subordinate clause, indicates a person or thing referenced in the main clause. Used with masculine singular referents.

Declension

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Declension of der
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	der	die	das	die
genitive	dessen	deren derer	dessen	deren derer
dative	dem	der	dem	denen
accusative	den	die	das	die

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See deren for usage notes on derer and deren.
Modern grammar books mention the colloquial genitive plural form der.

Old Declension

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Declension of der
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	der	die	das older also: daß	die
genitive	dessen older also: deß, des	deren older also: der, dero	dessen older also: deß, des	derer also: deren older also: dero
dative	dem older also: deme	der	dem older also: deme	denen
accusative	den	die	das older also: daß	die

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Pronoun

der f (relative)

dative feminine singular of der: (to) whom, which, that

Pronoun

der (demonstrative)

(attributive, stressed) that
Der Mann war es! ― It was that man!
(indicative) him, he
Der hat es getan! ― It was him who did it!
(differential) the one, him
Der mit dem Mantel ― The one with the coat

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Declension of der
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	der	die	das	die
genitive	dessen	deren derer	dessen	deren derer
dative	dem	der	dem	denen
accusative	den	die	das	die

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See deren for usage notes on derer and deren.
Modern grammar books mention the colloquial genitive plural form der.

Old Declension

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Declension of der
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	der	die	das older also: daß	die
genitive	dessen older also: deß, des	deren older also: der, dero	dessen older also: deß, des	derer also: deren older also: dero
dative	dem older also: deme	der	dem older also: deme	denen
accusative	den	die	das older also: daß	die

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Pronoun

der f (demonstrative)

dative feminine singular of der: (to) that, (to) her

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɐ/

Pronoun

der

unstressed dative of du

Inflection

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	nominative		accusative		dative
	Proclitic	Enclitic	str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.
1st person singular	ich eich	-ich	mich meich		meer	mer m'r
2nd person singular (informal)	du dau/Dau	-du, -de -Dau, -De	dich deich/Deich		deer	der d'r/D'r
3rd person singular (m.)	er; där	-er	ihn	en	ihm	em
3rd person singular (f.)	sie; die	-se	sie / ihns	se	eer ehr	re
3rd person singular (n.)	es; das et, 't	's	es et	-et, -'t	ihm	em
1st person plural	meer	mer	uns uhs
2nd person plural	deer Ehr, Dehr	der	eich Auch
3rd person plural	sie; die	-se	sie	se	denne

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Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /der/, [d̪ɛr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /der/, [d̪ɛr]

Verb

der

first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dō

Alternative forms

d'r (reduced form, the only form in most dialects)
- der- (Eupen, exists solely as a prefix)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch der, unstressed form of dāer, from Old Dutch thar, from Proto-West Germanic *þār, from Proto-Germanic *þar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dæʀ/
Hyphenation: der
Rhymes: -æʀ

Adverb

der

there

Synonyms

dao

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /der/, [dɐ]

Etymology 1

From Middle High German der.

In the masculine singular, der was originally nominative and den was accusative. This case distinction, which still exists in Standard German, was then lost in Luxembourgish. Why the form der was reassigned to usage with taboo words seems unexplained.

Determiner

der

unstressed form of där
(archaic outside idioms) Alternative form of den (masculine definite article) used with certain taboo words, especially Däiwel (“devil”) and Doud (“death”)

Declension

More information Luxembourgish definite articles, masculine ...

Luxembourgish definite articles
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nom./acc.	deen (den)	déi (d')	dat (d')	déi (d')
dat.	deem (dem)	där (der)	deem (dem)	deen (den)
gen.		der

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Etymology 2

Pronoun

der

unstressed form of dir

Declension

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		nominative		accusative		dative		reflexive
		str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.	str.	unstr.	reflexive
1st person singular		ech	—	mech	—	mir	mer	like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular (informal)		du	de	dech	—	dir	der	like dat. and acc.
2nd person singular (formal)		Dir	Der	Iech	Iech [əɕ]	Iech	Iech [əɕ]	Iech
3rd person singular	m	hien	en	hien	en	him	em	sech
	f	si	se	si	se	hir	er	sech
	n	hatt	et ('t)	hatt	et ('t)	him	em	sech
1st person plural		mir	mer	eis (ons)	—	eis (ons)	—	eis (ons)
2nd person plural		dir	der	iech	iech [əɕ]	iech	iech [əɕ]	iech
3rd person plural		si	se	si	se	hinnen	en	sech

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Etymology 3

Fossiled genitive plural of the demonstrative pronoun (see deen). Cognate with German derer (only optionally and rarely so used), Dutch er (used as in Luxembourgish).

