| Mathematik |
| 1. n. mathematics (study) | |
| Physik |
| 1. n. physics | |
| lotrechte |
| 1. adj. form of lotrecht | |
| oder |
| 1. conj. or | |
| Danach alles gestr. oder noch 1–2 Wörter? - Is everything after that crossed out or are there one or two more words? | |
| 2. part. (tag question) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
| Es ist kalt heute, oder? - It’s cold today, isn’t it? | |
| Das war keine so gute Idee, oder? - That wasn’t such a good idea, was it? | |
| Du kommst aus Deutschland, oder? - You’re from Germany, aren’t you? | |
| waagerechte |
| 1. adj. form of waagerecht | |
| Gerade |
| 1. n. (geometry) line (infinite one-dimensional figure) | |
| 2. n. (racing) straightaway | |
| 3. adj. (of a number) even | |
| Zahlen, die durch zwei teilbar sind, heißen gerade Zahlen. - Numbers divisible by two are called even numbers. | |
| 4. adv. now, at the moment | |
| Ich bin gerade in der Küche. - I'm in the kitchen right now. | |
| 5. adv. just, a short while ago | |
| Ich war gerade in der Küche. - I was just in the kitchen. | |
| 6. adv. just, only, not more than | |
| Ich habe gerade mal fünf Euro. - I only have five euro. | |
| 7. adv. exactly | |
| Das ist gerade das Problem. - That is exactly the problem. | |
| 8. adv. expresses the continuous aspect | |
| Ich sehe mir das gerade an. - I am watching that. | |
| 9. adj. straight | |
| eine gerade Straße - a straight street i.e., one without any turns | |
| oder |
| 1. conj. or | |
| Danach alles gestr. oder noch 1–2 Wörter? - Is everything after that crossed out or are there one or two more words? | |
| 2. part. (tag question) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
| Es ist kalt heute, oder? - It’s cold today, isn’t it? | |
| Das war keine so gute Idee, oder? - That wasn’t such a good idea, was it? | |
| Du kommst aus Deutschland, oder? - You’re from Germany, aren’t you? | |
| Linie |
| 1. n-f. line | |
| 2. n-f. (chess) file | |
| 3. n-f. equator (nautical) | |
| 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 | |
| unveränderlich |
| 1. adj. immutable | |
| 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. | |
| 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? | |
| 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 | |
| Mittellinie |
| 1. n-f. a line through the middle or centre of something; midline; centreline | |
| 2. n-f. (sports) halfway line | |
| um |
| 1. prep. about | |
| Es geht um den Kuchen. - It's about the pie. | |
| 2. prep. around | |
| Um die Ecke - around the corner | |
| 3. prep. at, by (qual, when relating to time) | |
| Um acht Uhr reisen wir ab - At eight o’clock we depart | |
| 4. prep. by (qual, percentage difference) | |
| Die Verkaufsmengen gingen um 6% zurück. - Sales in volume has decreased by 6%. | |
| 5. prep. (Austria) for qual, amount of money | |
| Um einen Euro bekommt man heute nicht besonders viel. - You can't buy much for one euro these days. | |
| Heute im Sonderangebot um nur 99 Euro. - Special offer today for only 99 euros. | |
| 6. conj. in order to, so as to | |
| Wir sind gekommen, um zu helfen. - We’ve come (in order) to help. | |
| 7. adj. (predicative, not attributive) up, in the sense of finished | |
| Werden dich in kurzem binden/ Erdgeist, deine Zeit ist um - source=Friedrich von Hardenberg, Novalis | |
| 8. adv. around, about | |
| 9. adv. turned over, changed, from one state to another | |
| 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 | |
| sich |
| 1. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular: herself, himself, itself, oneself (direct or indirect object). | |
| 2. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person plural: themselves (direct or indirect object). | |
| ein |
| 1. art. a, an | |
| ein Mann - a man | |
| eine Frau - a woman | |
| ein Kind - a child | |
