| 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) | |
| kann |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of können | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present of können | |
| können |
| 1. v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can. | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) | |
| Kannst du ihm helfen? - Are you able to help him? | |
| Ich hätte das machen können. - I could have done that. | |
| Das kann sein, kann aber auch nicht sein. - This may be and may also not be. | |
| Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
| 3. v. to be able to do something implied; can. | |
| Nein, ich kann nicht. - No, I can’t. | |
| Er hat gekonnt. - He was able to do it. | |
| 4. v. to know how to do (something); to know; to understand; to be able to do (something); to be capable of; can do (something), to have a specific skill. (w | |
| Ich kann Deutsch und Englisch. - I know German and English. | |
| Kannst du es? - Can you do it? | |
| Das hätte ich nicht gekonnt. - I couldn’t have done that. / I wouldn’t have been capable of that. | |
| 5. v. to be possible, to make sense | |
| Nächstes Jahr is’n Schaltjahr. – Das kann nich’. Letztes Jahr war doch Schaltjahr! - Next year is a leap year. – That’s not possible. Last year w | |
| 6. v. (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may. | |
| Kann ich mitkommen? - May I come along? | |
| Er hat nicht ins Kino gehen können. - He was not allowed to go to the cinema. | |
| 7. v. (auxiliary) to be in the legal situation of being able to realize a legal effect even if it be legally disallowed | |
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| Ja |
| 1. n. a yes | |
| 2. adv. yes; yea, yeah, aye | |
| Willst du das? Ja. - Do you want that? Yes. | |
| Aber ja! - Yes, of course! | |
| 3. adv. (intensifier) obviously; certainly; of course; really; just; as you know; as is generally known (indicates and emphasises that one is expressing a known fact) | |
| Es kann ja nicht immer so bleiben. - It obviously cannot always remain so. | |
| Der Peter war ja gestern krank. - Peter was sick yesterday, as you know. | |
| 4. interj. yes | |
| gar |
| 1. adj. cooked, done (of food such as meat or vegetables: ready for consumption) | |
| 2. adj. (of a metal) refined | |
| 3. adv. (negative polarity) at all; even | |
| Sie hat gar kein Geld. - She has no money at all. | |
| Er ist gar nicht gekommen. - He didn't even show up. / He didn't show up at all. | |
| 4. adv. (chiefly formal, or literary) even; expressing a climax | |
| Ist er ein Dieb? Ein Räuber? Oder gar ein Mörder? - Is he a thief? A robber? Or even a murderer? | |
| 5. adv. (chiefly formal, or literary, with zu) all | |
| Wenn er gar zu frech wird, geben Sie ihm eine kräftige Ohrfeige. - If he becomes all too impertinent, give him a sturdy slap. | |
| 6. adv. (Austria, Switzerland, otherwise archaic, poetic) very; quite; really | |
| Das war gar frech von dir! - That was quite impertinent of you! | |
| nicht |
| 1. adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb) | |
| Bitte nicht stören! - Please do not disturb! | |
| Das ist nicht wahr. - That is not true. | |
| 2. interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
| Du bist sicher die Claudia, nicht? - You must be Claudia, aren't you? | |
| gar nicht |
| 1. adv. not at all | |
| 2. adv. not one bit | |
| 3. adv. no way | |
| 4. adv. never | |
| 5. adv. in no manner | |
| Singen |
| 1. n. gerund of singen | |
| 2. v. to sing | |
