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Alkohol
     1. n-m. alcohol, ethanol (substance)
           Alkohol ist farblos. - Alcohol is colourless.
     2. n-m. alcohol, liquor (beverage containing the former substance)
           Hier wird kein Alkohol ausgeschenkt. - They don't serve alcohol here.
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?
Zucker
     1. n-m. (usually) sugar
           ein Stück Zucker - a lump of sugar
     2. n-m. (slightly, informal) diabetes
           Zucker haben - to be a diabetic
     3. v. first-person singular present of zuckern
     4. v. singular imperative of zuckern
Gehen
     1. n. (gerund of gehen): "going".
     2. 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.
     3. v. to leave
           Ich gehe jetzt. - I’m leaving now.
     4. v. to leave, to take off (aeroplane, train)
           Wann geht dein Zug? - When is your train leaving?
     5. 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.
     6. 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.
     7. v. (colloquial intransitive) to work, to function (of a machine, method or the like)
           Der Kaffeeautomat geht nicht. - The coffee dispenser doesn't work.
     8. 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.
     9. v. to sit, to rise, to expand (of dough etc.)
           Teig drei Stunden gehen lassen. - Let dough sit for three hours.
     10. v. (colloquial intransitive) to be (on) (to pay)
           Die Getränke gehen auf mich. - Drinks are on me.
     11. 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.
     12. 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
zwar
     1. adv. Signals a following contrary clause, which is usually introduced with aber, stressing that the speaker is aware of the contradiction, but that it does not invalidate the statement.
           Dieser Rock ist zwar teuer, aber ich kaufe ihn trotzdem. - This skirt is admittedly expensive, but I’ll buy it anyway.
           Wir hatten zwar viele Probleme, aber letztlich hat es sich auf jeden Fall gelohnt. - We did have a lot of problems, but in the end it was definitely worth it.
     2. adv. namely; (only in the form und zwar)
           Aber dann habe ich mir doch eins gekauft, und zwar das blaue. - But then I bought one anyway, namely the blue one.
           Ich habe was Tolles gemacht! Und zwar habe ich geschmacksfreies Eis erfunden. - I did something great! Namely I invented taste-free ice cream.
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
Recht
     1. n. a right, privilege
           Sie haben nicht das Recht, über irgendetwas belogen zu werden. - You do not have the right to be lied to about anything.
     2. n. a title, claim
     3. n. the law
     4. adj. right (direction)
     5. adj. proper, correct
     6. adj. true, real
     7. adj. just, lawful
     8. adv. very, quite, rather, pretty, fairly
           Es ist recht warm heute Abend. - It's quite warm tonight.
           recht klein - smallish
     9. adv. well, right
           ganz recht - that's right
     10. adv. exactly
schmackhafte
     1. adj. form of schmackhaft
     schmackhaft
          1. adj. tasty
Aber
     1. n. an objection, a but
     2. conj. but; however; though
           Ich mag keine Orangen, aber ich mag Äpfel. - I don't like oranges, but I like apples.
     3. adv. (obsolete, except in compounds) again
     4. adv. (qualifier) rather; quite; unusually; used with adjectives to express a surprising degree, whether this surprise be real or for effect
           Das ist aber teuer. - That's rather expensive. ≈ That's more expensive than I would’ve thought.
           Du bist aber groß geworden! - Look how tall you’ve become! (said to a child)
     5. adv. nonetheless, nevertheless
Auch
     1. Proper noun. , common in Southern Germany as an occupational surname for those who watched livestock at night
     2. adv. also; too; as well (in addition to whatever or whoever has previously been listed)
           Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “auch”: I too want icecream.
           Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “Eis”: I want icecream, too.
     3. adv. Used for emphasis.
     4. adv.          (To confirm a preceding statement by someone else): really, actually, indeed, in fact
                   Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “will”: I do indeed want icecream.
                   Das ist auch so. - Stress on “ist”: It really is like that.
                   Du solltest zur Polizei gehen. ― Mach ich auch. - You should go to the police. ― I will.
     5. adv.          (To ask for confirmation of something one considers necessary.)
                   Hast du das Licht auch ausgemacht? - Did you make sure to turn off the light?
     6. adv.          (To imply that something is unreasonable.)
                   Du bist auch witzig... Wie soll ich das denn ohne Auto alles schaffen?! - You’re oh so ingenious... How am I supposed to get all of this done wit
                   Warum müssen die auch alle ihren Müll hier abladen! - Why do they all have to dump their rubbish here!
     7. adv. even ((implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality))
           Auch wenn das stimmt, ist es noch kein endgültiger Beweis. - Even if this is true, it is no definite proof.
           Auch ein Professor schreibt schon mal was falsch. - Even a professor may misspell something at times.
     8. adv. ever (as in whatever, whenever, however, etc.)
           Was du auch tust, es wird immer einer besser sein. - Whatever you do, someone will always do it better.
     9. interj. (in answering a yes-no question, used to express that the thing asked about covers part of the truth but not all of it); “yes, and more”
           Ach, du bist Bauingenieur. Dann baust du Brücken? — Auch. - Oh, you’re a construction engineer. So you build bridges? — Yeah. And other things, too.
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
oft
     1. adv. often
unterschätzte
     1. v. first-person singular preterite of unterschätzen
     2. v. third-person singular preterite of unterschätzen
     3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of unterschätzen
     4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of unterschätzen
     unterschätzen
          1. v. to underestimate
Verbindung
     1. n-f. connection
     2. n-f. (chemistry) compound
     3. n-f. (dated) relationship, partnership
     4. n-f. ellipsis of Studentenverbindung
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.)
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