| 2. adv. (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something | |
| ein und aus gehen, weder ein noch aus wissen | |
| darein, derein, feldein, feldein, hafenein, hafenein, herein, herein, hierein, hierein, hinein, hinein, jahrein, jahrein, waldein, waldein (older spellings include Wald-ein), worein, wor | |
| 3. adj. (predicative) on | |
| Ist der Schalter ein oder aus? (d. h., Ist der Schalter ein- oder ausgeschaltet?) - Is the switch on or off. (i.e., Is the switch switched on or off.) | |
| Körper |
| 1. n-m. body (of a person, animal, etc.) | |
| 2. n-m. (physics) body | |
| 3. n-m. (geometry) body, solid (three-dimensional object) | |
| 4. n-m. (algebra) field (algebraic structure with addition and multiplication) | |
| dreht |
| 1. v. third-person singular present of drehen | |
| 2. v. second-person plural present of drehen | |
| 3. v. plural imperative of drehen | |
| drehen |
| 1. v. to turn | |
| Dreh den Spiegel etwas nach links! - Turn the mirror a little to the left! | |
| 2. v. to turn (one’s body), turn around | |
| Dreh dich mal etwas nach links! - Turn a little to the left! | |
| 3. v. to roll, twist, make something revolve, rotate | |
| 4. v. to revolve, rotate, spin | |
| Die Erde dreht sich um die Sonne. - The earth revolves around the sun. | |
| 5. v. (film, transitive, or intransitive) to shoot | |
| Wir drehen, bis alles im Kasten ist. - We’re shooting until it’s all in the can. | |
| 6. v. (smoking, transitive, or intransitive) to roll | |
| 7. v. (automobile, intransitive) to make a u-turn, turn around | |
| Ich drehe hier mal, bei dem Verkehr nehmen wir besser die Landstraße. - I’m going to turn around here, in this kind of traffic we better take the country road. | |
| 8. v. (table football, intransitive) to let go of the handle while shooting, causing the pole to spin | |
| Das zählt nicht, du hast gedreht! | |
| 9. v. to shape with a lathe | |
| Optik |
| 1. n-f. optics (physics of light and vision) | |
| 2. n-f. look (style, fashion) | |
| 3. n-f. perspective | |
| gedachte |
| 1. Participle. form of gedacht | |
| 2. v. first-person singular preterite of gedenken | |
| 3. v. third-person singular preterite of gedenken | |
| gedenken |
| 1. v. to remember, commemorate | |
| An diesem Tag gedenken wir der Opfer. - On this day we remember the victims. | |
| 2. v. to intend | |
| Wann gedenkst du, heute Abend nach Hause zu kommen? - When do you intend to come home this evening? | |
| Gerade |
| 1. n. (geometry) line (infinite one-dimensional figure) | |
| 2. n. (racing) straightaway | |
| 3. adj. (of a number) even | |
| Zahlen, die durch zwei teilbar sind, heißen gerade Zahlen. - Numbers divisible by two are called even numbers. | |
| 4. adv. now, at the moment | |
| Ich bin gerade in der Küche. - I'm in the kitchen right now. | |
| 5. adv. just, a short while ago | |
| Ich war gerade in der Küche. - I was just in the kitchen. | |
| 6. adv. just, only, not more than | |
| Ich habe gerade mal fünf Euro. - I only have five euro. | |
| 7. adv. exactly | |
| Das ist gerade das Problem. - That is exactly the problem. | |
| 8. adv. expresses the continuous aspect | |
| Ich sehe mir das gerade an. - I am watching that. | |
| 9. adj. straight | |
| eine gerade Straße - a straight street i.e., one without any turns | |
| 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. | |
| besonderen |
| 1. adj. form of besondere | |
| besondere |
| 1. adj. special, particular, extraordinary | |
| Das Besondere dabei ist... - The special thing about it is... | |
| Symmetrie |
| 1. n-f. symmetry | |
| Eigenschaften |
| 1. n. plural of Eigenschaft | |
| Eigenschaft |
| 1. n-f. feature, property, characteristic; quality | |
| Sind wir wirklich mehr als die Summe unserer Eigenschaften? - Are we really more than the sum of our characteristics? | |
