| Wenn |
| 1. n. (informal) if | |
| 2. conj. when | |
| Sag bitte Bescheid, wenn du fertig bist! (Tell me when you're done!) | |
| 3. conj. if (on the condition that) | |
| Was tun, wenn ich nicht weiß, ob sie mich liebt? (What (to do) if I don't know if she loves me?) | |
| Du |
| 1. pron. alternative case form of du you (singular) (especially when used as a direct address in letters) | |
| 2. n. (literally) the thou, the you (singular) | |
| jemandem das Du anbieten - to offer somebody the thou | |
| 3. pron. you (thou, singular familiar) | |
| damit |
| 1. adv. takes a reflexive pronoun adverb of mit | |
| 2. conj. (subordinating, with indicative or subjunctive I) so that, in order that | |
| Beeil dich, damit wir bald losfahren können. - Hurry up so that we can take off soon. | |
| Kommen |
| 1. n. (gerund of kommen): "coming", "arrival". | |
| 2. v. to come; to arrive | |
| Er kam letzte Nacht sehr spät nach Hause. - He came home very late last night. | |
| Als ich nach Wuppertal kam, hatte es gerade geschneit - When I arrived in Wuppertal, it had just snowed. | |
| 3. v. to come to; to come over (go somewhere so as to join someone else) | |
| Bleib sitzen! Ich komme zu dir. - Keep your seat! I’m coming over to you. | |
| Und viele kamen zu ihm und sprachen... - And many resorted unto him and said... (John 10:41) | |
| 4. v. to get; to make it (go somewhere in a way that implies an obstacle or difficulty to be overcome) | |
| Ich komme nicht über die Mauer. - I can’t get over this wall. | |
| Wenn er den Zug verpasst, kommt er heute nicht nach Nürnberg. - If he misses the train, he won’t make it to Nuremberg today. | |
| 5. v. to go to; to be put in (go somewhere in a way that is predetermined or prearranged) | |
| Hartnäckige Sünder kommen in die Hölle. - Persistant sinners will go to hell. | |
| Die Gruppensieger kommen ins Halbfinale. - The group winners will go to the semifinals. | |
| 6. v. to come on (Used to encourage someone to do something.) | |
| Ach komm, das wird so schlimm nicht werden. - Aw, come on, it won’t be so bad. | |
| Kommt, deckt schon mal den Tisch! - Come on, just set the table already. | |
| 7. v. to occur; to happen; to come to be | |
| Dann kam, was alle befürchtet hatten. - Then happened that which everybody had feared. | |
| Wie kommt es, dass...? - Why is it that ...? How come that...? | |
| 8. v. (impersonal) to be played (of a song or film) | |
| Eben kam mein Lieblingslied. - They just played my favourite song. | |
| 9. v. to be due to; to be the result of | |
| Das kommt alles von deiner Faulheit. - All of that is due to your laziness. | |
| 10. v. to come from (to have a social or geographic background) (+preo, aus, dative) | |
| Sie kommt aus der Schweiz. - She comes from Switzerland. | |
| Sie kommt aus einer Diplomatenfamilie. - She comes from a family of diplomats. | |
| 11. v. to orgasm; to cum | |
| Ich komme gleich! - I’m about to cum! | |
| Mir kommt's gleich! - I’m about to cum! | |
| 12. v. to be statistically equivalent to; to be there for (+preo, auf, accusative) | |
| Auf jeden Verkehrstoten kommen zwanzig Verletzte. - For each traffic fatality there are twenty injured people. | |
| 13. v. to obtain (a solution or result) (+preo, auf, accusative) | |
| Die Werte wurden frisiert, um auf das gewünschte Ergebnis zu kommen. - The values were manipulated in order to obtain the desired result. | |
| 14. v. to get an idea; to think of; to remember; to imagine (+preo, auf, accusative) | |
| Ich komme im Moment nicht drauf, aber ich sag’s dir später. - I can’t think of it right now, but I’ll tell you later. | |
| Ich weiß wirklich nicht, wie du immer auf diese Einfälle kommst. - I really don’t know how you always get all those ideas. | |
| 15. v. to lose; to forfeit; not to get (+preo, um) | |
| Er hat Angst, dass er um seinen Anteil kommt. - He fears that he won’t get his share. | |
| 16. v. to touch inadvertently | |
| Pass auf, dass du nicht an die frische Farbe kommst. - Be careful not to touch the wet paint. | |
| 17. v. to manage to reach (something high up etc.) (+preo, an, accusative) | |
| Hilf ihm mal, er kommt nicht an den Griff. - Help him, he can't reach the handle. | |
| 18. v. (colloquial copulative with gut or in Ordnung) to turn out (well) | |
