na |
1. interj. well!, so!; (used to introduce a statement) | |
Na, dann fangen wir mal an! - So, let’s get started! | |
Ich bin ein Narr? Na, du auch! - I am a clown? Well, so are you! | |
2. interj. oh, hm, huh, och, nu; (expressing a (usually mild) degree of surprise, doubt, or frustration) | |
Na, das ist ja nett, dass ihr vorbeikommt! - Oh, that’s nice of you to come by! | |
Na? Ob das so stimmt... - Huh? Not sure if that’s correct... | |
Na! Warum will das denn jetzt wieder nicht? - Och! Why does this thing not work yet again? | |
Na toll! Kein Empfang. - Oh great! No signal. | |
3. interj. (regional, chiefly northern and central Germany) huh?; (used as a question marker, often implying that the speaker knows the answer) | |
Was ist zwei plus drei? Na? - What’s two plus three? Huh? | |
4. interj. (regional, chiefly northern and central Germany) hey!, hi!; (used as a greeting, but with an interrogative intonation, as if saying “So? You see me there?”, or “So? How is everything?”) | |
Na! Lang nicht gesehen! - Hey! Long time no see! | |
Na! Wie geht’s? - Hi! How are you? | |
5. interj. (regional, chiefly southern Germany and Austria) Alternative form of nein, , no | |
Na. Das geht net. - No. That doesn’t work. | |
wo |
1. adv. (interrogative) where (at what place) | |
Wo bist du? - Where are you? | |
2. adv. (relative) where (at or in which place or situation) | |
Ich kenne einen Laden, wo solche Sachen verkauft werden. - I know a shop where such things are sold. | |
3. adv. (relative, somewhat, informal) when, that (on which; at which time) | |
Das war der Tag, wo wir uns kennen gelernt haben. - That was the day when we got to know each other. | |
4. adv. (indefinite, colloquial) somewhere (in or to an uncertain or unspecified location) | |
Ich wär gern wo, wo's wärmer ist. - I'd like to be somewhere where it's warmer. | |
5. conj. (colloquial) when | |
Wo ich mich umgedreht hab, haut der mir unvermittelt eine rein. - When I turned around, he just abruptly punched me in the face. | |
6. pron. (relative, dialectal, nonstandard) who, whom, which, that | |
Ich bin der, wo das kann. - I'm the one who can do that. | |
die |
1. art. feminine singular of der | |
die Frau - the woman | |
2. art. plural of der | |
die Männer - the men | |
3. pron. feminine singular of der | |
4. pron. plural of der | |
5. pron. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose | |
Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. - I know a woman who can do that. | |
6. pron. (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them | |
die da - that one/she/they there | |
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 | |
Lampe |
1. n-f. lamp, light (piece of furniture, or fixture mounted on a wall or ceiling, holding one or more electric light sockets) | |
2. n-f. bulb, light bulb (evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament or an article that resembles such a bulb) ((clipping of Glühlampe)) | |
3. n-f. scut (from hunter jargon: a rabbit's tail) | |
immer |
1. adv. always | |
2. adv. at all times without exception | |
Irgendwo scheint immer die Sonne. - The sun is always shining somewhere. | |
3. adv. very often; all the time; constantly | |
Er will immer nur fernsehen. - He just wants to watch telly all the time. | |
4. adv. every time; whenever some precondition is given | |
Er erzählt immer dieselbe Geschichte. - He always tells that same story. | |
5. adv. (with) to a greater degree over time, more and more | |
Es wird immer kälter. - It's getting colder and colder. | |
6. adv. (colloquial unstressed) used to emphasize another adverb of time, which itself is stressed | |
Er kommt immer nie pünktlich. - He’s never on time. | |
Ich bin oft immer sehr vergesslich. - I’m often very forgetful. | |
Manchmal hab ich immer das Gefühl, dass... - Sometimes I get the feeling that... | |
liegt |
1. v. third-person singular present of liegen | |
2. v. second-person plural present of liegen | |
3. v. plural imperative of liegen | |
liegen |
1. v. to lie (to be in a horizontal position) | |
2. v. (Swiss) to lie down | |
3. v. to be, to lie somewhere (of flat objects, also of inpatients in a hospital; otherwise use sitzen or stehen) | |
4. v. to be located, to lie somewhere (of countries, towns, houses, etc.) | |
5. v. to be, to stand (of indices, measurements) | |
im |
1. contraction. contraction of in dem ; in the | |
in |
1. prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building) | |
Es ist in dem Haus. - It is in the house. | |
Ich habe die Schlüssel im (in dem) Kühlschrank gefunden. - I found the keys in the refrigerator. | |
Unsere Kinder sind in der Schule. - Our kids are at school. | |
Er ist in einem Café. - He is at a coffee shop. | |
Letzte Nacht waren sie im (in dem) Club. - They were at the club last night. | |
2. prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to) | |
in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense | |
3. prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time) | |
Er schloss sein Studium im Alter von vierzehn. - He completed his studies at/by the age of fourteen. | |
im Alter - in old age | |
im Mittelalter - during the middle ages | |
in den 1960er Jahren - in the 1960s | |
4. prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of)) | |
Er geht ins Haus. - He goes into the house. | |
Wir gehen in die Schweiz. - We are going to Switzerland. | |
Wir treten in ein neues Zeitalter ein. - We are coming into a new age. | |
5. adj. in, popular (in fashion) | |
dem |
1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
Handschuhfach |
1. n. (automotive) glove compartment, glove box | |