nehmt |
1. v. second-person plural present of nehmen | |
2. v. plural imperative of nehmen | |
nehmen |
1. v. to take (something into one's possession or on one's body) | |
Wer hat meinen Hut genommen? - Who took my hat? | |
2. v. (ditransitive) to take from | |
Die Niederlage nahm der Mannschaft den Mut. - The team's defeat robbed them of their courage. | |
3. v. to hold (in one's hands), to grasp | |
Hier, nimm meine Hand. - Here, take my hand. | |
4. v. to take, to consider (a statement, a situation, an idea, etc, in a certain way, for example seriously, badly, personally) | |
Die Polizei nimmt die Angriffe ernst. - The police are taking the attacks seriously. | |
Ich nehme diese Bemerkung übel. - I resent (take as offensive) that remark. | |
Das ist eine Redewendung, also sollte man sie nicht wörtlich nehmen. - That's a figure of speech so you shouldn't take it literally. | |
5. v. to capture, to arrest | |
Die Verbrecher wurden in Gewahrsam genommen. - The criminals were taken into custody. | |
6. v. to ingest (e.g. a pill) | |
Nimm etwas Aspirin, wenn du Kopfschmerzen hast. - Take some aspirin if you have a headache. | |
7. v. to move into, to sit at (one's assigned position) | |
Meine Damen und Herren, bitte nehmen Sie Ihre Plätze. - Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. | |
8. v. to use (time, effort, etc. for a specific purpose) | |
Du solltest dir etwas Zeit nehmen, um dich zu entspannen. - You should take some time to relax. | |
9. v. To begin or cause the action implied by a noun to take place, possibly making the sentence more passive or indirect. | |
Abschied nehmen - to say goodbye, lit=to take farewell | |
Abstand nehmen - to refrain, lit=to take distance | |
seinen Anfang nehmen - to begin, lit=to take its beginning | |
Anstoß nehmen - to take offense | |
ein Beispiel nehmen - to follow an example, lit=to take an example | |
Einfluss nehmen - to exert influence, lit=to take influence | |
ein Ende nehmen - to come to an end, lit=to take an end | |
seinen Lauf nehmen - to run its course, lit=to take its run | |
das Leben nehmen - to kill, lit=to take the life | |
Maß nehmen - to take a measurement | |
Notiz nehmen - to take notice | |
Rücksicht nehmen - to consider, lit=to take consideration | |
Stellung nehmen - to comment, lit=to take position | |
einen Verlauf nehmen - to follow a course, lit=to take a course | |
sich Zeit nehmen - to allow sufficient time, lit=to take oneself time | |
10. v. to cause oneself to be (in some state); to become; to take oneself (to some state) | |
Nimm dich in Acht! - Take care! | |
11. v. to seize, to capture | |
12. v. to receive, to accept | |
13. v. to foul | |
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 | |
Reifen |
1. n-m. tyre; tire | |
2. n-m. hoop | |
3. n. dative plural of Reif | |
4. n. (gerund of reifen): ripening, maturation | |
5. v. to ripen, to mature | |
6. v. to frost | |
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? | |
den |
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
2. art. dative plural of der | |
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
Ball |
1. n. ball (round or roundish object, most commonly used in games) | |
Können wir uns deinen Ball ausleihen? - Can we borrow your ball? | |
Er formte einen Ball aus Papier. - He shaped the paper into a ball. | |
2. n. (ball games, informal) pass, play | |
ein guter Ball in den Strafraum - a great ball into the box | |
Die Bälle müssten öfter über links kommen. | |
3. n. (dance) ball (social gathering for dancing), prom (US) | |
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? | |
geht |
1. v. second-person plural present of gehen | |
2. v. third-person singular present of gehen | |
3. v. plural imperative of gehen | |
gehen |
1. v. to go, to walk | |
Lass uns beide mit dem Hund gehen. - Let's walk the dog together. | |
Ich sah die Kinder über die Straße gehen. - I saw the children walk/go across the street. | |
Mein Baby beginnt schon zu gehen. - My baby is already starting to walk. | |
2. v. to leave | |
Ich gehe jetzt. - I’m leaving now. | |
