alle |
1. pron. feminine singular of all | |
2. pron. plural of all | |
3. det. feminine singular of all | |
4. det. plural of all | |
5. adj. (colloquial) finished; gone | |
Die Milch ist alle. - The milk is gone. | |
Wir haben gestern das Bier alle gemacht. - Yesterday we have depleted the beer. | |
alles |
1. pron. (indefinite) everything; all | |
Alles ist gut. - All is well. | |
2. pron. (indefinite, chiefly colloquial, appositional) all (as in "we all" etc.) | |
Ihr seid alles Idioten. - You're all idiots. | |
Die Politiker haben alle keine Ahnung. - The politicians all don’t have a clue. | |
3. det. of all | |
Alles Geld der Welt würde ich für dich geben. - All the money in the world I'd give for you. | |
Ich wünsche dir alles Gute. - I wish you all the best. | |
Denken |
1. n. (gerund of denken); thinking, thought(s) | |
2. v. to think | |
Ich denke, also bin ich. - I think, therefore I am. | |
Er denkt gewichtige Dinge. - He is thinking weighty thoughts. | |
Ich denke an früher. - I am thinking about the past. | |
3. v. not to forget; to remember (to bring along, etc.) | |
Denk an den Schlüssel! - Don’t forget the key. | |
4. v. to imagine | |
Das kann ich mir denken. - I can imagine that. | |
Ich denke ihn mir als bärtigen Einsiedler. - I imagine him as a bearded hermit. | |
5. v. to think, to believe, to assume, to conjecture | |
Ja, das dachte ich mir. - Yes, I thought so. | |
Zwieback |
1. n. zwieback (toasted sweetened bread) | |
Dörrfleisch |
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kämen |
1. v. first-person plural subjunctive of kommen | |
2. v. third-person plural subjunctive of kommen | |
kommen |
1. 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. | |
2. 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) | |
3. 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. | |
4. 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. | |
5. 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. | |
6. 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...? | |
7. v. (impersonal) to be played (of a song or film) | |
Eben kam mein Lieblingslied. - They just played my favourite song. | |
8. v. to be due to; to be the result of | |
Das kommt alles von deiner Faulheit. - All of that is due to your laziness. | |
9. 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. | |
10. v. to orgasm; to cum | |
Ich komme gleich! - I’m about to cum! | |
Mir kommt's gleich! - I’m about to cum! | |
11. 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. | |
12. 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. | |
13. 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. | |
14. 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. | |
15. v. to touch inadvertently | |
Pass auf, dass du nicht an die frische Farbe kommst. - Be careful not to touch the wet paint. | |
16. 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. | |
17. 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. | |
auf |
1. prep. (with dative) on, upon (positioned at the top of) | |
Das Buch liegt auf dem Tisch. - The book is lying on the table. | |
2. prep. (with accusative) on, onto, up (moving to the top of) | |
Ich lege das Buch auf den Tisch. - I’m putting the book on the table. | |
3. prep. (with accusative) on (indicating responsibility) | |
Das erste Getränk geht aufs Haus. - The first drink is on the house. | |
Das fällt nicht auf dich zurück, sondern auf mich. Ich hab's vermasselt. - That's not on you but on me. I messed up. | |
4. prep. (with dative) in, at; used with certain nouns instead of bei or in | |
Niemand auf der Welt hätte das voraussehen können. - No one in the world could have predicted that. | |
auf dem Stadtplatz - in the town square | |
Das Schiff ist auf See - The ship is at sea. | |
auf der Kirmes - at the fun fair | |
auf der Post - at the post office (also: bei der Post) | |
5. prep. (with accusative) to; used with certain nouns instead of zu or in | |
auf die Kirmes - to the fun fair | |
auf die Post - to the post office (also: zur Post) | |
6. prep. (with a language name) in (see usage note below) | |
Was heißt das auf Deutsch? - What’s this in German? | |
7. prep. (linguistics) in (of a word: ending with some sound or syllable) | |
Wörter auf -heit sind weiblich. - Words in -heit are feminine. | |
Du kannst doch auf (’n) Sonntag nich’ den Rasen mähen! - You can’t mow the lawn on a Sunday! | |
8. prep. (with accusative) for (during the continuation of) | |
auf Jahre hinaus - for years to come | |
9. prep. (with accusative) to, for (indicating purpose, goal or wish) | |
Lasst uns auf deine Gesundheit drinken! - Let's drink to your health! | |
Sie spielen auf Zeit. - They are playing for time. | |
10. prep. (with accusative) by (used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something) | |
X auf Y Meter groß | |
11. adv. (somewhat, informal) open | |
Die Tür ist auf. - The door is open. | |
12. adv. (colloquial) finished; gone (food) | |
Hast du deine Suppe auf? - Have you finished your soup? | |
Die Milch is’ auf. - The milk is gone. (consumed) | |
13. adv. (colloquial) up; awake; out of bed | |
Ich war um sechs Uhr auf. - I was up at six o'clock. | |
