| im |
| 1. contraction. contraction of in dem ; in the | |
| Schach |
| 1. n. chess (game) | |
| 2. n. check (chess situation in which the king is directly threatened) | |
| 3. n. obsolete form of Schah, t=Persian or, by extension, other Oriental ruler | |
| kann |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of können | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present of können | |
| können |
| 1. v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can. | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) | |
| Kannst du ihm helfen? - Are you able to help him? | |
| Ich hätte das machen können. - I could have done that. | |
| Das kann sein, kann aber auch nicht sein. - This may be and may also not be. | |
| Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
| 3. v. to be able to do something implied; can. | |
| Nein, ich kann nicht. - No, I can’t. | |
| Er hat gekonnt. - He was able to do it. | |
| 4. v. to know how to do (something); to know; to understand; to be able to do (something); to be capable of; can do (something), to have a specific skill. (w | |
| Ich kann Deutsch und Englisch. - I know German and English. | |
| Kannst du es? - Can you do it? | |
| Das hätte ich nicht gekonnt. - I couldn’t have done that. / I wouldn’t have been capable of that. | |
| 5. v. to be possible, to make sense | |
| Nächstes Jahr is’n Schaltjahr. – Das kann nich’. Letztes Jahr war doch Schaltjahr! - Next year is a leap year. – That’s not possible. Last year w | |
| 6. v. (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may. | |
| Kann ich mitkommen? - May I come along? | |
| Er hat nicht ins Kino gehen können. - He was not allowed to go to the cinema. | |
| 7. v. (auxiliary) to be in the legal situation of being able to realize a legal effect even if it be legally disallowed | |
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| 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) | |
| ihn |
| 1. pron. personal accusative of er; him, it (masculine, direct object). | |
| Ich suche Matthias. Hast du ihn gesehen? - I'm looking for Matthias. Have you seen him? | |
| Ich suche den Dosenöffner. Hast du ihn gesehen? - I'm looking for the can opener. Have you seen it? | |
| 2. pron. personal dative of sie; them (indirect object). | |
| locker |
| 1. adj. loose | |
| 2. adj. relaxed | |
| 3. adv. loosely | |
| 4. adv. relaxedly, casually | |
| 5. adv. (with an estimate) easily (expressing confidence in the value) | |
| Es waren locker hundert Leute auf der Party. - There were easily a hundred people at the party. | |
| 6. v. first-person singular present of lockern | |
| 7. v. singular imperative of lockern | |
| lockern |
| 1. v. to loosen, to ease, to relax | |
| 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 | |
