| Muss |
| 1. n. necessity, a must | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present of müssen | |
| 3. v. third-person singular present of müssen | |
| müssen |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) to have to (do something); must; to be obliged (to do something); to need (to do something). | |
| Wir müssen es machen. - We must do it. | |
| Wir müssen es nicht machen. - We need not do it. / We do not need to do it. | |
| Ich musste es machen. - I had to do it. | |
| 2. v. to have to do something implied; must; to be obliged. | |
| Ja, ich muss. - Yes, I must. | |
| Ja, ich habe gemusst. - Yes, I had to. | |
| 3. v. (colloquial euphemism) to need to go to the bathroom. | |
| denn |
| 1. conj. for; because; since | |
| Ich möchte diese Hose kaufen, denn sie gefällt mir sehr. - I'd like to buy these pants since I like them a lot. | |
| 2. conj. (after a comparative, archaic, or dialectal) than | |
| 3. adv. (in a question, modal particle) then, ever, but, now (used for emphasis or to express interest, surprise or doubt, or in rhetorical questions) | |
| Wo ist er denn? - Where is he, then?/Where ever can he be? | |
| Wieso denn? - How so, then? | |
| Was denn? - But what? | |
| 4. adv. (rather rare) thus, so; (expresses a consequence; see usage notes) | |
| 5. adv. (colloquial regional northern Germany) then, after that, in that case | |
| 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 | |
| Fernseher |
| 1. n-m. a television set, a TV | |
| 2. n-m. a television viewer (person) | |
| den |
| 1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
| 2. art. dative plural of der | |
| 3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
| ganzen |
| 1. adj. form of ganz | |
| ganz |
| 1. adj. entire, whole, complete | |
| Er hat ein ganzes Hähnchen gegessen. - He ate a whole chicken. | |
| 2. adj. (informal) all (with definite article or determiner) | |
| Ich hab meine ganzen Freunde eingeladen. - I’ve invited all my friends. | |
| 3. adj. (colloquial) whole, intact | |
| Ist die Tasse noch ganz? - Is the cup still whole? | |
| 4. adj. (in certain combinations) true; real | |
| uxi, ein ganzer Kerl, a true man | |
| 5. adj. (mathematics) integer (of a number) | |
| 6. adv. quite, rather | |
| 7. adv. very | |
| 8. adv. wholly, entirely, all | |
| Tag |
| 1. n. day (24-hour period) | |
| Tag für Tag - day after day | |
| 2. n. day (period from midnight to the following midnight) | |
| Der Tag fängt um Mitternacht an. - The day begins at midnight. | |
| 3. n. (astronomy) day (rotational period of a planet, moon or any celestial body (especially Earth)) | |
| 4. n. day, daylight (period between sunrise and sunset when there is daylight) | |
| Im Winter sind die Tage kürzer. - During the winter the days are shorter. | |
| Diese kurzen Tage verursachen Depressionen. - These short days cause feelings of depression. | |
| An den irdischen Polen dauert ein Tag sechs Monate. - At the Earth's poles a day lasts about six months. | |
| 5. n. day, daylight, light (light from the Sun) | |
| 6. n. (figurative) light (open view; a visible state or condition) | |
| 7. n. day (part of a day which one spends at work, school, etc.) | |
| Nun, wie war dein Tag? - Well, how was your day? | |
| Überstunden!? Was für ein Tag! - Overtime!? What a day! | |
| 8. n. (figurative) day (specified time or period, considered with reference to the prominence or success (in life or in an an argument or conflict) of a person or thing) | |
| Der Tag gehört uns. Gut gemacht, Männer! - It's our day, now. Well done, men! | |
| Heute ist einfach nicht mein Tag. - It's just not my day. | |
| 9. n. (dated, now found chiefly in compounds such as Bundestag, Reichstag, Landtag, Sudetendeutscher Tag or Tag der Oberschlesier) convention, congress (formal assembly) | |
| 10. n. see Tage for plural-only senses | |
| 11. interj. (colloquial) hello; (good) day | |
| 12. v. singular imperative of tagen | |
| Laufen |
| 1. n. (sports) gerund of laufen: "running". | |
| 2. 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. | |
| 3. v. to flow; to leak; to run | |
| 4. v. to be in progress; to run | |
| Das Projekt läuft erfolgreich. - The project is progressing successfully. | |
| einwandfrei laufen. - to run smoothly. | |
| 5. v. to happen, to go on, to take place | |
| Was läuft da zwischen euch? - What's going on between you guys? | |
| 6. v. to run, to execute (a program) | |
| Das Programm läuft einwandfrei. - The program runs flawlessly. | |
| 7. v. to be in order; to work; to function | |
| Alles läuft, wie es soll. - Everything works just fine. | |
| 8. v. to pass; to flow | |
