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der Ranzen (-)
   book satchel, school backpack (Schulranzen);
   (beer) belly, gut, spare tire (slang);
   hunchback, humpback (slang)

Eine Bundestag-Kommission empfiehlt: Ranzen sollen leichter werden und das was drin ist auch: die Schulbücher.
A [German] parliamentary commission recommends: school backpacks should become lighter, and what they contain as well: school books.

Related Words:
der Rucksack backpack, rucksack

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