gistfile1.txt

asmaps@asmaps-x240 ~/tmp % cat test.py
import requests
import json

r = requests.get(
    'https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/uploads-eu.hipchat.com/81297/1708406/kh8jkvVIW8FnZeU/synonymdb.json')

d = json.loads(r.content)

for key, value in d.iteritems():
    for l in value:
        l.remove(key)

print(d['Auftrag erteilen'])

(requests)asmaps@asmaps-x240 ~/tmp % python test.py
[[u'betrauen', u'zuweisen', u'vorsehen', u'ins Stammbuch schreiben', u'bestimmen', u'beauftragen', u'auftragen', u'verdingen', u'designieren', u'mandatieren']]