| 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 | |
| diese |
| 1. pron. feminine nominative singular of dieser; "this" | |
| 2. pron. feminine accusative singular of dieser; "this" | |
| Ich will diese Frau - I want this woman. | |
| 3. pron. nominative plural of dieser; "these" | |
| Diese Dinge sind dumm - These things are stupid. | |
| 4. pron. accusative plural of dieser; "these" | |
| dieser |
| 1. pron. this one, this | |
| 2. pron. that one, that | |
| Art |
| 1. n-f. kind, sort, type (von) | |
| 2. n-f. (biology, taxonomy) species | |
| (hyponyms, Pflanzenart, Tierart) | |
| 3. n-f. nature, character | |
| 4. n-f. behaviour | |
| 5. n-f. way, method | |
| Das ist nicht seine Art. - That's not his way of doing things. | |
| 6. n-f. (grammar, of verbs) mode, mood | |
| 7. n-f. (grammar, rare, of verbs) voice | |
| 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? | |
| Weise |
| 1. n-f. way, manner | |
| 2. n-f. (music) tune | |
| 3. n-f. (grammar) mode/mood (of verbs) | |
| 4. n. female equivalent of Weiser: female sage, wisewoman | |
| 5. n. plural of Weiser | |
| 6. n. nominative singular of Weiser | |
| 7. adj. wise | |
| 8. v. first-person singular present of weisen | |
| 9. v. first-person singular subjunctive of weisen | |
| 10. v. third-person singular subjunctive of weisen | |
| 11. v. singular imperative of weisen | |
| Art und Weise |
| 1. n. way, manner, method (of doing something) | |
| hinterließ |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of hinterlassen | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of hinterlassen | |
| hinterlassen |
| 1. v. to leave behind (after leaving a location) | |
| Die Hirsche hinterliessen Spuren im Schnee. - The deer left tracks in the snow. | |
| 2. v. to bequeath | |
| 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) | |
| Nichts |
| 1. n. nothingness, void | |
| 2. pron. nothing | |
| Ich weiß, dass ich nichts weiß. - I know that I know nothing. | |
| dem |
| 1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
| Feind |
| 1. n. enemy, fiend, foe (male or of unspecified gender) | |
| 2. adj. (relational) enemy; hostile | |
