| längere |
| 1. adj. form of lang | |
| lang |
| 1. adj. long; lengthy (in space or time) | |
| 2. adj. (of a person) tall | |
| 3. adj. (with units of time, chiefly Jahre) many (indicating the length of the time in total) | |
| Er hat lange Jahre damit verbracht, diese Frage zu erörtern. - He spent many years reasoning about this question. | |
| 4. adv. (chiefly colloquial, but also found in formal style) Alternative form of lange | |
| Der Ausflug hat lang gedauert. - The trip took quite long. | |
| 5. adv. long, sprawled, stretched (physically) | |
| Er lag lang auf der Erde. - He lay sprawled on the ground. | |
| 6. post. for (temporal) | |
| Er ist ein Jahr lang um die Welt gereist. - He travelled around the world for one year. | |
| Ich habe mein ganzes Leben lang die Relativitätstheorie studiert. - I studied relativistic physics my entire life. | |
| 7. post. (chiefly colloquial, but also found in formal style) Alternative form of entlang | |
| Gehen Sie einfach diese Straße lang! - Just go along this street! | |
| Wo lang? Hier lang! - Which way? This way! | |
| 8. v. singular imperative of langen | |
| Unterführung |
| 1. n-f. underpass | |
| Durchbruch |
| 1. n. breakthrough (sudden progress overcoming an obstacle) | |
| 2. n. aperture | |
| 3. n. cut-out, openwork (in a workpiece) | |
| durch |
| 1. prep. by means of; by; through | |
| Das Haus wurde durch ein Feuer zerstört. - The house was destroyed by fire. | |
| 2. prep. through; entering, then exiting | |
| Wir wandern durch den Wald. - We're hiking through the forest. | |
| 3. prep. through (a period of time) | |
| Sie hat mir durch eine schwierige Zeit geholfen. - She helped me through a difficult period. | |
| 4. prep. via | |
| 5. prep. owing to; because of | |
| 6. prep. (mathematics) divided by | |
| 7. adv. during; throughout; through | |
| den ganzen Tag durch - the whole day through | |
| 8. adv. (colloquial with a time) past | |
| Es ist acht Uhr durch. - It is past eight o’clock. | |
| Bergmassive |
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| 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? | |
| Unter |
| 1. n-m. jack, knave (playing card) | |
| 2. prep. under | |
| 3. prep. below | |
| 4. prep. among, between | |
| 5. prep. (chiefly literary) with; along with; accompanied by an action (often concessive) | |
| Die englische Sprache überlebte die normannische Eroberung unter weitgehendem Verlust ihrer ursprünglichen Struktur. - The English language survived the Norman conquest, largely losing, however | |
| 6. prep. (rare, or regional) during | |
| bebauten |
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| bebauen |
| 1. v. to build a building in (a free piece of land); to develop | |
| Die Lücke zwischen den Häusern könnte man mit einem Wohngebäude bebauen. - A residential building could be built in between the gap between the two houses. | |
| 2. v. to cultivate | |
| Flächen |
| 1. n. plural of Fläche | |
| Fläche |
| 1. n-f. surface | |
| 2. n-f. (mathematics) surface, a two-dimensional manifold | |
| 3. n-f. flat, plain | |
| 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? | |
| Gewässern |
| 1. n. dative plural of Gewässer | |
| Gewässer |
| 1. n-n. (collective) body of water, water body, water (significant accumulation of water covering the Earth) | |
| 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. | |
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