wir |
1. pron. we | |
geben |
1. v. (ditransitive) to give (changing ownership) | |
Meine Frau hat mir eine neue Uhr gegeben. - My wife gave me a new watch. | |
2. v. (ditransitive) to hand, to pass, to put within reach | |
Gib mir das! - Give me that! | |
Gib mir deine Hand. - Give me your hand (to hold). | |
Könnten Sie mir den Stift geben? - Could you hand me that pen? | |
3. v. (impersonal, transitive) Used to indicate that something exists (often with a certain property and/or in a certain location). Usually translated as there be or there exist | |
Gibt es gute Schulen in der Nähe? - Are there good schools in the neighborhood? | |
Es gibt kein Wasser in dieser Wüste. - There is no water in this desert. | |
Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
4. v. (ditransitive, transitive) to communicate (helpful information such as a hint or advice), to signal (in a certain way such as a sign) | |
Darf ich dir einen Rat geben? - May I give you some advice? | |
Der Spieler gab ein Signal, dass er eingewechselt werden wollte. - The player gave a signal that he wanted to be substituted. | |
5. v. to present; to put | |
6. v. to result in | |
Jetzt |
1. n. the present; now | |
2. adv. now (at this moment, right now) | |
Ich bin jetzt da. - I’m here now. | |
Jetzt gibt es sowas gar nicht mehr. - Such things don’t exist anymore now. | |
Jetzt gab es ein lautes Geräusch. - Just then there was a loud noise. | |
3. adv. now, then (expressing a logical or temporal consequence) | |
Wir haben abgewaschen, jetzt müssen wir noch abtrocknen. - We've washed up, now we must dry the dishes. | |
Was bedeuten jetzt die geschilderten Entwicklungen für unser Land? - Now what do the aforementioned developments mean for our country? | |
4. adv. now (unstressed and expletive, used for minor emphasis) | |
Was soll das jetzt heißen? - What's that supposed to mean now? | |
den |
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
2. art. dative plural of der | |
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
Alten |
1. n. singular of Alter | |
2. n. dative plural of Alter | |
3. n. singular of Alter | |
4. n. plural of Alter | |
5. n. dative plural of Alte | |
6. n. singular of Alte | |
7. n. plural of Alte | |
8. adj. form of alt | |
alt |
1. adj. old | |
Wie alt bist du? - How old are you? | |
2. adj. ancient | |
3. adj. elderly (inflected in the comparative) | |
ältere Menschen - the elderly | |
Mülleimer |
1. n-m. rubbish bin; dustbin; trash can (small container for wet rubbish, either indoors or a fixed one outdoors) | |
Hier |
1. n. (abstract) here, this place. | |
Im Hier und Jetzt leben. - To live in the here and now. | |
2. adv. (location) here; in this place; refers to an environment one is currently in, or to something within reach | |
Ich bin hier in diesem Dorf geboren. - I was born here in this village. | |
Setzen wir uns hier aufs Sofa. - Let’s sit down here on the sofa. | |
3. adv. (location) there; right there; in that place; refers to something that is considered nearby, or can be seen and pointed at | |
Die Kirche ist gleich hier am Ende der Straße. - The church is right there at the end of the street. | |
Siehst du die Wolke hier neben der Bergspitze? - Can you see that cloud there next to the mountain top? | |
4. adv. (abstract) here (within this context) | |
Die Frist wurde hier überhaupt nicht erwähnt. - The deadline was not mentioned here at all. | |
5. adv. used with the definite article or the determiner dieser, , this, that to express proximity (“this”) | |
Die Kneipe hier ist sehr beliebt. - This pub is very popular. | |
Hierder Stuhl ist kaputt. - This chair is broken. | |
Dieser Schrank hier ist 200 Jahre alt. - This cupboard is 200 years old. | |
6. interj. (colloquial) Used for emphasis or to call for attention, often when changing the subject | |
Hier, der Markus ist doch jetzt auch verheiratet, ne? - Hey, wait, Markus is married now, too, isn't he? | |
ab |
1. prep. beginning at that time or location; from | |
Ab heute verfügbar. - Available from today. | |
2. adj. (colloquial predicative) off; not attached to anything anymore | |
Der Arm ist ab. - The arm is (hewn) off. | |
3. adj. (nonstandard) off; not attached to anything anymore | |
Der abbe Arm ist verschwunden. - The (hewn) off arm has disappeared. | |
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? | |
Machen |
1. n. gerund of machen | |
2. v. to make, produce, create (an object, arrangement, situation, etc.) | |
Ich hab dir einen Kuchen gemacht! - I made you a pie! | |
Du hast einen Fehler gemacht. - You made a mistake. | |
3. v. to make, prepare | |
Machst du heute das Essen? - Are you making dinner today? | |
sich eine Pizza machen - to prepare a pizza for oneself | |
4. v. to do, perform, carry out (to execute; to put into operation (an action)) | |
Mach es! - Do it! | |
Das hat er ganz allein gemacht! - He did that all by himself! | |
ein Experiment machen - to perform an experiment | |
5. v. to do; (indicates an activity associated with a noun) | |
Sport machen - do sports | |
eine Party machen - have a party | |
6. v. to go (to make the (specified) sound) | |
Das Auto machte "Bumm" und hielt an. - The car went "boom" and stopped. | |
7. v. to make (to cause or compel (to do something)) | |
8. v. to cause (to set off an event or action or produce as a result) | |
9. v. to make (to cause to be) | |
Dieser Film macht mich schläfrig. - This movie makes me sleepy. | |
10. v. to make (transform from one thing into another) | |
Die Mühle macht Mehl aus Weizen. - The mill makes flour from wheat. | |
11. v. to make (to have as a feature) | |
Die Straße macht vor uns eine Linkskurve. - The road makes a turn to the left ahead. | |
12. v. to come to, total, cost (to require the payment of) | |
Wie viel macht das? - How much does that come to? | |
13. v. to make, be (the result of a calculation) | |
Sieben plus fünf macht zwölf. - Seven plus five makes twelve. | |
14. v. to make (to earn, gain wages, profit, etc.) | |
Der Herr Müller ist echt reich; der macht mehr als 5000 Euro im Monat. - Mr Müller is quite rich; he makes more than 5000 Euros per month. | |
15. v. to be, play (to act as the indicated role, especially in a performance) | |
16. v. to matter (to be important) | |
Das macht nichts! - That doesn't matter! | |
17. v. to make, make oneself out to be, act, play (to behave so as to give an appearance of being; to act as if one were (something, or a certain way)) (+preo, auf) | |
18. v. to do one's business, do number two or number one, go (to defecate or urinate) | |
(childish) groß machen - to go poop | |
(childish) klein machen - to go pee | |
19. v. to do (to fare or perform (well or poorly)) | |
Machen Sie sich gut? - Are you doing well? | |
20. v. to look (to have an appearance of being) | |
Der Mantel macht sich sehr schön. - The coat looks very nice. | |
21. v. to get cracking (an (“on,” “with”)), get a move on (it), to get down (an (“to”)) (something); (in imperative:) come on, let's go | |
dann |
1. adv. then, after that | |
Ich ziehe mich erst an, dann frühstücke ich. - First I'm getting dressed, then I'll have breakfast. | |
2. adv. then, in that case | |
Wenn du dich anstrengst, dann schaffst du es. - If you make an effort, then you'll be able to do it. | |
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 | |
biege |
1. v. first-person singular present of biegen | |
2. v. first-person singular subjunctive of biegen | |
3. v. third-person singular subjunctive of biegen | |
4. v. singular imperative of biegen | |