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ABBREVIATIONS<br />
a. adjective<br />
acc. accusative<br />
adv. adverb<br />
dat. dative<br />
der. derogative<br />
h. perfect tense with häbben<br />
indir. indirect<br />
interr. interrogative<br />
irr. irregular<br />
joc. jocular<br />
n. masculine noun<br />
nf. feminine noun<br />
nm. masculine noun<br />
nn. neuter noun<br />
num. numerical<br />
os. oneself<br />
prep. prepostition<br />
pron. pronoun<br />
poss. possessive<br />
rel. relative<br />
s. perfect tense with sün<br />
v. verb<br />
ABOUT THE DICTIONARY<br />
Most verbs (all strong and irregular<br />
verbs) are accompanied by<br />
their inflected forms in the dictionary<br />
in the pattern: 2nd person<br />
present tense, 3rd person pres. -<br />
past tense - perfect tense - imperative.<br />
Nouns have their pluralendings<br />
and adjective their inflection<br />
if irregular.<br />
The letters ü, ä and ö are listed as<br />
if written ue, ae and oe. The letters<br />
â, ê, î, ô and û are commonly<br />
used to indicate long vowels before<br />
clusters of consonant, but the<br />
circumflex is optional.