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| 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. | |
| Tag |
| 1. n. day (24-hour period) | |
| Tag für Tag - day after day | |
| 2. n. day (period from midnight to the following midnight) | |
| Der Tag fängt um Mitternacht an. - The day begins at midnight. | |
| 3. n. (astronomy) day (rotational period of a planet, moon or any celestial body (especially Earth)) | |
| 4. n. day, daylight (period between sunrise and sunset when there is daylight) | |
| Im Winter sind die Tage kürzer. - During the winter the days are shorter. | |
| Diese kurzen Tage verursachen Depressionen. - These short days cause feelings of depression. | |
| An den irdischen Polen dauert ein Tag sechs Monate. - At the Earth's poles a day lasts about six months. | |
| 5. n. day, daylight, light (light from the Sun) | |
| 6. n. (figurative) light (open view; a visible state or condition) | |
| 7. n. day (part of a day which one spends at work, school, etc.) | |
| Nun, wie war dein Tag? - Well, how was your day? | |
| Überstunden!? Was für ein Tag! - Overtime!? What a day! | |
| 8. n. (figurative) day (specified time or period, considered with reference to the prominence or success (in life or in an an argument or conflict) of a person or thing) | |
| Der Tag gehört uns. Gut gemacht, Männer! - It's our day, now. Well done, men! | |
| Heute ist einfach nicht mein Tag. - It's just not my day. | |
| 9. n. (dated, now found chiefly in compounds such as Bundestag, Reichstag, Landtag, Sudetendeutscher Tag or Tag der Oberschlesier) convention, congress (formal assembly) | |
| 10. n. see Tage for plural-only senses | |
| 11. interj. (colloquial) hello; (good) day | |
| 12. v. singular imperative of tagen | |
| 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. | |
| 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 | |
| Hochzeit |
| 1. n-f. wedding, marriage (a ceremony in which people are married and/or a celebration thereof) | |
| Die Hochzeit der Oscar-Preisträgerin war tagelang Hauptthema in der Klatschpresse. - The Oscar award winner’s wedding was the main topic of the yellow press for days. | |
| 2. n-f. (card games, in Doppelkopf) the state of having been dealt both queens of clubs; used in a player’s announcement that they were dealt these and that the first player to win a non-trump trick will join | |
| Ich hab Hochzeit. Der erste Fehl geht mit. - I have both queens of clubs. The first non-trump joins me. | |
| 3. n-f. heyday, height | |
| Es war die Hochzeit der Azteken. - It was the heyday of the Aztecs. | |
| bekam |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of bekommen | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of bekommen | |
| bekommen |
| 1. v. to receive; to get (+aux, haben) | |
| Hunger bekommen - to get hunger | |
| ein Kind bekommen - to have a child | |
| 2. v. to catch (+aux, haben) | |
| den Schnupfen bekommen - to catch a cold | |
| 3. v. (with dative object) to agree with (someone); to sit well with (someone) i, of food or drink +aux, sein | |
| Das Essen bekommt ihm nicht. - The food does not agree with him. | |
| 4. v. to get (with the past participle form of a verb) (+aux, haben) | |
| Das bekommt er ständig gesagt. - He gets told that all the time. | |
| Wir haben sie ins Krankenhaus gebracht, wo sie einen Gips angelegt bekommen hat. - We brought her to the hospital where she got a cast applied. | |
| Haben Sie jemals Antidepressiva verordnet bekommen? - Have you ever been prescribed antidepressants? | |
| Er |
| 1. n. a person or animal of male gender, a male | |
| Was möchte Er von mir? - What does he want from me? | |
| 2. pron. (personal) he. | |
| audio, De-wo ist klaus.ogg De-wo ist klaus.ogg uxi - Where is Klaus? Where is he? | |
| audio, De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg uxi - This is my dog. His name is Waldi. | |
| 3. pron. (personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der)). | |
| audio, De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg uxi - There stands a tree. It is more than 100 years old. | |
| 4. pron. (personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der)). | |
| Im Frauengefängnis versuchte ein Häftling zu flüchten, aber er kam nicht weit. - In the women’s prison, an inmate tried to escape, but she didn’t get very far. | |
| 5. pron. (personal, archaic) Alternative spelling of Er, tr=you (polite) | |
| kalte |
| 1. adj. form of kalt | |
| Füße |
| 1. n. nominative plural of Fuß | |
| 2. n. accusative plural of Fuß | |
| 3. n. genitive plural of Fuß | |
| Fuß |
| 1. n. foot (body part) | |
| 2. n. footing | |
| 3. n. (architecture) pedestal | |
| 4. n. (dated) foot, foot (unit of length; always in the singular) | |
| 5. n. metrical foot | |
| 6. n. (regional) leg | |
