| seelisch |
| 1. adj. mental, psychological | |
| und |
| 1. conj. (co-ordinating) and | |
| Kaffee und Kuchen - coffee and cake | |
| Ich kam, sah und siegte. - I came, saw, and conquered. | |
| 2. conj. (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them | |
| Er und Abwaschen? Vielleicht einmal im Jahr! - Him doing the dishes? Maybe once per year! | |
| 3. interj. so?, now?, and? | |
| Und? Wie ist es gelaufen? - So? How did it go? | |
| körperlich |
| 1. adj. bodily, physical | |
| Auch |
| 1. Proper noun. , common in Southern Germany as an occupational surname for those who watched livestock at night | |
| 2. adv. also; too; as well (in addition to whatever or whoever has previously been listed) | |
| Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “auch”: I too want icecream. | |
| Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “Eis”: I want icecream, too. | |
| 3. adv. Used for emphasis. | |
| 4. adv. (To confirm a preceding statement by someone else): really, actually, indeed, in fact | |
| Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “will”: I do indeed want icecream. | |
| Das ist auch so. - Stress on “ist”: It really is like that. | |
| Du solltest zur Polizei gehen. ― Mach ich auch. - You should go to the police. ― I will. | |
| 5. adv. (To ask for confirmation of something one considers necessary.) | |
| Hast du das Licht auch ausgemacht? - Did you make sure to turn off the light? | |
| 6. adv. (To imply that something is unreasonable.) | |
| Du bist auch witzig... Wie soll ich das denn ohne Auto alles schaffen?! - You’re oh so ingenious... How am I supposed to get all of this done wit | |
| Warum müssen die auch alle ihren Müll hier abladen! - Why do they all have to dump their rubbish here! | |
| 7. adv. even ((implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality)) | |
| Auch wenn das stimmt, ist es noch kein endgültiger Beweis. - Even if this is true, it is no definite proof. | |
| Auch ein Professor schreibt schon mal was falsch. - Even a professor may misspell something at times. | |
| 8. adv. ever (as in whatever, whenever, however, etc.) | |
| Was du auch tust, es wird immer einer besser sein. - Whatever you do, someone will always do it better. | |
| 9. interj. (in answering a yes-no question, used to express that the thing asked about covers part of the truth but not all of it); “yes, and more” | |
| Ach, du bist Bauingenieur. Dann baust du Brücken? — Auch. - Oh, you’re a construction engineer. So you build bridges? — Yeah. And other things, too. | |
| Wenn |
| 1. n. (informal) if | |
| 2. conj. when | |
| Sag bitte Bescheid, wenn du fertig bist! (Tell me when you're done!) | |
| 3. conj. if (on the condition that) | |
| Was tun, wenn ich nicht weiß, ob sie mich liebt? (What (to do) if I don't know if she loves me?) | |
| Du |
| 1. pron. alternative case form of du you (singular) (especially when used as a direct address in letters) | |
| 2. n. (literally) the thou, the you (singular) | |
| jemandem das Du anbieten - to offer somebody the thou | |
| 3. pron. you (thou, singular familiar) | |
| mich |
| 1. pron. accusative of ich: me | |
| verstehst |
| 1. v. second-person singular present of verstehen | |
| verstehen |
| 1. v. to understand | |
| 2. v. to hear and interpret (speech) | |
| Ich verstehe dich nicht bei dem Lärm. - I can't understand you with this noise. | |
| 3. v. to comprehend, make sense of | |
| Ich verstehe nicht, was du meinst. - I don't understand what you mean. | |
| 4. v. to take, see, gather (impute what is not explicitly stated) | |
| Ich verstehe das so, dass Sie unzufrieden sind. - I understand this in such a way that you are dissatisfied. | |
| 5. v. to know, have knowledge or understanding of (through experience or study) | |
| Er versteht viel von Autos. - He knows a lot about cars. | |
| 6. v. to understand oneself, understand each other, be understood | |
| 7. v. (with als) to see oneself as, to think of oneself as | |
| Wir verstehen uns als Dienstleister. - We see ourselves as a service provider. | |
| 8. v. to understand one another, be able to communicate | |
| Ich hoffe, wir verstehen uns. - I hope we understand each other. | |
| 9. v. (with mit) to get along with | |
| Die beiden verstehen sich gut. - The two get along well. | |
| Wie verstehst du dich mit deinem Chef? - How do you get along with your boss? | |
| 10. v. (with auf) to be an expert (at something) | |
| Sie versteht sich auf gut getarnte Beleidigungen. - She is an expert at making well disguised insults. | |
| 11. v. to be meant, to have to be interpreted (in some way) | |
| Die angegebenen Preise verstehen sich ohne Mehrwertsteuer. - The indicated prices should be understood as without VAT. | |
| 12. v. (impersonal) to go without saying, to be obvious | |
| Es versteht sich, dass ... - It goes without saying that ... | |
