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German
Proper noun
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German is the language in Germany.
German
Noun
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A German is a person who comes from Germany.
German
Adjective
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Something or someone that is German comes from Germany.
My friend Dagmar is German.
I bought a German car last year.
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Some people call themselves German because their family came from Germany, even if they have never been to Germany.
Mr. Schwartz is German, his grandmother came to the U.S. from Germany.
quarter
Noun
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A quarter is one fourth math(1/4)/math of something.
The lake was about a quarter mile from town.
About a quarter of the students came from outside the United States.
There's an old house three quarters of the way up that mountain.
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A quarter is a unit of money worth 25 cents in the United States and Canada.
Can you give me four quarters for this dollar?
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A quarter is a period of three months, especially in business.
Sales were down 3.7 percent from the fourth quarter of last year.
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A quarter is one of four a periods of time, especially in sports.
He threw four touchdown passes in the fourth quarter leading to a 38-28 win.
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A quarter is one section of a city.
The bar was in New Orleans' French quarter.
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Quarters are the places where people live.
After training, we returned to our quarters to get changed.
quarter
Verb
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If you quarter something, you make it into four equal pieces.
Using a sharp knife, quarter the apple.
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If you quarter somebody somewhere, you give them a place to stay.
We were quartered in Vienna during the job.