| wir |
| 1. pron. we | |
| müssen |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) to have to (do something); must; to be obliged (to do something); to need (to do something). | |
| Wir müssen es machen. - We must do it. | |
| Wir müssen es nicht machen. - We need not do it. / We do not need to do it. | |
| Ich musste es machen. - I had to do it. | |
| 2. v. to have to do something implied; must; to be obliged. | |
| Ja, ich muss. - Yes, I must. | |
| Ja, ich habe gemusst. - Yes, I had to. | |
| 3. v. (colloquial euphemism) to need to go to the bathroom. | |
| sicher |
| 1. adj. safe, secure (not dangerous or in danger) | |
| 2. adj. (often with reflexive dative, with optional genitive object) sure, certain (convinced) | |
| Ich bin (mir) sicher, dass es heute regnen wird. - I am sure that it will rain today. | |
| Sie ist sich des Sieges sicher. - She is certain of victory. | |
| 3. adv. safely | |
| 4. adv. surely, certainly | |
| 5. v. first-person singular present of sichern | |
| 6. v. singular imperative of sichern | |
| sichern |
| 1. v. to secure | |
| erst |
| 1. adv. first, at first | |
| 2. adv. only (with progress, accomplishments or the present time) | |
| Sie ist erst 28 Jahre alt. - She is only 28 years old. | |
| Es ist erst halb zehn. - It is only half past nine. | |
| 3. adv. not until, not for, not before (with reference to a point or period of time in the future) | |
| Ich bin erst nächsten Monat in Urlaub. - I'm not on vacation until next month. | |
| Mein Bruder kommt erst in drei Wochen an. - My brother's not arriving for three weeks. | |
| 4. adv. only, as recently as (with reference to the past) | |
| Er ist erst gestern gegangen. - He left only yesterday. | |
| Er ist erst seit zwei Tagen da. - He has only been here for two days. | |
| 5. adv. short for, erstmal | |
| Es ist kalt im Süden. Und im Norden erst! - It is cold in the South. And especially in the North. | |
| 6. adv. Switzerland synonym of zumal | |
| Etwas |
| 1. n. thing, being | |
| 2. n. a quality or talent that is hard to pin down | |
| Sie hat dieses gewisse Etwas. (She has this certain something.) | |
| 3. pron. something | |
| 4. adv. somewhat, slightly | |
| 5. adv. a little, a bit | |
| 6. det. (with unor plural noun) some, a bit of | |
| Hab etwas Respekt vor den Toten. - Have some respect for the dead. | |
| von |
| 1. prep. from | |
| Ich fahre von Köln nach Hamburg. - I'm travelling from Cologne to Hamburg. | |
| Ich hab’s von meiner Schwester gehört. - I heard it from my sister. | |
| 2. prep. of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below) | |
| das Auto meines Vaters - - = uxi = uxi, das Auto von meinem Vater, my father’s car / the car of my father | |
| 3. prep. by (with passive voice) | |
| Das Hotel wird von der Firma bezahlt. - The hotel is paid for by the company. | |
| 4. prep. about, of (a topic) | |
| Er hat von seiner Jugend erzählt. - He told about his youth. | |
| 5. prep. on, with (a resource) | |
| Von welchem Geld soll ich als Arbeitsloser in Urlaub fahren? - Being unemployed, on what money should I go on holidays? | |
| Man kann nicht nur von Luft und Liebe leben. - You can’t live on air and love alone. (proverb) | |
| dem |
| 1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
| Häuschen |
| 1. n. diminutive of Haus | |
| 2. n. (informal) outhouse, privy, dunny; (euphemistic) toilet | |
| aufs Häuschen gehen - to use the dunny | |
| Essen |
| 1. n-n. (gerund of essen); eating | |
| Das Trinken lernt der Mensch schon früh, und später erst das Essen.So soll der Mensch aus Dankbarkeit das Trinken nicht vergessen. - Man learns to drink early on, and only later to eat.So man w | |
| 2. n-n. meal | |
| 3. n-n. food | |
| 4. n-n. groceries | |
| Man sollte mit den Kindern Essen einkaufen gehen - One should buy groceries together with the kids. | |
| 5. n. plural of Esse | |
| 6. v. to eat | |
| Er isst gern Schokolade. - He likes eating chocolate. | |
| Ich esse einen Apfel. - I am eating an apple. | |
| 7. v. to eat; to dine | |
| Wir haben noch nicht gegessen. - We have not eaten yet. | |
| Sie haben immer vor 9 Uhr abends gegessen. - They always ate before 9 o’clock in the evening. | |
