diese

1. nominative feminine singular of dieser; "this"
2. accusative feminine singular of dieser; "this"
3. nominative plural of dieser; "these"
4. accusative plural of dieser; "these"

waren

first/third-person plural preterite of sein

zunächst

1. first, first of all, in the first place, to begin with, initially
2. for now, for the time being
3. next, then, secondly (immediately following the first thing)

in

• Prep

  1. [with dative] in, inside, within, at (inside a building)
  2. [with dative] in (pertaining to)
  3. [with dative] in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time)
  4. [with accusative] into, to (going inside (of))

• Contraction
• Adj

sehr

1. very
2. a lot, much

einfachen

1. inflection of einfach:
2. inflection of einfach:
3. inflection of einfach:
4. inflection of einfach:
5. inflection of einfach:

Käfigen

dative plural of Käfig

untergebracht

past participle of unterbringen