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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
Waräger
1. n-m. (historical) Varangian
Machen
1. n. gerund of machen
2. v. to make, produce, create (an object, arrangement, situation, etc.)
Ich hab dir einen Kuchen gemacht! - I made you a pie!
Du hast einen Fehler gemacht. - You made a mistake.
3. v. to make, prepare
Machst du heute das Essen? - Are you making dinner today?
sich eine Pizza machen - to prepare a pizza for oneself
4. v. to do, perform, carry out (to execute; to put into operation (an action))
Mach es! - Do it!
Das hat er ganz allein gemacht! - He did that all by himself!
ein Experiment machen - to perform an experiment
5. v. to do; (indicates an activity associated with a noun)
Sport machen - do sports
eine Party machen - have a party
6. v. to go (to make the (specified) sound)
Das Auto machte "Bumm" und hielt an. - The car went "boom" and stopped.
7. v. to make (to cause or compel (to do something))
8. v. to cause (to set off an event or action or produce as a result)
9. v. to make (to cause to be)
Dieser Film macht mich schläfrig. - This movie makes me sleepy.
10. v. to make (transform from one thing into another)
Die Mühle macht Mehl aus Weizen. - The mill makes flour from wheat.
11. v. to make (to have as a feature)
Die Straße macht vor uns eine Linkskurve. - The road makes a turn to the left ahead.
12. v. to come to, total, cost (to require the payment of)
Wie viel macht das? - How much does that come to?
13. v. to make, be (the result of a calculation)
Sieben plus fünf macht zwölf. - Seven plus five makes twelve.
14. v. to make (to earn, gain wages, profit, etc.)
Der Herr Müller ist echt reich; der macht mehr als 5000 Euro im Monat. - Mr Müller is quite rich; he makes more than 5000 Euros per month.
15. v. to be, play (to act as the indicated role, especially in a performance)
16. v. to matter (to be important)
Das macht nichts! - That doesn't matter!
17. v. to make, make oneself out to be, act, play (to behave so as to give an appearance of being; to act as if one were (something, or a certain way)) (+preo, auf)
18. v. to do one's business, do number two or number one, go (to defecate or urinate)
(childish) groß machen - to go poop
(childish) klein machen - to go pee
19. v. to do (to fare or perform (well or poorly))
Machen Sie sich gut? - Are you doing well?
20. v. to look (to have an appearance of being)
Der Mantel macht sich sehr schön. - The coat looks very nice.
21. v. to get cracking (an (“on,” “with”)), get a move on (it), to get down (an (“to”)) (something); (in imperative:) come on, let's go
zahlreiche
1. adj. form of zahlreich
Feinde
1. n. plural of Feind
Feind
1. n. enemy, fiend, foe (male or of unspecified gender)
nieder
1. adj. low
2. adj. mean
3. adj. (of a job) menial
4. adv. down
schlagen
1. v. to beat; to hit; to knock; to strike; to punch; to hammer; to pound
2. v. to beat; to win against; to defeat
3. v. to beat; to strike repeatedly; to pound
4. v. to beat; to whip; to mix food in a rapid aerating fashion
5. v. (of a clock) to chime
6. v. to fight
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
übrigen
1. adj. form of übrig
übrig
1. adj. (attributive) rest of, remaining
2. adj. (predicative) left, left over; spare
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)
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
Flucht
1. n-f. escape, flight (act of fleeing)
2. n-f. (construction, technical) line, alignment (vertical or horizontal line along which houses, walls, windows or other building elements are arranged)
3. n-f. (construction, dated as a simplex) suite, line of rooms, number of rooms interconnected by doors
4. n-f. (ornithology) flock of birds
5. v. third-person singular present of fluchen
6. v. second-person plural present of fluchen
7. v. plural imperative of fluchen
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?
Nehmen
1. n. gerund of nehmen
2. v. to take (something into one's possession or on one's body)
Wer hat meinen Hut genommen? - Who took my hat?
