| 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) | |
| werde |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of werden | |
| 2. v. first-person singular subjunctive of werden | |
| 3. v. third-person singular subjunctive of werden | |
| 4. v. singular imperative of werden | |
| werden |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense | |
| Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - I will go home. | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice | |
| Das Buch wird gerade gelesen. (present tense) - The book is being read. | |
| Ich wurde in Europa geboren. (preterite tense) - I was born in Europe. | |
| Er war geschlagen worden. (past perfect tense) - He had been beaten. | |
| 4. v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn | |
| Es wird heißer. - It's getting hotter. | |
| 5. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition) | |
| Usage: In this sense werden 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. (See the usage no | |
| Wird dir kalt? - Are you getting cold? | |
| Den Kindern wird langweilig. - The children are getting bored. | |
| Von Mayonnaise wird mir schlecht. - Mayonnaise makes me sick. (Literally: From mayonnaise I become sick.) | |
| 6. v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future) | |
| Wir werden zusammen glücklich. - We will be happy together. | |
| Was wird aus mir? - What will become of me? | |
| 7. v. (colloquial) to be going to work | |
| Das wird so nichts. - It will not work like that. | |
| Dir |
| 1. pron. alternative case form of dir | |
| 2. pron. personal dative of du; you, to you. | |
| 3. pron. dative of du; yourself, to yourself. | |
| noch |
| 1. adv. still, yet (up to and including a given time) | |
| Du magst mich noch. - You still like me. | |
| Ich bin noch nicht fertig. - I’m not ready yet. | |
| 2. adv. yet, eventually (at an unknown time in the future) | |
| Er wird noch kommen. - He will come eventually. | |
| Das brauche ich später noch. - I'll need that sometime. | |
| 3. adv. additionally, in addition, besides, else; (more often expressed in English with) another, more | |
| Da ist noch einer. - There’s another one. | |
| Da sind noch welche. - There are some more. | |
| Ich habe noch Schokolade im Auto. - I have some more chocolate in the car. | |
| Weißt du noch was? - Can you think of anything else? | |
| 4. adv. (only) just; barely (by a small margin) | |
| Ich habe es gerade noch geschafft. - I made it just in time. | |
| 5. adv. (with comparative) even | |
| Deins ist noch schöner! - Yours is even prettier! | |
| 6. conj. (following a negation, especially weder) nor; function word introducing each except the first term or series, indicating none of them is true | |
| Ich mag weder ihn noch dich. - I like neither him nor you. | |
| Er versteht es nicht noch wird er es jemals verstehen. - He doesn’t understand it, nor will he ever understand it. | |
| Etwas |
| 1. n. thing, being | |
| 2. n. a quality or talent that is hard to pin down | |
| Sie hat dieses gewisse Etwas. (She has this certain something.) | |
| 3. pron. something | |
| 4. adv. somewhat, slightly | |
| 5. adv. a little, a bit | |
| 6. det. (with unor plural noun) some, a bit of | |
| Hab etwas Respekt vor den Toten. - Have some respect for the dead. | |
| Zeit |
| 1. n-f. time (as a concept) | |
| 2. n-f. time of day ((clipping of Uhrzeit)) | |
| 3. n-f. period, era (time in the past) | |
| 4. n-f. stint (e.g. in the army) | |
| 5. n-f. (grammar) tense | |
| 6. prep. (solemn) for the entire time of, during | |
| Zeit ihrer Beziehung haben sie sich nie gestritten. - They never argued once during their relationship. | |
| zum |
| 1. contraction. to or for the (contraction of zu + dem) | |
| 2. contraction. to or for a (contraction of zu + einem) | |
| zu |
| 1. prep. to, towards (indicates directionality) | |
| zum Bahnhof - to the train station | |
| 2. prep. with respect to; regarding | |
| Zu Punkt 1 möchte ich bemerken, dass... - With respect to item 1, let me remark that... | |
| 3. prep. along with; with (accompanying (the main thing in question)) | |
| Wasser zum Essen trinken - to drink water with one’s meal | |
| 4. prep. at, on (indicates location) | |
| zu Hause - at home | |
| 5. prep. at (indicates time) | |
| zur richtigen Zeit - at the right time | |
| zu Beginn - at the beginning | |
| 6. prep. by, in, on, at (indicates mode (of transportation, speech, etc.)) | |
| zu Pferd - on horseback | |
| 7. prep. (with a verb) for; (with a noun) as, by way of (for the purpose of) | |
| 8. prep. for (in honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of) | |
| 9. prep. into (indicates transition into another form or substance) | |
| 10. prep. as, for, to be (to take on the role of) | |
| 11. prep. to (used to indicate ratios) | |
| 12. prep. at (denotes a price or rate) | |
| 13. part. (with infinitives of verbs) to | |
| etwas zu essen - something to eat | |
| 14. adv. (with adjectives and adverbs) too (excessively) | |
| zu schnell - too fast | |
| 15. adv. (by extension, slang) (An intensifier.) | |
| Dieses Essen ist zu lecker! - This food tastes so good! | |
| 16. adv. towards; at | |
| 17. adv. (somewhat, informal) shut; closed; locked | |
| 18. adv. ahead, on (along, forwards (continuing an action)) | |
| 19. adj. (somewhat, informal) shut, closed (made inaccessible or impassable; not open) | |
| Das Geschäft war zu. - The shop was closed. | |
| Die Tür muss aus Brandschutzgründen immer zu sein. - This door must be shut at all times for reasons of fire safety. | |
| Die Tür ist zu, ich komm nicht rein. - The door is locked, I can’t get in there. | |
| 20. adj. closed (not operating or conducting trade) | |
| 21. adj. done up (fastened) | |
| 22. adj. (slang) hammered; very drunk | |
| dem |
| 1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
| Reifen |
| 1. n-m. tyre; tire | |
| 2. n-m. hoop | |
| 3. n. dative plural of Reif | |
| 4. n. (gerund of reifen): ripening, maturation | |
| 5. v. to ripen, to mature | |
| 6. v. to frost | |
| geben |
| 1. v. (ditransitive) to give (changing ownership) | |
| Meine Frau hat mir eine neue Uhr gegeben. - My wife gave me a new watch. | |
| 2. v. (ditransitive) to hand, to pass, to put within reach | |
| Gib mir das! - Give me that! | |
| Gib mir deine Hand. - Give me your hand (to hold). | |
| Könnten Sie mir den Stift geben? - Could you hand me that pen? | |
| 3. v. (impersonal, transitive) Used to indicate that something exists (often with a certain property and/or in a certain location). Usually translated as there be or there exist | |
| Gibt es gute Schulen in der Nähe? - Are there good schools in the neighborhood? | |
| Es gibt kein Wasser in dieser Wüste. - There is no water in this desert. | |
| Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
| 4. v. (ditransitive, transitive) to communicate (helpful information such as a hint or advice), to signal (in a certain way such as a sign) | |
| Darf ich dir einen Rat geben? - May I give you some advice? | |
| Der Spieler gab ein Signal, dass er eingewechselt werden wollte. - The player gave a signal that he wanted to be substituted. | |
| 5. v. to present; to put | |
| 6. v. to result in | |
