Ich |
1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego | |
2. n. self, me, him, etc. | |
das wahre Ich - the real me | |
3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun) | |
lief |
1. v. first-person singular preterite of laufen | |
2. v. third-person singular preterite of laufen | |
laufen |
1. v. to walk; to jog; to run (to move on foot; either at a normal or an increased speed) | |
Wir können mit dem Bus fahren oder laufen. - We could take the bus or walk. | |
Lasst uns etwas schneller laufen. - Let's move a little faster. | |
Joggen bedeutet entspannter, aber auch bewusster zu laufen. - Jogging means to run in a less exhausting but more conscious way. | |
2. v. to flow; to leak; to run | |
3. v. to be in progress; to run | |
Das Projekt läuft erfolgreich. - The project is progressing successfully. | |
einwandfrei laufen. - to run smoothly. | |
4. v. to happen, to go on, to take place | |
Was läuft da zwischen euch? - What's going on between you guys? | |
5. v. to run, to execute (a program) | |
Das Programm läuft einwandfrei. - The program runs flawlessly. | |
6. v. to be in order; to work; to function | |
Alles läuft, wie es soll. - Everything works just fine. | |
7. v. to pass; to flow | |
durch |
1. prep. by means of; by; through | |
Das Haus wurde durch ein Feuer zerstört. - The house was destroyed by fire. | |
2. prep. through; entering, then exiting | |
Wir wandern durch den Wald. - We're hiking through the forest. | |
3. prep. through (a period of time) | |
Sie hat mir durch eine schwierige Zeit geholfen. - She helped me through a difficult period. | |
4. prep. via | |
5. prep. owing to; because of | |
6. prep. (mathematics) divided by | |
7. adv. during; throughout; through | |
den ganzen Tag durch - the whole day through | |
8. adv. (colloquial with a time) past | |
Es ist acht Uhr durch. - It is past eight o’clock. | |
laufen durch |
1. v. first-person plural present of durchlaufen | |
2. v. third-person plural present of durchlaufen | |
3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of durchlaufen | |
4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of durchlaufen | |
den |
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
2. art. dative plural of der | |
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
dunklen |
1. adj. form of dunkel | |
dunkel |
1. adj. (of light, colour) dark | |
Im Winter wird es früher dunkel. - In the winter, it gets dark earlier. | |
Das dunkle Rot gefällt mir besser. - I like the dark red better. | |
2. adj. (of sound) deep | |
Er hat schon eine ganz dunkle Stimme. - He’s already got a very deep voice. | |
3. adj. (of memory, ideas) vague, faint | |
Ich habe nur dunkle Erinnerungen an meine Großmutter. - I have only faint memories of my grandmother. | |
4. v. first-person singular present of dunkeln | |
5. v. singular imperative of dunkeln | |
Gang |
1. n. motion, movement, progress, way, going | |
Gang an die Börse ― initial public offering | |
2. n. gait, way (somebody walks), an instance of walking | |
Unser Gang durch die Stadt war sehr interessant. - Our walk through the city was very interesting. | |
Er hat einen langsamen, hinkenden Gang. - He has a slow, limping gait. | |
3. n. course (of events) | |
Ein Ereignis wie dieses kann den Gang der Geschichte verändern. - An event like this can change the course of history. | |
4. n. hallway, corridor | |
Die Toilette finden Sie am Ende des Ganges. - You'll find the toilet at the end of the corridor. | |
5. n. gear (machinery), level (of intensity), notch | |
Bitte schalten Sie einen Gang zurück, ich versuche zu schlafen. - Please take it down a notch, I'm trying to sleep. | |
6. n. (with in) in gear, progressing, working, going | |
Wenn man den Prozess einmal in Gang setzt, kann man ihn nicht mehr aufhalten, bis er fertig ist. - Once you get the process started, there is no way you can stop it until it finishes. | |
Die Konstruktion ist im Gange. - Construction is in progress. | |
7. n. (of a meal) course | |
Der erste Gang ist Salat. - The first course is salad. | |
8. n. gang (group of criminals, particularly in a North American context) | |
9. v. obsolete form of;geh;nocap=1;nodot=1, of geh | |
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) | |
den |
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
2. art. dative plural of der | |
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
Tunnel |
1. n. tunnel | |
2. n. (ball games) nutmeg (act of playing the ball through an opponent's legs) | |
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? | |
dort |
1. adv. there, yonder | |
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 | |
Erste |
1. n. female equivalent of Erster: female winner | |
2. n. plural of Erster | |
3. n. nominative singular of Erster | |
4. adj. (ordinal) first | |
Tür |
1. n-f. door (rigid plane on a hinge) | |
Die Tür ist aus Eichenholz. - The door is made of oak wood. | |
Kannst du bitte die Tür zumachen?! - Can you please shut the door?! | |
Hast du schon an die Tür geklopft? - Have you knocked on the door yet? | |
Plötzlich klopfte es an der (also: die) Tür. - Suddenly someone knocked at the door. | |
2. n-f. door; doorway (passage that can be blocked with such a plane) | |
Er stand in der Tür. - He was standing in the doorway. | |
Links |
1. n. plural of Link | |
2. adv. on the left | |
Siehst du das Auto links? - Do you see the car on the left? | |
3. adv. to the left | |
An der nächsten Ampel links abbiegen. - Turn left at the next traffic light. | |
Wir gehen nach links. - We’re going to the left. | |
4. adv. inside out | |
links verbügeln - iron inside out | |