mit |
1. prep. with (in the company of; alongside) | |
Ich spiele mit meinen Freunden. - I'm playing with my friends. | |
2. prep. with, by (using as an instrument; by means of) | |
Ich schreibe mit einem Bleistift. - I'm writing with a pencil. | |
Ich fahre mit dem Bus. - I'm going by bus. | |
3. prep. with (as an accessory to) | |
4. prep. with (having) | |
5. prep. at (with the age of) | |
6. prep. with, including, with ... included | |
7. adv. among; denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group | |
Hier gibt es mit das beste Essen in der Stadt. - Here they have some of the best food in town. | |
Ich war mit der erste, der hier war. - I was one of the very first who arrived. | |
8. adv. also, too (in addition; besides; as well) | |
9. adv. (somewhat, informal) with (something), with it | |
Ich brauch nicht unbedingt Majonäse zu den Fritten, aber mit sind sie natürlich besser. - I don't necessarily need mayonnaise with the chips, but they taste better with it, of course. | |
vorsichtigen |
1. adj. form of vorsichtig | |
vorsichtig |
1. adj. deliberate (not hasty or sudden); careful, cautious, wary, circumspect | |
vorsichtige Schätzung - conservative/modest estimate | |
2. adv. carefully | |
Schritten |
1. n. dative plural of Schritt | |
2. v. first-person plural preterite of schreiten | |
3. v. third-person plural preterite of schreiten | |
4. v. first-person plural subjunctive of schreiten | |
5. v. third-person plural subjunctive of schreiten | |
Schritt |
1. n. step, footstep (a single instance of walking) | |
2. n. walk (slow gait of a horse) | |
3. n. crotch (the area between the human legs close to the genitals or comprising them) | |
4. n. a pace (any of several obsolete linear measures about as long as a man steps, that is about 70–80 cm) | |
5. n. any imaginary measure that is likened in its partitioning to the distance traveled by a leg moving forward in its single footsteps | |
Er war uns einige Schritte voraus. - He was a few steps ahead of us. | |
Leg einen Schritt zu! - Faster! | |
6. n. step, move, stage (the part of a measure in the sense of an action one takes) | |
Um dieses Ziel zu erreichen, sind folgende Schritte durchzuführen: - To reach this end, the following steps need to be performed: | |
beim ersten Schritt. - in the first step. | |
7. n. ellipsis of Schrittgeschwindigkeit | |
Fahren Sie Schritt! - Drive as fast as a pedestrian walks! | |
trat |
1. v. first-person singular preterite of treten | |
2. v. third-person singular preterite of treten | |
treten |
1. v. to step, to walk (a short distance) | |
Bitte treten Sie hierher. - Please step over here. | |
2. v. to appear | |
Als sie die Tragödie sah, traten ihr Tränen in die Augen. - As she saw the tragedy, tears appeared in her eyes. | |
3. v. to come into a state implied by a phrase. | |
in Kraft treten - to come into effect | |
an die Stelle treten - to take the place | |
in Erscheinung treten - to appear (come into appearance) | |
in den Hintergrund treten - to become less important (step into the background) | |
in den Ruhestand treten - to retire (come into retirement) | |
in Kontakt treten - to get in touch (come into contact) | |
auf den Plan treten - to appear (literally, to come onto the map) | |
an die Öffentlichkeit treten - to go public (to come into the public) | |
in Aktion treten - to become active, to take action | |
zutage (zu Tage) treten - to come to light (literally, day) | |
4. v. to step; to tread; to trample | |
Wasser treten - to tread water | |
5. v. to kick | |
Der Räuber schlug und trat sein Opfer. - The robber beat and kicked his victim. | |
6. v. to step; to tread | |
7. v. to step (on) | |
8. v. to pedal | |
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) | |
Näher |
1. n-m. sewer, seamster (one who sews) | |
2. adj. comparative of nah | |
Die Tankstelle ist näher an der Wohnung als der Supermarkt. - The petrol station is closer to the flat than is the supermarket. | |
3. adj. further, more precise or detailed | |
Ich möchte an dieser Stelle keine näheren Angaben machen. - I don’t want to make any further statements at this point. | |
4. v. first-person singular present of nähern | |
5. v. singular imperative of nähern | |
nähern |
1. v. to approach, to come near | |
2. v. (sciences) to approximate | |
an |
1. prep. (local) on; upon; at; in; against | |
Das Bild hängt an der Wand. - The picture hangs on the wall. | |
2. prep. by; near; close to; next to | |
3. prep. (temporal, with days or times of day) on; in; at | |
Wir treffen uns am (an dem) Dienstag. - We're meeting on Tuesday. | |
Ich werde sie am (an dem) Abend sehen. - I will see her in the evening. | |
4. prep. (temporal) a; per; only used with the word Tag, otherwise use in | |
zweimal am Tag - twice a day | |
5. prep. on; onto | |
Ich hänge das Bild an die Wand. - I hang the picture on the wall. | |
6. prep. at; against | |
Schauen Sie an die Tafel. - Look at the blackboard. | |
7. prep. to; for | |
Ein Brief an Anna. - A letter for Anna. | |
8. adv. onward; on | |
von heute an - from today on | |
9. adj. (predicative) on | |
Ist der Schalter an oder aus? = Ist der Schalter an- oder ausgeschaltet? - Is the switch on or off. Is the switch switched on or off. | |
näher an |
1. v. first-person singular present of annähern | |
2. v. singular imperative of annähern | |
das |
1. art. singular of der: the | |
2. pron. singular of der | |
3. pron. (relative) who, that, which | |
Ich kenne ein Mädchen, das das kann. - I know a girl who can do that. | |
Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
4. pron. (demonstrative) this, that, it | |
Das ist mein Haus. - This is my house. | |
er - Er wissen | |
Ich hab das nicht. - I don’t have it. (i.e. the thing mentioned) | |
5. pron. (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb) | |
Das regnet schon wieder. - It’s raining again. | |
Wissen Sie, wie spät das ist? - Do you know what time it is? | |
der |
1. art. the | |
2. art. feminine singular of der | |
3. art. genitive plural of der | |
4. pron. who; that; which | |
Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. - I know a man who can do that. | |
5. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that | |
6. pron. (attributive, stressed) that | |
Der Mann war es! - It was that man! | |
7. pron. (indicative) him, he | |
Der hat es getan! - It was him who did it! | |
8. pron. (differential) the one, him | |
Der mit dem Mantel - The one with the coat | |
9. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her | |
Sofa |
1. n. sofa, couch (upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, that accommodates at least two people) | |
heran |
1. adv. near, close to the speaker, over to (to the direction of the speaker or an object) | |
Komm heran, Junge! - Come closer to me, boy! | |
Er schlich sich unauffällig von hinten an sie heran. - He sneaked up unobtrusively on her from behind. | |