14. interj. carry on (continue or proceed as before) | |
15. interj. have a go | |
kommen auf |
1. v. first-person plural present of aufkommen | |
2. v. third-person plural present of aufkommen | |
3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of aufkommen | |
4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of aufkommen | |
Des |
1. n. (music) D-flat | |
2. art. genitive singular of der: the | |
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 | |
Seemanns |
1. n. genitive of Seemann | |
Tisch |
1. n. table (a piece of furniture with a relatively deep surface at roughly waist or knee level); (specific uses include:) | |
2. n. dining table, dinner table | |
Kommt, der Tisch ist gedeckt! - Come, the table is set! | |
3. n. desk (table used for writing) | |
Legen amerikanische Chefs wirklich die Füße auf den Tisch? - Do American bosses really put their feet on the desk? | |
4. n. bench, workbench (table at which manual work is done) | |
5. n. (figuratively, now only in compounds and expressions) meal (food served or eaten as a repast) | |
Herr Weber ist zu Tisch. - Mr Weber is at lunch. | |
doch |
1. part. (in response to a negative question or statement) yes; surely; really; on the contrary | |
Das darfst du nicht sagen. — Doch! - You can’t say that. — Yes, I can! | |
Du wirst nicht kommen? — Doch! - You're not going to come? — Yes, I am! | |
2. conj. though; yet; but; however; nevertheless | |
3. conj. for all that; after all; but | |
4. adv. after all; yet; however; nevertheless | |
5. adv. really; just | |
6. adv. indicates proposal Why don't you/we | |
Komm doch mal mit. - Why don't you just come with us? | |
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 | |
Seemann |
1. n. sailor (worker on a ship) | |
2. n. seaman | |
liebt |
1. v. third-person singular present of lieben | |
2. v. second-person plural present of lieben | |
3. v. plural imperative of lieben | |
lieben |
1. v. (usually transitive sometimes intransitive) to love, to have a strong affection for (someone or something) | |
Ich liebe dich. - I love you. | |
Ich liebe die französische Sprache. - I love the French language. | |
2. v. to love one another | |
3. v. to make love, to have sex | |
4. adj. form of lieb | |
wie |
1. adv. how | |
Wie groß bist du? - How tall are you? | |
Ich weiß nicht, wie die Katze hereingekommen ist. - I don't know how the cat got in. | |
Wie wunderbar! - How wonderful! | |
2. conj. like | |
Freunde sind wie Sterne in der Nacht. - Friends are like stars in the night. | |
3. conj. as | |
Wie ihr wisst, bin ich in Dortmund aufgewachsen. - As you know, I grew up in Dortmund. | |
Ich bin so schnell wie du. - I’m as fast as you are. | |
4. conj. (colloquial nonstandard) than | |
Der Junge ist größer wie sein Vater. - The boy is taller than his father. | |
5. conj. (chiefly colloquial) when referring to the past | |
Ich hab ihn gesehen, wie ich in Köln war. - I saw him when I was in Cologne. | |
Wie ich zur Tür herauskomme, steht da mein alter Schulfreund. - When I came out the door, my old school-day friend was standing in front of me. | |
alle |
1. pron. feminine singular of all | |
2. pron. plural of all | |
3. det. feminine singular of all | |
4. det. plural of all | |
5. adj. (colloquial) finished; gone | |
Die Milch ist alle. - The milk is gone. | |
Wir haben gestern das Bier alle gemacht. - Yesterday we have depleted the beer. | |
alles |
1. pron. (indefinite) everything; all | |
Alles ist gut. - All is well. | |
2. pron. (indefinite, chiefly colloquial, appositional) all (as in "we all" etc.) | |
Ihr seid alles Idioten. - You're all idiots. | |
Die Politiker haben alle keine Ahnung. - The politicians all don’t have a clue. | |
3. det. of all | |
Alles Geld der Welt würde ich für dich geben. - All the money in the world I'd give for you. | |
Ich wünsche dir alles Gute. - I wish you all the best. | |
Eier |
1. n. plural of Ei | |
2. v. first-person singular present of eiern | |
3. v. singular imperative of eiern | |
Fleisch |
1. n. flesh | |
2. n. meat | |
3. n. pulp (of fruit) | |
4. n. a slab of meat, meat which is not in the form of a sausage | |
Nudeln |
1. n. plural of Nudel | |
2. v. to fatten, to force-feed (of animals, by gavage) | |
3. v. , t= | |
4. v. to do something tedious or repetitive in a bored manner | |
5. v. (colloquial transitive) to make music or sing listlessly | |
6. v. to twirl; to move in a flexible manner (in reference to noodles' softness) | |
7. v. to empty a battery | |
8. v. to cuddle | |
9. v. to fuck | |
Nudel |
1. n-f. a noodle, a string or lump of pasta | |
2. n-f. (in the plural) pasta | |
3. n-f. (in compounds) certain other kinds of pastries | |
4. n-f. (informal) a person, usually female, who is funny and cheerful, especially when also having a pleasantly plump, buxom figure | |
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? | |
Fisch |
1. n. fish (cold-blooded vertebrates living in water) | |
Wir haben jeder einen Fisch gefangen. - Each one of us has caught a fish. | |
Ob ein Wal ein Fisch ist, hängt von der Definition ab. - Whether a whale is a fish depends on the definition. | |
2. n. fish (food) | |
Freitags essen viele Leute Fisch. - Many people eat fish on Fridays. | |