German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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herunterbrechen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present bricht herunter, past tense brach herunter, past participle heruntergebrochen, past subjunctive bräche herunter, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to break off and fall
  2. (transitive) to break down, to simplify
    Synonym: vereinfachen
  3. to apply a general statement to a concrete case

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