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Platz
Noun
  und
Coordinating conjunction
  musste
Auxiliary
  ein
1
Determiner
  Jahr
Noun
  später
Adjective
  als
Adposition
  Vorletzter
Noun
  sogar
Adverb
  in
Adposition
  die
Determiner
 Zweitklassigkeit  absteigen
Verb
.

Place and had to be relegated to second place a year later as the penultimate.
Words and sentences
New
Platz

New
musste

first/third-person singular preterite of müssen

1
New
ein

New
Jahr

  1. year (solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one orbit of the Sun)
  2. year (time it takes for any astronomical object to directly orbit its star)
  3. year (period between set dates that mark a year)
  4. year (level or grade in school or college)

New
als

  1. at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as
  2. than
  3. To the same degree that, as (distinguished from the aforementioned use in that comparison was between equals)
  4. as; like; in the function of; in the form of
  5. as if
  6. but, other than

New
in

New
die

New
absteigen

  1. to dismount; to get off something that one stands or sits on; chiefly used when the object is implied; with the preposition von, the simplex steigen is preferred
  2. to arrive (at a hotel etc.) in order to stay for one or more nights
  3. to sink; to descend; to become lower
  4. to be relegated; to sink to a lower league

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