| Kurzform |
| 1. n-f. short form, clipped form, shortened form | |
| 2. n-f. short version, shortened version | |
| 3. n-f. abbreviation | |
| für |
| 1. prep. for | |
| Das Geschenk ist für dich. - The present is for you. | |
| 2. prep. in favor of, in support of | |
| Ich bin für die erste Option. - I'm in favor of the first option. | |
| 3. prep. by the standards of | |
| Für einen Ausländer sprichst du sehr gut Deutsch. - For a foreigner, you speak German very well. | |
| 4. prep. on behalf of | |
| Mein Anwalt wird das für mich beantworten. - My lawyer will answer to that on my behalf. | |
| 5. prep. kind / type of | |
| Was für ein Kuchen ist das? - What kind of cake is this? | |
| 6. prep. (informal) instead of | |
| Für die Hose hab ich jetzt den Rock genommen. - Instead of the trousers which I chose not to buy, I took the skirt. | |
| 7. prep. (colloquial nonstandard) in order to (with zu and infinitive) | |
| Der Papa holt das Werkzeug, für die Waschmaschine zu reparieren. - Daddy is getting his tools in order to repair the washing machine. | |
| Tochtergesellschaft |
| 1. n-f. subsidiary (company) | |
| 2. n-f. affiliate | |
| 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 | |
| Gesellschaft |
| 1. n-f. company (presence of other people in general) | |
| Ich habe Gesellschaft. - I have company. / I'm not alone. | |
| 2. n-f. company (group of people) | |
| 3. n-f. society, the public (abstract concept of an organised social group or a local population in general) | |
| 4. n-f. society (organised group of people with common interests) | |
| Die Goethe-Gesellschaft lädt zur Lesung. - The Goethe Society invites you to a reading. | |
| 5. n-f. (law) company, corporation (collection of people and assets with a legal identity, which may or may not be separate from that of its members) | |
| deren |
| 1. pron. feminine genitive singular of der | |
| 2. pron. genitive plural of der | |
| 3. pron. (relative) whose, of which | |
| 4. pron. (demonstrative) her, their, the latter's | |
| 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 | |
| Mehrheitseigner |
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| 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 | |
| Andere |
| 1. n. : the other / different one (female) | |
| 2. adj. form of anderer, e | |
| die andere Hand - the other hand | |
| das andere Geschlecht - the opposite sex | |
| Gesellschaft |
| 1. n-f. company (presence of other people in general) | |
| Ich habe Gesellschaft. - I have company. / I'm not alone. | |
| 2. n-f. company (group of people) | |
| 3. n-f. society, the public (abstract concept of an organised social group or a local population in general) | |
| 4. n-f. society (organised group of people with common interests) | |
| Die Goethe-Gesellschaft lädt zur Lesung. - The Goethe Society invites you to a reading. | |
| 5. n-f. (law) company, corporation (collection of people and assets with a legal identity, which may or may not be separate from that of its members) | |
| ist |
| 1. v. third-person singular present of sein | |
| sein |
| 1. v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be | |
| Das ist schön. - That is beautiful. | |
| Das ist ein Auto. - That is a car. | |
| 2. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition) | |
| Usage: In this sense sein 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. For example: "Mir i | |
| Ist dir kalt? - Are you cold? | |
| Mir ist schlecht. - I'm sick. | |
| Dem Mann ist schwindelig. - The man feels dizzy. | |
| Den Kindern ist langweilig. - The children are bored. | |
| 3. v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for | |
| Usage: As in the previous sense sein takes a Dative noun and is always conjugated according to the impersonal subject es, although it is usually omitted. | |
| Uns ist nach einem Film zumute. - We feel like watching a movie. | |
| Mir ist nicht danach. - I don't feel like it. | |
| 4. v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs | |
| Er ist alt geworden. - He has become old. | |
| 5. v. to exist; there to be; to be alive | |
| Was nicht ist, kann noch werden. (a common proverb) - That which does not exist now, may come into existence. | |
| Wenn ich nicht mehr bin, erbst du das Haus. - When I am no more, you'll inherit the house. | |