3. v. to leave, to take off (aeroplane, train) | |
Wann geht dein Zug? - When is your train leaving? | |
4. v. (impersonal, intransitive) to be going; to be all right; indicates how the dative object fares | |
Wie geht es dir? - How are you doing? | |
Es geht mir gut. - I’m doing well. (Literally, “It goes well for me.”) | |
Es geht. - It’s all right. | |
5. v. (slightly, informal, intransitive, often, impersonal) to be possible | |
Das würde vielleicht gehen. - That might be possible. | |
Ich zeige dir, wie es geht. - I'll show you how it's possible. | |
6. v. (colloquial intransitive) to work, to function (of a machine, method or the like) | |
Der Kaffeeautomat geht nicht. - The coffee dispenser doesn't work. | |
7. v. (colloquial intransitive) to last, to go for, to go on, to be in progress | |
Das ging für eine halbe Stunde oder so. - This went on for half an hour or so. | |
Die Sitzung geht bis ein Uhr. - The session is scheduled until one o’clock. | |
8. v. to sit, to rise, to expand (of dough etc.) | |
Teig drei Stunden gehen lassen. - Let dough sit for three hours. | |
9. v. (colloquial intransitive) to be (on) (to pay) | |
Die Getränke gehen auf mich. - Drinks are on me. | |
10. v. (regional, or dated, impersonal, intransitive) to approach; to be going (on some one) + auf (object) = time | |
Es geht auf 8 Uhr. - It’s going on 8 o’clock. | |
11. v. (with genitive, only in combination with Weg) to go one's way, to make one's way (of a path, destination), to go separate ways | |
nach |
1. prep. after, past (later in time) | |
Viertel nach sechs (a quarter past six) | |
nach einer Woche (after a week) | |
2. prep. after, behind (in sequence) | |
B kommt nach A. (B comes after A.) | |
3. prep. to, towards (with geographical names; see usage notes below) | |
die Flucht nach Ägypten (the flight into Egypt) | |
4. prep. according to; guided by | |
5. prep. by the authority of; following | |
die Analyse nach Marx (the analysis following Marx) | |
6. prep. (with verbs of sensual perception) like (see usage notes below) | |
Das riecht nach Knoblauch. - This smells like garlic. | |
7. prep. for (qual, indicating desire for an object) | |
nach etwas greifen - to reach for something | |
nach etwas streben - to strive for/after something | |
nach etwas suchen - to search for something | |
8. post. according to | |
meiner Meinung nach - in my opinion | |
meinem Urteil nach - in my judgement | |
9. adv. (in compound verbs) after, behind, later, next to | |
Meine Uhr geht nach. - My watch is slow. | |
gehen nach |
1. v. first-person plural present of nachgehen | |
2. v. third-person plural present of nachgehen | |
3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of nachgehen | |
4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of nachgehen | |
draußen |
1. adv. outside | |
2. adv. out there | |
Spielen |
1. n. gerund of spielen | |
2. n. dative plural of Spiel | |
3. v. to play (engage in some activity for fun or entertainment) | |
Die Kinder spielen draußen. - The children are playing outside. | |
Die Katze spielt mit einer Schnur. - The cat is playing with a string. | |
4. v. to play, to engage in (a game, a sport, etc.) | |
Karten spielen - to play cards | |
5. v. to play, to perform (a piece of music, a role in theater or a movie) | |
6. v. to play, to listen to (a radio, a recording, etc.) | |
7. v. to play, to perform on (a musical instrument) | |
8. v. to act like, to behave like | |
den Narren spielen - to play the fool | |
9. v. to take place , to be set (in a particular time or place; of fiction) | |
Das Spiel spielt in einer postapokalyptischen Zukunft. - The game is set in a post-apocalyptic future. | |
Spiel |
1. n. a game (instance or way of playing) | |
2. n. gameplay, the experience or act of playing | |
im Spiel - at play | |
3. n. (figurative) leeway; wiggle room | |
Der Personaler sagte mir, beim Gehalt sei noch Spiel nach oben. - The HR guy told me there was some leeway for a higher salary. | |
4. n. (mechanics) backlash; lash; play; slack | |
5. n. (Swiss) military band, marching band | |