Soll |
1. n. debit | |
2. n. kettle lake | |
3. v. first-person singular present of sollen | |
4. v. third-person singular present of sollen | |
sollen |
1. v. (auxiliary) should; to be obligated (to do something); ought; shall | |
Ich soll das machen. - I should do that. | |
Ich sollte das nicht tun. - I should not do it. | |
2. v. (auxiliary) to be recommended (to do something); to be asked (to do something) | |
3. v. (auxiliary) to be intended (to do something); to be meant (to be something) | |
4. v. (auxiliary) to be said (to do something); reportedly; they say that; I hear that; so they say; rumor has it; supposedly. | |
Es soll da viele Leute geben. - They say that there are many people there. | |
5. v. (auxiliary) would; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates something that would happen in the past but after the time frame of the main clause | |
6. v. (auxiliary) should; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates a hypothetical and unlikely condition for the main clause | |
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) | |
mich |
1. pron. accusative of ich: me | |
am |
1. contraction. an + dem, at the, on the | |
am Ende - at the end | |
am Rande - on the margin(s) | |
am Leben - alive | |
2. contraction. auf + dem, on the, at the | |
am Berg - on the mountain | |
am Fest - at the festival | |
am Schirm - on the screen | |
3. contraction. Forms the superlative in adverbial and predicate use. | |
am schnellsten - fastest | |
am schwächsten - weakest | |
am wichtigsten - most important | |
Er spielt am besten. - He plays best. | |
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. | |
dem |
1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
Rücken |
1. n-m. (anatomy) back | |
Mir tut der Rücken weh. - My back hurts. | |
auf dem Rücken liegend - lying on one's back | |
2. n-m. informal ellipsis of Rückenschmerzen, ; back pain, especially chronic back pain | |
Wer so viel malocht wie sie, kriegt irgendwann halt Rücken. - If you work as extraneously as she does, you’re gonna get back pain eventually. | |
Rücken haben - to have back pain | |
3. n-m. ellipsis of Buchrücken, t=spine of a book | |
Der Titel eines Buches wird gewöhnlich auf den Rücken gedruckt. - The title of a book is usually printed on the spine. | |
4. v. to move, to push | |
5. v. to move over | |
Kratzen |
1. n. plural of Kratze | |
2. v. to scratch (rub a surface with a sharp, pointy rough object, especially to remove itching) | |
3. v. to remove by scratching | |
Eis von der Scheibe kratzen - to scratch ice off the window | |
4. v. to produce a noise by scratching | |
Die Nadel kratzt über die Schallplatte. - The needle shrieks on the vinyl. | |
5. v. to scratch, to be scratchy or itchy (to cause itching) | |
Mein Pullover kratzt. - My sweater is itchy. | |
6. v. to scratch (mark a surface with a sharp object) | |
7. v. (colloquial negative polarity) to annoy, to bother | |
Das kratzt mich nicht. - That doesn't bother me. | |
8. v. (slang) to jack, mooch, steal | |