| 6. v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.) | |
| Du bist. - It’s your turn. | |
| Du bist nach mir. - Your turn is after mine. | |
| 7. v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag | |
| Du bist! - You're it! | |
| Ich bin nicht mehr. - I'm not it anymore. | |
| 8. det. his | |
| Daniel schickt seiner Schwester eine SMS. - Daniel is sending a text to his sister. | |
| Der Kater spielt oft mit seinen Spielsachen. - The cat often plays with his toys. | |
| 9. det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun) | |
| der Mond und sein Licht - the moon and its light | |
| das Schaf und seine Lämmer - the sheep and its lambs | |
| 10. det. (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so. | |
| Der kostet so seine zweihundert Euro. - That one costs around two hundred euros. | |
| 11. det. one's | |
| Man muss seinem Herzen folgen. - One must follow one’s heart. | |
| häufig |
| 1. adj. frequent | |
| 2. adj. common | |
| 3. adv. frequently, often | |
| 4. adv. in common, at once, together | |
| nicht |
| 1. adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb) | |
| Bitte nicht stören! - Please do not disturb! | |
| Das ist nicht wahr. - That is not true. | |
| 2. interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
| Du bist sicher die Claudia, nicht? - You must be Claudia, aren't you? | |
| alleine |
| 1. adv. (chiefly colloquial , only occasionally in formal writing) Alternative form of allein | |
| allein |
| 1. adj. (only predicative) alone | |
| Er ist ganz allein. - He is all alone. | |
| 2. adv. alone | |
| Er schrieb das Buch allein. - He wrote the book alone. | |
| Allein im Jahr 2012 starben 500 Menschen an der Krankheit. - In 2012 alone, 500 people died from the illness. | |
| 3. adv. (formal, literary) only | |
| Allein ein Wunder kann uns noch helfen. - Only a miracle can help us now. | |
| stehend |
| 1. Participle. present participle of stehen | |
| 2. adj. standing, waiting | |
| 3. adj. stationary | |
| 4. adj. stagnant | |
| sondern |
| 1. conj. (coordinating, with a negative in the preceding clause) rather, but (instead). | |
| 2. interj. so?, then what?, so you tell me! | |
| Naja, ganz so ist es ja auch nicht! — Sondern? - Well, it’s not quite like that! — Then what? | |
| 3. v. to separate, to sunder | |
| 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) | |
| Kombination |
| 1. n-f. combination | |
| 2. n-f. outfit (combination of clothes in matching colours, e.g. trousers and jacket) | |
| 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. | |
| dem |
| 1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
| Namen |
| 1. n. Alternative form of Name | |
| 2. n. singular of Name | |
| 3. n. plural of Name | |
| 4. Proper noun. Namur, a city in southern Belgium. | |
| 5. Proper noun. Namur, a former countship in present Belgium, named after its above capital city. | |
| 6. Proper noun. Namur, a province of Belgium, named after its above capital city. | |
| Name |
| 1. n. name (forename, Christian name, given name) | |
| 2. n. name (surname, family name) | |
| 3. n. name (full name) | |
| 4. n. (grammar, in compounds) noun, examples include Eigenname (proper noun), Sammelname (collective noun) and Gattungsname (appellative or common noun). Note: Compounds which aren't hy | |
| XYZ |
| 1. Proper noun. used to replace a random personal name when describing a possible situation or when having forgotten the name in question | |
| Wenn jemand kommt und sagt: 'Hallo, ich bin Herr XYZ', dann schreibst Du sofort den Namen auf. - If somebody comes and says: 'Hello, I'm Mr. XYZ', then you write down the name at once. | |
| 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 | |
| Muttergesellschaft |
| 1. n-f. parent company | |
| XYZ |
| 1. Proper noun. used to replace a random personal name when describing a possible situation or when having forgotten the name in question | |
| Wenn jemand kommt und sagt: 'Hallo, ich bin Herr XYZ', dann schreibst Du sofort den Namen auf. - If somebody comes and says: 'Hello, I'm Mr. XYZ', then you write down the name at once. | |
| Tochter |
| 1. n. daughter | |
| 2. n. subsidiary (company) | |
| (synonyms, Tochtergesellschaft, Tochterunternehmen, Tochterfirma) | |
