diff --git a/languagetool-server/src/main/java/org/languagetool/server/RemoteSynthesizer.java b/languagetool-server/src/main/java/org/languagetool/server/RemoteSynthesizer.java
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+package org.languagetool.server;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.languagetool.AnalyzedToken;
+import org.languagetool.Language;
+import org.languagetool.Languages;
+import org.languagetool.synthesis.Synthesizer;
+
+public class RemoteSynthesizer {
+
+  protected List<String> synthesize(String languageCode, String lemma, String postagRegexp) throws IOException {
+    Language lang = null; 
+    lang = Languages.getLanguageForShortCode(languageCode);
+    Synthesizer synth = lang.getSynthesizer();
+    AnalyzedToken at = new AnalyzedToken(lemma, postagRegexp, lemma);
+    String[] synthesizedForms = synth.synthesize(at, postagRegexp, true);
+    // removing duplicates. TODO: de-duplicate in the original synthesizer (?)
+    List<String> results = new ArrayList<>(); 
+    for (String s : synthesizedForms) {
+      if (!results.contains(s)) {
+        results.add(s);
+      }
+    }
+    return results;
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/languagetool-server/src/test/java/org/languagetool/server/RemoteSynthesizerTest.java b/languagetool-server/src/test/java/org/languagetool/server/RemoteSynthesizerTest.java
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+package org.languagetool.server;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class RemoteSynthesizerTest {
+  
+  @Test
+  public void testSynthesis() throws Exception {
+    RemoteSynthesizer remoteSynth = new RemoteSynthesizer();
+    
+    assertEquals(remoteSynth.synthesize("de", "Äußerung","SUB:NOM:PLU:FEM").toString(), "[Äußerungen]");
+    // Removing duplicates!
+    assertEquals(remoteSynth.synthesize("de", "Äußerung","SUB:.*:PLU:FEM").toString(), "[Äußerungen]");
+    assertEquals(remoteSynth.synthesize("pt", "resolver","VMIS3S0").toString(), "[resolveu]");
+    assertEquals(remoteSynth.synthesize("es", "cantar","VMIP1S0").toString(), "[canto]");
+    assertEquals(remoteSynth.synthesize("es", "señor","NC.P.*").toString(), "[señoras, señores]");
+    assertEquals(remoteSynth.synthesize("fr", "monde","N m p").toString(), "[mondes]");
+    assertEquals(remoteSynth.synthesize("fr", "chanter","V ppa.*").toString(), "[chantées, chantée, chantés, chanté]");
+    assertEquals(remoteSynth.synthesize("en", "be","VBZ").toString(), "[is]");
+    assertEquals(remoteSynth.synthesize("en-US", "be","VBZ").toString(), "[is]");
+    assertEquals(remoteSynth.synthesize("en-GB", "be","VBZ").toString(), "[is]");
+    assertEquals(remoteSynth.synthesize("en", "be","V.*").toString(), "[be, was, were, being, been, are, is]");
+    assertEquals(remoteSynth.synthesize("en", "be","N.*").toString(), "[]");
+    
+  }
+  
+}