Adverb

der

Used with numbers that refer back to a previously named noun; compare French en, Dutch er.
Ech hunn zwee Kanner an hien huet der dräi.
I have two children and he has three.
- (Can we date this quote?), “Zwou Bulle Mokka”, performed by Fausti:
  Zwou Bulle Mokka, zwou sou séiss wéi Zocker.
  Zwou Bulle Mokka, do fäls de bal vum Hocker.
  Zwou Bulle Mokka, zwou Bulle man dech frou,
  Well et sinn der zwou – esou.
  Two scoops of mocha, two as sweet as sugar.
  Two scoops of mocha, you almost fall off your stool.
  Two scoops of mocha, two scoops make you happy,
  Because they’re two – just like that.
  Or: Because it’s two of them – just like that.

Article

der

inflection of die:
1. feminine genitive/dative singular
2. genitive plural

Adverb

der

unstressed form of dāer

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German der, from Proto-Germanic *sa, by analogy with the adjective inflection.

Pronoun

dër

(definite article) the
alliu diu freude, die diu werlt hat
all the joy that the world has
(relative) who, which, that

Declension

More information Declension of dër, Singular ...

Declension of dër
	Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	dër	diu	daȥ
genitive	dës	dër, dëre	dës
dative	dëm, dëme	dër, dëre	dëm, dëme
accusative	dën	die	daȥ
instrumental	–	–	diu
	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	die		diu
genitive	dër, dëre
dative	dën
accusative	die		diu

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Descendants

Alemannic German: der
German: der
Pennsylvania German: der
Yiddish: דער (der)

Etymology

From Middle High German der, from Old High German der, ther, from Proto-Germanic *þa, an alteration of *sa. Cognate with German der, English the.

Article

der (feminine de, neuter s, plural de)

the, nominative singular masculine definite article

References

“der” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-. Compare English door, Persian (dar), Ossetian дуар (dwar), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬨 (duuar^əm), Russian дверь (dverʹ).

Adverb

der

out, outside, outdoors

Noun

der f

door

Synonyms

derî

Etymology

From Old Norse þar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dæːr/
Rhymes: -ɛɾ

Adverb

der

there

Derived terms

References

“der” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þar. Akin to English there.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dæːr/, /deːr/

Adverb

der

there

Derived terms

dermed

Etymology 2

From Middle Norwegian *þiðr, whence also dere. Borrowed from Old East Norse iðʀ with added þ-, similar to þit from hafið it.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /deːɾ/

Pronoun

der

(dialectal, South East Norway) objective case of de; alternative form of dykk (“you (plural)”)

References

“der” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Alternative forms

ther

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Germanic *sa, by analogy with the adjective inflection.

Pronoun

der

(definite article) the
(relative) who, which, that

Declension

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Declension of der
	Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	der	diu	daz
genitive	des	dera (deru, dero)	des
dative	demu, demo	deru, dero	demu, demo
accusative	den	dea, dia (die)	daz
instrumental	diu
diu
	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	de, dea, dia, die	deo, dio	diu (dei)
genitive	dero
dative	dem, den
accusative	de, dea, dia, die	deo, dio	diu (dei)

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Middle High German: dër
- Alemannic German: der
- German: der
- Pennsylvania German: der
- Yiddish: דער (der)

Etymology

Compare German der.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛɐ̯/

Article

der m (definite)

the

Declension

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Pennsylvania German definite articles
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	der	die	es	die
Dative	dem or em	der	dem or em	de
Accusative	der or den	die	es	die

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Article

der

inflection of der:
1. dative feminine singular
2. accusative masculine singular

Pronoun

der

dative of du: you, to you

Declension

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	1st person	2nd person familiar	2nd person polite/formal	3rd person			1st person	2nd person	3rd person
	singular						plural
	1st person	2nd person familiar	2nd person polite/formal	m	f	n	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
nominative	ich	du de¹	dihr der¹ Sie	er	sie se¹	es	mir mer¹	dihr der¹	sie
dative	mir mer¹	dir der¹	eich Ihne Ne¹	ihm em¹	ihre re¹	ihm em¹	uns	eich	ihne ne¹
accusative	mich	dich	eich Sie	ihn en¹	sie se¹	es	uns	eich	sie

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¹unstressed

Pronoun

der

you (plural)
you (polite)

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	1st person	2nd person familiar	2nd person polite/formal	3rd person			1st person	2nd person	3rd person
	singular						plural
	1st person	2nd person familiar	2nd person polite/formal	m	f	n	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
nominative	ich	du de¹	dihr der¹ Sie	er	sie se¹	es	mir mer¹	dihr der¹	sie
dative	mir mer¹	dir der¹	eich Ihne Ne¹	ihm em¹	ihre re¹	ihm em¹	uns	eich	ihne ne¹
accusative	mich	dich	eich Sie	ihn en¹	sie se¹	es	uns	eich	sie

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¹unstressed

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ(ʁ)/ [ˈdɛ(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ(ʁ)/ [ˈdɛ(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.ɾi/

Verb

der

first/third-person singular future subjunctive of dar

Adverb

der

Obsolete spelling of där.

Anagrams

red

Verb

der

third-person singular indicative aorist of demek

Adverb

der

there (unspecific to distance)
Der binne trije Fryske talen
There are three Frisian languages.

Pronunciation

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Noun

der (definite form der wi)

skin

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Etymology 1

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