| dabei |
| 1. adv. (takes a reflexive pronoun adverb of) bei (replaces bei + demonstrative or personal pronoun, unless referring to people) | |
| 2. adv. with one, on one | |
| Hast du Geld dabei? - Do you have money on you? | |
| 3. adv. (when) indeed, (but) actually (expressing a contradiction) | |
| Er will einkaufen gehen. Dabei ist heute Sonntag. - He wants to go shopping, when indeed today is Sunday. | |
| 4. adv. in the process of (i, followed by an infinitive clause) | |
| Ich bin dabei, meine Wohnung zu streichen. - I’m in the process of painting my apartment. | |
| 5. adv. thereby, thus | |
| Saatgut und Pollen können dabei über weite Distanzen verschleppt werden. - Seed and pollen can thereby be dispersed across great distances. | |
| sollten |
| 1. v. first-person plural preterite of sollen | |
| 2. v. third-person plural preterite of sollen | |
| 3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of sollen | |
| 4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of sollen | |
| sollen |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) should; to be obligated (to do something); ought; shall | |
| Ich soll das machen. - I should do that. | |
| Ich sollte das nicht tun. - I should not do it. | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) to be recommended (to do something); to be asked (to do something) | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) to be intended (to do something); to be meant (to be something) | |
| 4. v. (auxiliary) to be said (to do something); reportedly; they say that; I hear that; so they say; rumor has it; supposedly. | |
| Es soll da viele Leute geben. - They say that there are many people there. | |
| 5. v. (auxiliary) would; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates something that would happen in the past but after the time frame of the main clause | |
| 6. v. (auxiliary) should; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates a hypothetical and unlikely condition for the main clause | |
| 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 | |
| Optionen |
| 1. n. plural of Option | |
| Option |
| 1. n-f. (general, or finance) option | |
| Einer |
| 1. n-m. (mathematics) unit | |
| 2. n-m. (mathematics) units' place, ones' place (place value of a number) | |
| 3. n-m. (sports) single scull | |
| 4. n-m. (swimming) one-meter diving board | |
| 5. num. feminine singular of ein | |
| 6. art. feminine singular of ein | |
| 7. pron. one | |
| 8. pron. someone, somebody | |
| 9. pron. feminine singular of einer | |
| Ampel |
| 1. n-f. traffic light | |
| 2. n-f. German politics, informal ellipsis of Ampelkoalition | |
| 3. n-f. lamp which hangs from the ceiling | |
| 4. n-f. container (e.g. for a plant) which hangs from the ceiling | |
| mit |
| 1. prep. with (in the company of; alongside) | |
| Ich spiele mit meinen Freunden. - I'm playing with my friends. | |
| 2. prep. with, by (using as an instrument; by means of) | |
| Ich schreibe mit einem Bleistift. - I'm writing with a pencil. | |
| Ich fahre mit dem Bus. - I'm going by bus. | |
| 3. prep. with (as an accessory to) | |
| 4. prep. with (having) | |
| 5. prep. at (with the age of) | |
| 6. prep. with, including, with ... included | |
| 7. adv. among; denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group | |
| Hier gibt es mit das beste Essen in der Stadt. - Here they have some of the best food in town. | |
| Ich war mit der erste, der hier war. - I was one of the very first who arrived. | |
| 8. adv. also, too (in addition; besides; as well) | |
| 9. adv. (somewhat, informal) with (something), with it | |
| Ich brauch nicht unbedingt Majonäse zu den Fritten, aber mit sind sie natürlich besser. - I don't necessarily need mayonnaise with the chips, but they taste better with it, of course. | |
| SPD |
| 1. Proper noun. German politics SPD: initialism of Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, t=Social Democratic Party of Germany | |
| und |
| 1. conj. (co-ordinating) and | |
| Kaffee und Kuchen - coffee and cake | |
| Ich kam, sah und siegte. - I came, saw, and conquered. | |
| 2. conj. (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them | |
| Er und Abwaschen? Vielleicht einmal im Jahr! - Him doing the dishes? Maybe once per year! | |
| 3. interj. so?, now?, and? | |
| Und? Wie ist es gelaufen? - So? How did it go? | |
| FDP |
| 1. Proper noun. (German politics) FDP: Freie Demokratische Partei | |
| 2. Proper noun. Swiss politics ellipsis of w:FDP.The Liberals, FDP.Die Liberalen, t=FDP.The Liberals | |
