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? | |
So |
1. n. (nonstandard) abbreviation of Sonntag, t=Sunday Alternative form of So. | |
2. adv. so, such, that | |
Die Leute sind so nett. - People are so nice. | |
Dieser Hammer ist nicht so gut. - This hammer is not that good. | |
Das ist so eine gute Idee! - That is such a good idea! | |
so und so - such and such | |
3. adv. as (followed by an adjective or adverb plus wie in a statement of equality) | |
Er rennt so schnell wie der Blitz. - He runs as fast as lightning. | |
4. adv. thus, like this/that, in this/that way, in this/that manner | |
Wenn du den Ball so wirfst, triffst du die Zielscheibe. - If you throw the ball like this, you'll hit the target. | |
5. adv. then (in that case) | |
Wirst du wieder gesund, so freue ich mich. - If you get healthy again, then I'll be happy. | |
6. adv. (colloquial) expletive; sometimes intensifying, sometimes with no noticeable meaning | |
Wir sind runtergegangen und haben uns hier so hingesetzt. - We went downstairs and, like, sat down here. | |
7. conj. (coordinating) thus, so, pursuant to the aforementioned premises | |
8. conj. (subordinating, chiefly archaic, sometimes legal and regional) an, if | |
So es Euch beliebt. - If it pleases you. | |
9. part. (colloquial) (quotative particle, somewhat similar to be like but also combinable with other verbs) | |
Ich so: "Mach mal dalli!", und er dann so: "Ich bin ja schon dabei!" - I was like, "Hurry up!" and he was like, "I'm already on it!". | |
Ich dachte mir nur so: "Ja komm, lass stecken." - All I thought to myself at that moment was, "Yeah whatever, forget about it.". | |
10. pron. (obsolete, relative) that, which, who | |
Derhalben sind die Christen schuldig, der Obrigkeit unterthan ... zu seyn in Allem, so ohne Sünde geschehen mag. - That do the Christians owe: to be obedient to the authority ... zu seyn in All | |
11. interj. (tlb, colloquial) (a discourse marker in the beginning of a sentence indicating a topic having been dealt with and another being tackled) | |
verschwand |
1. v. first-person singular preterite of verschwinden | |
2. v. third-person singular preterite of verschwinden | |
verschwinden |
1. v. to disappear, to vanish, to move out of view | |
Die Sonne verschwindet hinter Wolken. - The sun is disappearing behind clouds. | |
2. v. to leave, to go away | |
Ich verschwinde jetzt besser. - I'd better be going now. | |
wie |
1. adv. how | |
Wie groß bist du? - How tall are you? | |
Ich weiß nicht, wie die Katze hereingekommen ist. - I don't know how the cat got in. | |
Wie wunderbar! - How wonderful! | |
2. conj. like | |
Freunde sind wie Sterne in der Nacht. - Friends are like stars in the night. | |
3. conj. as | |
Wie ihr wisst, bin ich in Dortmund aufgewachsen. - As you know, I grew up in Dortmund. | |
Ich bin so schnell wie du. - I’m as fast as you are. | |
4. conj. (colloquial nonstandard) than | |
Der Junge ist größer wie sein Vater. - The boy is taller than his father. | |
5. conj. (chiefly colloquial) when referring to the past | |
Ich hab ihn gesehen, wie ich in Köln war. - I saw him when I was in Cologne. | |
Wie ich zur Tür herauskomme, steht da mein alter Schulfreund. - When I came out the door, my old school-day friend was standing in front of me. | |
vor |
1. prep. in front of, ahead of (relative location in space) | |
2. prep. before, prior to, ahead of (relative location in time) | |
3. prep. ago (location in the past relative to the present) | |
vor drei Tagen - three days ago | |
vor einiger Zeit - a while ago | |
4. prep. from, against (a threat or negative outcome) | |
Er konnte vor dem Tsunami nicht mehr fliehen. - He couldn't escape (from) the tsunami. | |
Du hast mich vorm Ertrinken gerettet. - You saved me from drowning. | |
vor Verlusten schützen - to protect against losses | |
sich vor jemandem verstecken - to hide from somebody | |
5. prep. (what) with, (out) of (stating cause) | |
vor Freude weinen - to cry with joy | |
Ich sterbe vor Durst. - I'm dying of thirst. | |
Ich kann dich vor all dem Rauch gar nicht sehen. - I can't even see you, what with all the smoke. | |
Vor lauter Angst traute sich keiner im Raum mehr zu atmen. - Nobody in the room dared to breathe out of sheer fright. | |
einem |
1. num. dative singular of ein | |
2. art. dative singular of ein: a, an | |
3. pron. dative singular of einer | |
Jahr |
1. n. year (solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun) | |
Jahr für Jahr - year after year | |
2. n. year (time it takes for any astronomical object to directly orbit its star) | |
3. n. year (period between set dates that mark a year) | |
4. n. year (level or grade in school or college) | |
dieser |
1. pron. this one, this | |
2. pron. that one, that | |
Ort |
1. n. place, location, point, position | |
vor Ort. - on site. | |
2. n. place of abode, settled dwelling, village, town | |
3. n. (metonymically) the collective of inhabitants of such a settlement | |
4. n. (geometry) locus, point i, plural Örter | |
5. n. (Swiss, dated) canton i, plural Orte; also neuter | |
6. n. (obsolete) end, limit | |
7. n. (mining) end of a shaft or adit | |
8. n. (dated, or dialectal) awl | |
9. n. (obsolete) point (of a weapon), tip | |
10. n. (obsolete, or historical) quarter of various units of measure: | |
11. n. (numismatics) of a Reichstaler (coin) | |
(synonyms, Ortstaler) | |
12. n. * 1592, Müntz Spiegel, Das ist: Ein New und Wol außgeführter Bericht von der Müntz, deren anfang, Materia, Form, Korn, Schrot, Wehrt, mannigerley art, S | |
13. n. *: (quote, Sonst seyn andere Gülden Real, von Keyser Carlln und jetzigem Könige von Spanien, halbe und heile, die gantzen zu 2. Thalern und ein Ort, die | |
14. n. of a Quent (unit of mass) | |
15. n. of a Kanne, Pfanne, Maß (unit of volume) | |
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 | |
Nebel |
1. n-m. fog, mist, haze | |
Wir warten bis der Nebel sich gelichtet hat. - We'll wait until the fog has cleared | |
2. n-m. (astronomy) nebula | |
3. v. first-person singular present of nebeln | |
4. v. singular imperative of nebeln | |
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? | |
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) | |
fand ... wieder |
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wiederfinden |
1. v. to find again | |
mich |
1. pron. accusative of ich: me | |
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) | |
meinem |
1. det. (possessive) dative singular of mein | |
mein |
1. det. (possessive) my | |
Bett |
1. n. bed (piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, for resting or sleeping on; one's place of sleep or rest) | |
2. n. bed (bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river) | |