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A verb in German certainly indicates a modern language (4)

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I believe the answer is:

java

'a modern language' is the definition.
(programming language)

'a verb in german certainly' is the wordplay.
'verb' becomes 'v' (abbreviation used in dictionaries).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'german certainly' becomes 'ja' (German for 'yes').
'a'+'v'='av'
'av' going within 'ja' is 'JAVA'.

'indicates' is the link.

(Other definitions for java that I've seen before include "Coffee - computer programming language" , "Indonesian island known for coffee" , "'Indonesian island, famed for coffee (4)'" , "Indonesian island - computer programming language" , "Jakarta on this island" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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