| Sehen |
| 1. n. (gerund of sehen): "seeing". | |
| 2. v. to see; to have sight | |
| Er sieht nicht gut. - He doesn’t see well. | |
| 3. v. to see (something); to perceive by vision | |
| 4. v. to realize; to notice; to see; to find out | |
| 5. v. to meet (somebody); to meet up; to see; (butnot in the sense of “pay a visit to”, nor as a euphemism for having a romantic or sexual relation) | |
| Siehst du den Markus noch? - Do you still see Markus? (Do you meet him regularly? Are you still friends with him?) | |
| 6. v. to look at; to watch; (the construction with nach often implies a turning of the head; other prepositions can be used depending on the context) | |
| auf/nach etwas sehen - to look at something | |
| 7. v. to check on; to look after; to see to (+preo, nach) | |
| Hast du in letzter Zeit nach dem Baby gesehen? - Have you seen to the baby recently? | |
| 8. v. to decide spontaneously and/or by personal preference; to wait and see | |
| Das werden wir dann sehen. - We’ll see then. / We’ll play it by ear. | |
| Soll ich Nudeln oder Pizza nehmen? — Das musst du selber sehen. - Should I take pasta or pizza? — You’ll have to decide for yourself. | |
| Sie |
| 1. pron. you (polite; singular and plural) | |
| Was möchten Sie, Frau Wagner? - What would you like to have, Mrs. Wagner? | |
| 2. pron. she | |
| Ist sie noch krank? - Is she still sick? | |
| Das ist meine Katze. Sie heißt Lili. - This is my cat. Her name is Lili. | |
| Ich suche Vanessa. Hast du sie gesehen? - I'm looking for Vanessa. Have you seen her? | |
| 3. pron. it (when the object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine die) | |
| Scheint die Sonne noch? Nein, sie ist schon untergegangen. - Is the Sun still shining? No, it has already gone down. | |
| Ich suche meine Brieftasche. Hast du sie gesehen? - I'm looking for my wallet. Have you seen it? | |
| 4. pron. he (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a male person, is feminine die) | |
| Die Geisel Richard Meier versuchte, sich zu befreien, aber sie schaffte es nicht. - The hostage Richard Meier tried to break free, but he didn’t succeed. | |
| Die Wache Michael Müller beschädigte ihr Gewehr, wofür ihr Vorgesetzter sie bestrafte. - The guardsman Michael Müller damaged his rifle, and his supervisor punished him for that. | |
| 5. pron. they; them | |
| sich |
| 1. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular: herself, himself, itself, oneself (direct or indirect object). | |
| 2. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person plural: themselves (direct or indirect object). | |
| Mal |
| 1. n. time (as in the first time; many times) | |
| 2. n. occasion, case, occurrence | |
| 3. n. a mark on the body, e.g. a scar, mole, etc. | |
| 4. n. (chiefly in compounds) mark, sign in the landscape, e.g. a milestone | |
| 5. n. (ball games) base | |
| 6. adv. times (indicating multiplication of two numbers) | |
| sechs mal sieben ist zweiundvierzig - six times seven is forty-two | |
| 7. adv. (informal) Alternative form of einmal, , sometime, ever, once, may serve to introduce a new information. | |
| Wenn du in Köln bist, musst du mal bei deiner Tante anrufen. - When you’re in Cologne, you must call your aunt sometime. | |
| Ich geh mal zum Kaffeestand. - I’m off to the coffee stall. | |
| 8. adv. (informal) Softening a sentence, thus making a request or command more polite. By extension, indicating a command or request. | |
| Haben Sie mal Feuer? - Do you have a lighter please? | |
| Haste Feuer? - D'ya have fire? | |
| Du musst mal deine Tante anrufen. - You have to call your aunt. | |
| 9. v. singular imperative of malen | |
| 10. v. colloquial of | |
| malen |
| 1. v. to paint (do paintwork) | |
| 2. v. to paint (create a painting) | |
| 3. v. (loosely) to draw, depict (with a pencil, computer program, etc.) | |
| den |
| 1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
| 2. art. dative plural of der | |
| 3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
| abgeschabten |
| 1. adj. form of abgeschabt | |
| abgeschabt |
| 1. Participle. past participle of abschaben | |
| 2. adj. shabby, threadbare | |
| Bademantel |
| 1. n. bathrobe (i, US), dressing gown i, UK | |
| 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. | |
