In the online Oxford German Dictionary, there are properties enumerated beneath it.
For example 'hatte' has:
1.u. 3. Pers.Sg.Prät. v
What do those abbreviations and symbols mean?
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1I appreciate this is a really dumb question, but short ngrams are hard to google for.– RolCommented Jan 7, 2021 at 14:41
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4Welcome, @Rol! Every decent dictionary provides a guide to usage, where the abbreviations and acronyms that it uses are explained. I believe that your Oxford's does so, too, for the following edition does: books.google.de/…– Björn FriedrichCommented Jan 7, 2021 at 14:52
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@BjörnFriedrich it's the iOS german oxford dictionary app. It's not great software. Thanks for that link.– RolCommented Jan 7, 2021 at 14:55
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@choXer what does und mean in this context?– RolCommented Jan 7, 2021 at 14:56
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@Rol: und means, that the same form is used for first and third person singular. Is the quote complete? I would expect something like von "haben"?– guidot ♦Commented Jan 7, 2021 at 22:27
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The Oxford German Dictionary must have a glossar and I'm sure, you will find all abbreviations there.
The verb "hatte" is:
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- Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs »haben«
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- Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs »haben«
Person = person
Singular = singular
Indikativ = indicative mood
Präteritum = a German tense similar (but not equal to) English past tense
Aktiv = active voice
Verb = verb (German genitive case of "das Verb" is "des Verbs"
haben = to have
answered Jan 7, 2021 at 15:35