3. v. (ditransitive) to take from
Die Niederlage nahm der Mannschaft den Mut. - The team's defeat robbed them of their courage.
4. v. to hold (in one's hands), to grasp
Hier, nimm meine Hand. - Here, take my hand.
5. v. to take, to consider (a statement, a situation, an idea, etc, in a certain way, for example seriously, badly, personally)
Die Polizei nimmt die Angriffe ernst. - The police are taking the attacks seriously.
Ich nehme diese Bemerkung übel. - I resent (take as offensive) that remark.
Das ist eine Redewendung, also sollte man sie nicht wörtlich nehmen. - That's a figure of speech so you shouldn't take it literally.
6. v. to capture, to arrest
Die Verbrecher wurden in Gewahrsam genommen. - The criminals were taken into custody.
7. v. to ingest (e.g. a pill)
Nimm etwas Aspirin, wenn du Kopfschmerzen hast. - Take some aspirin if you have a headache.
8. v. to move into, to sit at (one's assigned position)
Meine Damen und Herren, bitte nehmen Sie Ihre Plätze. - Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats.
9. v. to use (time, effort, etc. for a specific purpose)
Du solltest dir etwas Zeit nehmen, um dich zu entspannen. - You should take some time to relax.
10. v. To begin or cause the action implied by a noun to take place, possibly making the sentence more passive or indirect.
Abschied nehmen - to say goodbye, lit=to take farewell
Abstand nehmen - to refrain, lit=to take distance
seinen Anfang nehmen - to begin, lit=to take its beginning
Anstoß nehmen - to take offense
ein Beispiel nehmen - to follow an example, lit=to take an example
Einfluss nehmen - to exert influence, lit=to take influence
ein Ende nehmen - to come to an end, lit=to take an end
seinen Lauf nehmen - to run its course, lit=to take its run
das Leben nehmen - to kill, lit=to take the life
Maß nehmen - to take a measurement
Notiz nehmen - to take notice
Rücksicht nehmen - to consider, lit=to take consideration
Stellung nehmen - to comment, lit=to take position
einen Verlauf nehmen - to follow a course, lit=to take a course
sich Zeit nehmen - to allow sufficient time, lit=to take oneself time
11. v. to cause oneself to be (in some state); to become; to take oneself (to some state)
Nimm dich in Acht! - Take care!
12. v. to seize, to capture
13. v. to receive, to accept
14. v. to foul
einen
1. num. masculine accusative singular of ein
2. art. masculine accusative singular of ein: a, an
3. pron. masculine accusative singular of einer
4. pron. singular of einer
5. pron. plural of einer
6. v. (higher register, transitive) to unite
Eine Idee, die alle eint. - An idea that unites everybody.
7. v. (higher register, reflexive) to come to terms
Nach langem Diskutieren haben sie sich endlich geeint. - After discussing for a long time, they have eventually come to an agreement.
Kommandeur
1. n-m. commander
gefangen
1. Participle. past participle of fangen
2. adj. caught
3. adj. imprisoned
4. adj. trapped
fangen
1. v. to catch (grab something flying in the air)
Der Torwart fängt den Ball. - The goalkeeper catches the ball.
2. v. to catch; to capture (to take hold of a person or an animal)
Die Förster fingen das entlaufene Wildschwein. - The rangers caught the run-away boar.
3. v. to improve in health; do well again; to do better
Es sah schlecht um sie aus, aber jetzt hat sie sich wieder gefangen. - It looked quite bad for her, but now she has improved again.
4. v. to calm down; to compose oneself
Wenn du dich gefangen hast, kannst du jetzt essen kommen. - If you’ve composed yourself, you may come to dinner now.
5. v. (colloquial transitive with reflexive dative) to catch (a disease; something unpleasant)
Ich hab mir auf der Kirmes nur ’ne Grippe gefangen. - All I caught at the fun fair was a flu.
6. v. (colloquial with eine and reflexive dative) to be slapped
Sag das noch mal und du fängst dir eine. - Say that again and you’ll catch it.

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