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gehörend

belonging

adjective ge-HÖ-rent Less Common
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Usage Note

gehörend is the present participle of gehören ('to belong'), typically used attributively as in die dazugehörenden Teile ('the belonging parts'). It governs the dative case, so the thing it belongs to takes dative endings.

Examples

"Die dem Staat gehörenden Gebäude verfallen."

Natural Translation

The buildings belonging to the state are decaying.

Literal Translation

The to-the state belonging buildings decay.

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