| bildlich |
| 1. adj. pictorial, graphic, visual | |
| 2. adj. figurative, not literal, metaphorical | |
| 3. adv. pictorially | |
| 4. adv. figuratively | |
| 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 | |
| strahlende |
| 1. adj. form of strahlend | |
| strahlend |
| 1. Participle. present participle of strahlen | |
| 2. adj. shining | |
| 3. adj. radiant | |
| 4. adv. dazzlingly, radiantly, brightly | |
| strahlend schön - dazzlingly beautiful | |
| Sonne |
| 1. Proper noun. (astronomy) the Sun | |
| Die Sonne ist eine Lichtquelle. - The Sun is a light source. | |
| 2. n-f. (astronomy) a sun (a star, especially when being the center of a solar system) | |
| 3. n-f. sunshine, sunlight (the light and warmth we receive on Earth from the sun) | |
| Wir hatten den ganzen Tag Sonne. - We had sunshine all day. | |
| Geh mir aus der Sonne! - Move for me out of the sunshine!) | |
| Laut Wetterbericht wird es morgen Sonne geben. - According to the weather forecast there will be sunshine tomorrow. | |
| 4. pron. (colloquial)contraction of so eine (such a) (so, ein) | |
| 5. pron. Ungrammatical synonym of solch in plural. | |
| Wer macht denn sonne Sachen? - Who would do such things? | |
| 6. v. first-person singular present of sonnen | |
| 7. v. first-person singular subjunctive of sonnen | |
| 8. v. third-person singular subjunctive of sonnen | |
| 9. v. singular imperative of sonnen | |
| war |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite 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. | |
| seine |
| 1. pron. feminine singular of seiner | |
| 2. pron. plural of seiner | |
| 3. det. feminine singular of sein | |
| 4. det. plural of sein | |
| Ampel |
| 1. n-f. traffic light | |
| 2. n-f. German politics, informal ellipsis of Ampelkoalition | |
| 3. n-f. lamp which hangs from the ceiling | |
| 4. n-f. container (e.g. for a plant) which hangs from the ceiling | |
