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Haupterwerb  waren
Auxiliary
  der
Determiner
  Ackerbau
Noun
die
Determiner
 Bierbrauerei, Branntweinbrennerei  sowie
Coordinating conjunction
  etwas
Pronoun
  Handwerk
Noun
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The main occupation was agriculture, beer brewery, brandy distillery and some craftsmanship.
Words and sentences
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waren

first/third-person plural preterite of sein

New
der

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Ackerbau

cultivation of arable land; agriculture (in the stricter sense)

New
die

New
sowie

  1. as well as
  2. as soon as

New
etwas

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Handwerk

  1. labour, especially of a manual type
  2. trade (skilled practice)
  3. something made by hand, handcraft

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