| ebenso |
| 1. adv. (formal) equally, as much | |
| 2. adv. (formal) likewise | |
| 3. interj. same to you!, you too! | |
| ausgelotet |
| 1. Participle. past participle of ausloten | |
| Werden |
| 1. n. (gerund of werden); becoming (coming into being) | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense | |
| Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - I will go home. | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs | |
| 4. v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice | |
| Das Buch wird gerade gelesen. (present tense) - The book is being read. | |
| Ich wurde in Europa geboren. (preterite tense) - I was born in Europe. | |
| Er war geschlagen worden. (past perfect tense) - He had been beaten. | |
| 5. v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn | |
| Es wird heißer. - It's getting hotter. | |
| 6. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition) | |
| Usage: In this sense werden is always conjugated in the third person singular and takes a dative noun. The impersonal subject es may be present, but is often taken as implied. (See the usage no | |
| Wird dir kalt? - Are you getting cold? | |
| Den Kindern wird langweilig. - The children are getting bored. | |
| Von Mayonnaise wird mir schlecht. - Mayonnaise makes me sick. (Literally: From mayonnaise I become sick.) | |
| 7. v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future) | |
| Wir werden zusammen glücklich. - We will be happy together. | |
| Was wird aus mir? - What will become of me? | |
| 8. v. (colloquial) to be going to work | |
| Das wird so nichts. - It will not work like that. | |
| wie |
| 1. adv. how | |
| Wie groß bist du? - How tall are you? | |
| Ich weiß nicht, wie die Katze hereingekommen ist. - I don't know how the cat got in. | |
| Wie wunderbar! - How wonderful! | |
| 2. conj. like | |
| Freunde sind wie Sterne in der Nacht. - Friends are like stars in the night. | |
| 3. conj. as | |
| Wie ihr wisst, bin ich in Dortmund aufgewachsen. - As you know, I grew up in Dortmund. | |
| Ich bin so schnell wie du. - I’m as fast as you are. | |
| 4. conj. (colloquial nonstandard) than | |
| Der Junge ist größer wie sein Vater. - The boy is taller than his father. | |
| 5. conj. (chiefly colloquial) when referring to the past | |
| Ich hab ihn gesehen, wie ich in Köln war. - I saw him when I was in Cologne. | |
| Wie ich zur Tür herauskomme, steht da mein alter Schulfreund. - When I came out the door, my old school-day friend was standing in front of me. | |
| eine |
| 1. num. feminine singular of ein | |
| 2. art. feminine singular of ein: a, an | |
| 3. pron. feminine singular of einer | |
| 4. pron. masculine nominative singular of einer | |
| 5. pron. singular of einer | |
| Rot |
| 1. n. the colour red | |
| 2. n. (heraldry) gules; red in heraldry | |
| 3. n. the suit hearts in German playing cards | |
| 4. adj. red (colour) | |
| 5. adj. (politics, relational) red (pertaining to Marxism in the widest sense); social democratic; socialist; communist | |
| 6. adj. (politics, Germany, in particular, relational) of the social democratic SPD or the more rigidly socialist Linke | |
| 7. adj. (possibly mildly offensive) red-haired | |
| 8. adj. (historical, possibly offensive) redskin; Native American; Indian | |
| Rot |
| 1. n. the colour red | |
| 2. n. (heraldry) gules; red in heraldry | |
| 3. n. the suit hearts in German playing cards | |
| 4. adj. red (colour) | |
| 5. adj. (politics, relational) red (pertaining to Marxism in the widest sense); social democratic; socialist; communist | |
| 6. adj. (politics, Germany, in particular, relational) of the social democratic SPD or the more rigidly socialist Linke | |
| 7. adj. (possibly mildly offensive) red-haired | |
| 8. adj. (historical, possibly offensive) redskin; Native American; Indian | |
| Grüne |
| 1. n-f. greenness | |
| 2. n. female equivalent of Grüner: female green (member of an environmentalist party), female environmentalist | |
| 3. n. plural of Grüner | |
| 4. n. nominative singular of Grüner | |
| 5. n. plural of Grünes | |
| 6. n. singular of Grünes | |
| 7. adj. form of grün | |
| grün |
| 1. adj. green (in colour) | |
| 2. adj. (of fruit, vegetables) unripe | |
| 3. adj. inexperienced, young | |
| 4. adj. ecological, environment-friendly | |
| 5. adj. (politics, relational) of a green party, such as Bündnis 90/Die Grünen in Germany | |
| Koalition |
| 1. n-f. coalition | |
