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manche
1. pron. feminine singular of manch
2. pron. plural of manch
Amerikaner
1. n-m. American (from America, the Americas, the American continent(s))
2. n-m. (colloquial) US-American (from the United States of America)
3. n-m. A round cakelike pastry of flour, butter, and lemon juice, with a sugar glaze, most often plain white, but sometimes chocolate or half-white/half-chocolate.
mögen
1. v. to like (something or someone)
Ich mag keinen Käse. - I don't like cheese.
2. v. to want to go
3. v. (auxiliary) may (expresses a possibility with uncertainty with a degree of admission of the statement)
Das mag ja alles stimmen. - That may all be true.
4. v. (auxiliary) to be hesitant to (do something)
Ich mag sie nicht fragen. - I am hesitant to ask her.
5. v. (auxiliary) may (paraphrases the optative).
Möge die Macht mit dir sein. - May the Force be with you.
6. v. to want; would like (to have or to do something)
Ich möchte Käse. - I would like cheese.
Ich möchte keinen Käse. - I don't want cheese.
7. v. (auxiliary) to want to; would like to; to wish to (do something)
Ich möchte sie nicht fragen. - I don't want to ask her.
8. v. (obsolete, auxiliary, with infinitive) to be able to, may, can
Sagen
1. n. gerund of sagen
2. n. plural of Sage
3. v. to say (to pronounce; communicate verbally)
4. v. to tell (to inform (someone) verbally)
5. v. to mean (to convey or signify)
6. v. to speak up (+obj, etwas)
�macht
Nichts
1. n. nothingness, void
2. pron. nothing
Ich weiß, dass ich nichts weiß. - I know that I know nothing.
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.
sind
1. v. first-person plural present of sein
Wir sind hier drüben. - We are over here.
2. v. third-person plural present of sein
Da sind sie. - There they are.
3. v. second-person plural present of sein
Wo sind Sie? - Where are you? (polite form)
sein
1. v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be
Das ist schön. - That is beautiful.
Das ist ein Auto. - That is a car.
2. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition)
Usage: In this sense sein is always conjugated in the third person singular and takes a Dative noun. The impersonal subject es may be present, but is often taken as implied. For example: "Mir i
Ist dir kalt? - Are you cold?
Mir ist schlecht. - I'm sick.
Dem Mann ist schwindelig. - The man feels dizzy.
Den Kindern ist langweilig. - The children are bored.
3. v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for
Usage: As in the previous sense sein takes a Dative noun and is always conjugated according to the impersonal subject es, although it is usually omitted.
Uns ist nach einem Film zumute. - We feel like watching a movie.
Mir ist nicht danach. - I don't feel like it.
4. v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs
Er ist alt geworden. - He has become old.
5. v. to exist; there to be; to be alive
Was nicht ist, kann noch werden. (a common proverb) - That which does not exist now, may come into existence.
Wenn ich nicht mehr bin, erbst du das Haus. - When I am no more, you'll inherit the house.
6. v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.)
Du bist. - It’s your turn.
Du bist nach mir. - Your turn is after mine.
7. v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag
Du bist! - You're it!
Ich bin nicht mehr. - I'm not it anymore.
8. det. his
Daniel schickt seiner Schwester eine SMS. - Daniel is sending a text to his sister.
Der Kater spielt oft mit seinen Spielsachen. - The cat often plays with his toys.
9. det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun)
der Mond und sein Licht - the moon and its light
das Schaf und seine Lämmer - the sheep and its lambs
10. det. (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so.
Der kostet so seine zweihundert Euro. - That one costs around two hundred euros.
11. det. one's
Man muss seinem Herzen folgen. - One must follow one’s heart.
wir
1. pron. we
längst
1. adv. long ago, long
nicht
1. adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb)
Bitte nicht stören! - Please do not disturb!
Das ist nicht wahr. - That is not true.
2. interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not?
Du bist sicher die Claudia, nicht? - You must be Claudia, aren't you?
Mehr
1. n. increase, excess
ein Mehr an Arbeit, Steuern, Unkosten, ... - an excess of work, taxes, costs, ...
2. n. majority, more than half (50%) of some group
Der Gesetzesentwurf der Volksinitiative scheiterte am Volksmehr.
3. pron. something more
sich für mehr halten - to think one is something more
Mehr will er nicht bezahlen. - He doesn't want to pay more.
Er sieht mehr als ich. - He sees more than I see.
4. det. comparative of viel; more
Willst du mehr Essen? - Do you want more food?
mit mehr oder weniger Erfolg - with a greater or lesser degree of success
Ich habe mehr Haare als du. - I have more hair than you.
zwei Kilo mehr - two more kilos
5. adv. more
immer mehr - more and more
6. adv. (with negation) no longer, never again, nothing more, not anymore
Er ist kein Kind mehr - He is no longer a child.
Ich mag dich nicht mehr. - I don't like you anymore.
nicht mehr lange - not much longer
nichts mehr - nothing more, nothing left
nie mehr - never again
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