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Words

die Partikel

In English: particle

A small word that never changes and cannot stand in first position alone as a sentence element. Particles strengthen, weaken or color another word: sehr, ganz, nur, sogar, ziemlich.

Example: Der Film war sehr gut, aber ziemlich lang.

See also

die Modalpartikel das Adverb

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