| Am Ende kommt hoffentlich alles gut. - In the end, hopefully all will turn out well. | |
| solltest |
| 1. v. second-person singular preterite of sollen | |
| 2. v. second-person singular subjunctive of sollen | |
| sollen |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) should; to be obligated (to do something); ought; shall | |
| Ich soll das machen. - I should do that. | |
| Ich sollte das nicht tun. - I should not do it. | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) to be recommended (to do something); to be asked (to do something) | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) to be intended (to do something); to be meant (to be something) | |
| 4. v. (auxiliary) to be said (to do something); reportedly; they say that; I hear that; so they say; rumor has it; supposedly. | |
| Es soll da viele Leute geben. - They say that there are many people there. | |
| 5. v. (auxiliary) would; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates something that would happen in the past but after the time frame of the main clause | |
| 6. v. (auxiliary) should; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates a hypothetical and unlikely condition for the main clause | |
| werde |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of werden | |
| 2. v. first-person singular subjunctive of werden | |
| 3. v. third-person singular subjunctive of werden | |
| 4. v. singular imperative of werden | |
| werden |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense | |
| Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - I will go home. | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice | |
| Das Buch wird gerade gelesen. (present tense) - The book is being read. | |
| Ich wurde in Europa geboren. (preterite tense) - I was born in Europe. | |
| Er war geschlagen worden. (past perfect tense) - He had been beaten. | |
| 4. v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn | |
| Es wird heißer. - It's getting hotter. | |
| 5. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition) | |
| Usage: In this sense werden 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. (See the usage no | |
| Wird dir kalt? - Are you getting cold? | |
| Den Kindern wird langweilig. - The children are getting bored. | |
| Von Mayonnaise wird mir schlecht. - Mayonnaise makes me sick. (Literally: From mayonnaise I become sick.) | |
| 6. v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future) | |
| Wir werden zusammen glücklich. - We will be happy together. | |
| Was wird aus mir? - What will become of me? | |
| 7. v. (colloquial) to be going to work | |
| Das wird so nichts. - It will not work like that. | |
| 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) | |
| Dir |
| 1. pron. alternative case form of dir | |
| 2. pron. personal dative of du; you, to you. | |
| 3. pron. dative of du; yourself, to yourself. | |
| was |
| 1. pron. (interrogative) what | |
| Was machst du heute? - What are you doing today? | |
| 2. pron. (relative) which ((referring to the entire preceding clause)) | |
| Sie tanzte gut, was er bewunderte. - She was a good dancer, which he admired. | |
| 3. pron. (relative) that, which ((referring to das, alles, etwas, nichts, and neuter substantival adjectives)) | |
| Das ist alles, was ich weiß. - That's all that I know. | |
| Das ist das Beste, was mir passieren konnte. - That's the best that could have happened to me. | |
| 4. pron. (relative, colloquial) that, which ((referring to neuter singular nouns, instead of standard das)) | |
| Siehst du das weiße Haus, was renoviert wird? - Do you see that white house, which is being renovated? | |
| 5. pron. (indefinite, colloquial) something, anything ((instead of standard etwas)) | |
| Ich hab was gefunden. - I've found something. | |
| 6. pron. (interrogative, dated) why (with emphasis, astonishment or disapproval) | |
| Was birgst du so bang dein Gesicht? - Why on earth are you hiding your face so fearfully? | |
| 7. adv. (colloquial) a little, somewhat | |
| Ich komm was später. - I'll arrive a little later. | |
| 8. adv. (interrogative, colloquial) why, what for | |
| Was bist du heute so stumm? - Why are you so silent today? | |
| Husten |
| 1. n-m. cough | |
| 2. n. (gerund of husten): the act of coughing, a certain way of it | |
| 3. v. to cough | |
