Er |
1. n. a person or animal of male gender, a male | |
Was möchte Er von mir? - What does he want from me? | |
2. pron. (personal) he. | |
audio, De-wo ist klaus.ogg De-wo ist klaus.ogg uxi - Where is Klaus? Where is he? | |
audio, De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg uxi - This is my dog. His name is Waldi. | |
3. pron. (personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der)). | |
audio, De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg uxi - There stands a tree. It is more than 100 years old. | |
4. pron. (personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der)). | |
Im Frauengefängnis versuchte ein Häftling zu flüchten, aber er kam nicht weit. - In the women’s prison, an inmate tried to escape, but she didn’t get very far. | |
5. pron. (personal, archaic) Alternative spelling of Er, tr=you (polite) | |
nimmt |
1. v. third-person singular present of nehmen | |
nehmen |
1. v. to take (something into one's possession or on one's body) | |
Wer hat meinen Hut genommen? - Who took my hat? | |
2. v. (ditransitive) to take from | |
Die Niederlage nahm der Mannschaft den Mut. - The team's defeat robbed them of their courage. | |
3. v. to hold (in one's hands), to grasp | |
Hier, nimm meine Hand. - Here, take my hand. | |
4. v. to take, to consider (a statement, a situation, an idea, etc, in a certain way, for example seriously, badly, personally) | |
Die Polizei nimmt die Angriffe ernst. - The police are taking the attacks seriously. | |
Ich nehme diese Bemerkung übel. - I resent (take as offensive) that remark. | |
Das ist eine Redewendung, also sollte man sie nicht wörtlich nehmen. - That's a figure of speech so you shouldn't take it literally. | |
5. v. to capture, to arrest | |
Die Verbrecher wurden in Gewahrsam genommen. - The criminals were taken into custody. | |
6. v. to ingest (e.g. a pill) | |
Nimm etwas Aspirin, wenn du Kopfschmerzen hast. - Take some aspirin if you have a headache. | |
7. v. to move into, to sit at (one's assigned position) | |
Meine Damen und Herren, bitte nehmen Sie Ihre Plätze. - Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. | |
8. v. to use (time, effort, etc. for a specific purpose) | |
Du solltest dir etwas Zeit nehmen, um dich zu entspannen. - You should take some time to relax. | |
9. v. To begin or cause the action implied by a noun to take place, possibly making the sentence more passive or indirect. | |
Abschied nehmen - to say goodbye, lit=to take farewell | |
Abstand nehmen - to refrain, lit=to take distance | |
seinen Anfang nehmen - to begin, lit=to take its beginning | |
Anstoß nehmen - to take offense | |
ein Beispiel nehmen - to follow an example, lit=to take an example | |
Einfluss nehmen - to exert influence, lit=to take influence | |
ein Ende nehmen - to come to an end, lit=to take an end | |
seinen Lauf nehmen - to run its course, lit=to take its run | |
das Leben nehmen - to kill, lit=to take the life | |
Maß nehmen - to take a measurement | |
Notiz nehmen - to take notice | |
Rücksicht nehmen - to consider, lit=to take consideration | |
Stellung nehmen - to comment, lit=to take position | |
einen Verlauf nehmen - to follow a course, lit=to take a course | |
sich Zeit nehmen - to allow sufficient time, lit=to take oneself time | |
10. v. to cause oneself to be (in some state); to become; to take oneself (to some state) | |
Nimm dich in Acht! - Take care! | |
11. v. to seize, to capture | |
12. v. to receive, to accept | |
13. v. to foul | |
einen |
1. num. masculine accusative singular of ein | |
2. art. masculine accusative singular of ein: a, an | |
3. pron. masculine accusative singular of einer | |
4. pron. singular of einer | |
5. pron. plural of einer | |
6. v. (higher register, transitive) to unite | |
Eine Idee, die alle eint. - An idea that unites everybody. | |
7. v. (higher register, reflexive) to come to terms | |
Nach langem Diskutieren haben sie sich endlich geeint. - After discussing for a long time, they have eventually come to an agreement. | |
entschlossenen |
1. adj. form of entschlossen | |
Letzten |
1. n. singular of Letzter | |
2. n. dative plural of Letzter | |
3. n. singular of Letzter | |
4. n. plural of Letzter | |
5. n. dative plural of Letzte | |
6. n. singular of Letzte | |
7. n. plural of Letzte | |
8. adj. form of letzter, en | |
letzter |
1. adj. form of letzte | |
Zug |
1. n. train (multiple vehicles one behind the other, particularly travelling on rails) | |
2. n. pull (force that pulls in a specific direction) | |
3. n. draught (of air) | |
4. n. traction | |
5. n. course | |
6. n. (from a cigarette, etc.) drag, draught | |
7. n. (from a drink) draught, gulp | |
8. n. stroke | |
9. n. feature, trait | |
10. n. (military) platoon | |
11. n. (turn based games) move, play | |
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? | |
wirft |
1. v. third-person singular present of werfen | |
werfen |
1. v. to throw | |
Der Konstruktor mit dem einen Parameter wirft in diesem Falle eine Ausnahme. - The constructor with this one parameter throws an exception in this case. | |
2. v. to cast; to project | |
einen Schatten werfen - to cast a shadow | |
ein Bild an/auf die Wand werfen - to project an image on the wall | |
3. v. to give birth (of some animals) | |
Die Sau wirft ihre Jungen. - The sow is birthing her young. | |
4. v. to throw oneself (on a bed etc.) | |
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seine |
1. pron. feminine singular of seiner | |
2. pron. plural of seiner | |
3. det. feminine singular of sein | |
4. det. plural 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. | |
Zigarette |
1. n-f. cigarette | |
demonstrativ |
1. adj. demonstrative | |
vom |
1. contraction. from the, of the; about the (contraction of von + dem) | |
von |
1. prep. from | |
Ich fahre von Köln nach Hamburg. - I'm travelling from Cologne to Hamburg. | |
Ich hab’s von meiner Schwester gehört. - I heard it from my sister. | |
2. prep. of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below) | |
das Auto meines Vaters - - = uxi = uxi, das Auto von meinem Vater, my father’s car / the car of my father | |
3. prep. by (with passive voice) | |
Das Hotel wird von der Firma bezahlt. - The hotel is paid for by the company. | |
4. prep. about, of (a topic) | |
Er hat von seiner Jugend erzählt. - He told about his youth. | |
5. prep. on, with (a resource) | |
Von welchem Geld soll ich als Arbeitsloser in Urlaub fahren? - Being unemployed, on what money should I go on holidays? | |
Man kann nicht nur von Luft und Liebe leben. - You can’t live on air and love alone. (proverb) | |
dem |
1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
Balkon |
1. n. (architectural element) balcony (an accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window or overlooking a stage) | |