| meist |
| 1. adj. superlative of viel, t=much; many; most | |
| 2. adv. (formal) mostly, most often, usually | |
| technisch |
| 1. adj. technical | |
| Er arbeitet im technischen Bereich. - He works in the technical field. | |
| 2. adj. technological | |
| 3. adj. (relational) engineering | |
| oder |
| 1. conj. or | |
| Danach alles gestr. oder noch 1–2 Wörter? - Is everything after that crossed out or are there one or two more words? | |
| 2. part. (tag question) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
| Es ist kalt heute, oder? - It’s cold today, isn’t it? | |
| Das war keine so gute Idee, oder? - That wasn’t such a good idea, was it? | |
| Du kommst aus Deutschland, oder? - You’re from Germany, aren’t you? | |
| übertragen |
| 1. v. to transfer, transmit | |
| 2. v. to translate | |
| 3. v. to broadcast, televise | |
| 4. v. to hand over something to somebody, entrust somebody with something, confer a right on somebody | |
| 5. v. (medicine) to have a post-term birth | |
| 6. v. to be passed on to somebody (disease, illness) | |
| 7. v. to communicate itself to somebody (enthusiasm, nervousness, etc.) | |
| 8. Participle. past participle of übertragen | |
| 9. adj. figurative | |
| Bau |
| 1. n. building, construction (the act of constructing) | |
| 2. n. building site, construction site (place where such constructing takes place) | |
| 3. n. building, construction, edifice (built-up structure, house) | |
| 4. n. burrow (of an animal, especially under ground) | |
| 5. n. (colloquial) prison, jail | |
| 6. v. singular imperative of bauen | |
| oder |
| 1. conj. or | |
| Danach alles gestr. oder noch 1–2 Wörter? - Is everything after that crossed out or are there one or two more words? | |
| 2. part. (tag question) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
| Es ist kalt heute, oder? - It’s cold today, isn’t it? | |
| Das war keine so gute Idee, oder? - That wasn’t such a good idea, was it? | |
| Du kommst aus Deutschland, oder? - You’re from Germany, aren’t you? | |
| Bestandteile |
| 1. n. plural of Bestandteil | |
| Bestandteil |
| 1. n. component, element | |
| 2. n. ingredient | |
| die |
| 1. art. feminine singular of der | |
| die Frau - the woman | |
| 2. art. plural of der | |
| die Männer - the men | |
| 3. pron. feminine singular of der | |
| 4. pron. plural of der | |
| 5. pron. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose | |
| Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. - I know a woman who can do that. | |
| 6. pron. (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them | |
| die da - that one/she/they there | |
| der |
| 1. art. the | |
| 2. art. feminine singular of der | |
| 3. art. genitive plural of der | |
| 4. pron. who; that; which | |
| Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. - I know a man who can do that. | |
| 5. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that | |
| 6. pron. (attributive, stressed) that | |
| Der Mann war es! - It was that man! | |
| 7. pron. (indicative) him, he | |
| Der hat es getan! - It was him who did it! | |
| 8. pron. (differential) the one, him | |
| Der mit dem Mantel - The one with the coat | |
| 9. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her | |
| in |
| 1. prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building) | |
| Es ist in dem Haus. - It is in the house. | |
| Ich habe die Schlüssel im (in dem) Kühlschrank gefunden. - I found the keys in the refrigerator. | |
| Unsere Kinder sind in der Schule. - Our kids are at school. | |
| Er ist in einem Café. - He is at a coffee shop. | |
| Letzte Nacht waren sie im (in dem) Club. - They were at the club last night. | |
| 2. prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to) | |
| in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense | |
| 3. prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time) | |
| Er schloss sein Studium im Alter von vierzehn. - He completed his studies at/by the age of fourteen. | |
| im Alter - in old age | |
| im Mittelalter - during the middle ages | |
| in den 1960er Jahren - in the 1960s | |
| 4. prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of)) | |
| Er geht ins Haus. - He goes into the house. | |
| Wir gehen in die Schweiz. - We are going to Switzerland. | |
| Wir treten in ein neues Zeitalter ein. - We are coming into a new age. | |
| 5. adj. in, popular (in fashion) | |
| der |
| 1. art. the | |
| 2. art. feminine singular of der | |
| 3. art. genitive plural of der | |
| 4. pron. who; that; which | |
| Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. - I know a man who can do that. | |
| 5. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that | |
| 6. pron. (attributive, stressed) that | |
| Der Mann war es! - It was that man! | |
| 7. pron. (indicative) him, he | |
| Der hat es getan! - It was him who did it! | |
| 8. pron. (differential) the one, him | |
| Der mit dem Mantel - The one with the coat | |
| 9. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her | |
| Form |
| 1. n-f. shape | |
| 2. n-f. form (order of doing things) | |
| 3. v. singular imperative of formen | |
| 4. v. colloquial of | |
| einem |
| 1. num. dative singular of ein | |
| 2. art. dative singular of ein: a, an | |
| 3. pron. dative singular of einer | |
| Arm |
| 1. n. (anatomy) an arm | |
| 2. n. (figurative) anything that resembles an arm | |
| 3. n. (textiles, technical use, or informal) a sleeve | |
| mit langem Arm - long-sleeved (technical) | |
| sich die Arme hochkrempeln - to roll up one's sleeves (informal) | |
| 4. n. a long protusion on a device or machine, e.g. a lever | |
| 5. n. a branch, a section of a structure | |
| 6. n. (geography) an arm of a creek or a river | |
| 7. n. influence, might | |
| 8. adj. poor (having little money) | |
| 9. adj. poor (to be pitied) | |
| arm dran sein - to have bad luck | |
| lieber arm dran als Arm ab - better to have bad luck than to lose an arm (the play on words is lost in translation) | |
| 10. adj. low (having a small amount) | |
| ähneln |
| 1. v. (with dative) to resemble, be or look similar to | |
| Ich ähnle meinem Vater überhaupt nicht. - I do not resemble my father at all. | |
