| 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) | |
| möchte |
| 1. v. first-person singular subjunctive of mögen | |
| 2. v. third-person singular subjunctive of mögen | |
| mögen |
| 1. v. to like (something or someone) | |
| Ich mag keinen Käse. - I don't like cheese. | |
| 2. v. to want to go | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) may (expresses a possibility with uncertainty with a degree of admission of the statement) | |
| Das mag ja alles stimmen. - That may all be true. | |
| 4. v. (auxiliary) to be hesitant to (do something) | |
| Ich mag sie nicht fragen. - I am hesitant to ask her. | |
| 5. v. (auxiliary) may (paraphrases the optative). | |
| Möge die Macht mit dir sein. - May the Force be with you. | |
| 6. v. to want; would like (to have or to do something) | |
| Ich möchte Käse. - I would like cheese. | |
| Ich möchte keinen Käse. - I don't want cheese. | |
| 7. v. (auxiliary) to want to; would like to; to wish to (do something) | |
| Ich möchte sie nicht fragen. - I don't want to ask her. | |
| 8. v. (obsolete, auxiliary, with infinitive) to be able to, may, can | |
| Lernen |
| 1. n. (gerund of lernen); learning, study | |
| 2. v. to learn | |
| Ich lerne noch. - I’m still learning. | |
| Ich lerne Spanisch. - I’m learning Spanish. | |
| 3. v. to study (revise or review materials) | |
| Ich lerne für meine Prüfung. - I’m studying for my exam. | |
| 4. v. (somewhat informal, transitive) to train to become something | |
| Ich lerne Bäcker. - I’m training to be a baker. | |
| 5. v. (colloquial nonstandard transitive with dative) to teach | |
| Das lern ich dir. - I’ll teach you that. | |
| 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. | |
| man |
| 1. pron. one, you (indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular) | |
| Man kann nicht immer kriegen, was man will. - You can’t always get what you want. | |
| Manchmal muss man Kompromisse machen. - Sometimes one must compromise. | |
| 2. pron. they, people (people in general) | |
| Zumindest sagt man das so... - At least that’s what they say... | |
| 3. pron. someone, somebody (some unspecified person) | |
| 4. pron. they (some unspecified group of people) | |
| 5. adv. (colloquial regional northern Germany) just; only | |
| Komm man hier rüber! - Just come over here! | |
| Das sind man dreißig Stück oder so. - These are only thirty or so. | |
| Saxophon |
| 1. n-n. saxophone | |
| spielt |
| 1. v. third-person singular present of spielen | |
| spielen |
| 1. v. to play (engage in some activity for fun or entertainment) | |
| Die Kinder spielen draußen. - The children are playing outside. | |
| Die Katze spielt mit einer Schnur. - The cat is playing with a string. | |
| 2. v. to play, to engage in (a game, a sport, etc.) | |
| Karten spielen - to play cards | |
| 3. v. to play, to perform (a piece of music, a role in theater or a movie) | |
| 4. v. to play, to listen to (a radio, a recording, etc.) | |
| 5. v. to play, to perform on (a musical instrument) | |
| 6. v. to act like, to behave like | |
| den Narren spielen - to play the fool | |
| 7. v. to take place , to be set (in a particular time or place; of fiction) | |
| Das Spiel spielt in einer postapokalyptischen Zukunft. - The game is set in a post-apocalyptic future. | |
