| 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) | |
| wandte |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of wenden | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of wenden | |
| wenden |
| 1. v. to turn something so as to cook or roast it from both sides | |
| 2. v. to turn something (in general) | |
| 3. v. to avert; to curb | |
| 4. v. to make a u-turn; to turn around one’s car or vehicle | |
| 5. v. to turn around | |
| 6. v. to turn to; to consult (+preo, an, accusative) | |
| sich |
| 1. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular: herself, himself, itself, oneself (direct or indirect object). | |
| 2. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person plural: themselves (direct or indirect object). | |
| an |
| 1. prep. (local) on; upon; at; in; against | |
| Das Bild hängt an der Wand. - The picture hangs on the wall. | |
| 2. prep. by; near; close to; next to | |
| 3. prep. (temporal, with days or times of day) on; in; at | |
| Wir treffen uns am (an dem) Dienstag. - We're meeting on Tuesday. | |
| Ich werde sie am (an dem) Abend sehen. - I will see her in the evening. | |
| 4. prep. (temporal) a; per; only used with the word Tag, otherwise use in | |
| zweimal am Tag - twice a day | |
| 5. prep. on; onto | |
| Ich hänge das Bild an die Wand. - I hang the picture on the wall. | |
| 6. prep. at; against | |
| Schauen Sie an die Tafel. - Look at the blackboard. | |
| 7. prep. to; for | |
| Ein Brief an Anna. - A letter for Anna. | |
| 8. adv. onward; on | |
| von heute an - from today on | |
| 9. adj. (predicative) on | |
| Ist der Schalter an oder aus? = Ist der Schalter an- oder ausgeschaltet? - Is the switch on or off. Is the switch switched on or off. | |
| den |
| 1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
| 2. art. dative plural of der | |
| 3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
| Wachtmeister |
| 1. n-m. (historical) master sentinel (a rank of NCO in the cavalry, equivalent to a feldwebel) | |
| 2. n-m. (Austria, Switzerland) a sergeant; a Wachtmeister | |
| 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? | |
| fragte |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of fragen | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of fragen | |
| 3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of fragen | |
| 4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of fragen | |
| fragen |
| 1. v. to ask (someone something) | |
| Darf ich dich etwas fragen? - May I ask you something? | |
| 2. v. to ask for, to ask after | |
| 3. v. to wonder (literally, to ask (oneself)) | |
| Ich frage mich, wer mir helfen kann. - I wonder who can help me. | |
| ihn |
| 1. pron. personal accusative of er; him, it (masculine, direct object). | |
| Ich suche Matthias. Hast du ihn gesehen? - I'm looking for Matthias. Have you seen him? | |
| Ich suche den Dosenöffner. Hast du ihn gesehen? - I'm looking for the can opener. Have you seen it? | |
| 2. pron. personal dative of sie; them (indirect object). | |
| ob |
| 1. conj. (qual, subordinating) Introduces an indirect question, a doubt. if, whether. | |
| ob ... oder - if ... or | |
| Ich weiß nicht, ob sie krank ist. - I don't know if she's sick | |
| Hast du sie gefragt, ob sie kommt? - Did you ask her if she's coming? | |
| Ob das wirklich wahr ist? - Is it really true? | |
| 2. conj. (conditional, obsolete, except in als ob) if, in case | |
| 3. prep. (formal, literary, + genitive; rare with dative) on account of | |
| 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) | |
| dessen |
| 1. pron. genitive singular of der | |
| 2. pron. (relative) whose, of which | |
| 3. pron. (demonstrative) his, its, the latter's | |
| 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 | |
| Fahrrad |
| 1. n. bicycle | |
| Bekommen |
| 1. n. gerund of bekommen | |
| 2. v. to receive; to get (+aux, haben) | |
| Hunger bekommen - to get hunger | |
| ein Kind bekommen - to have a child | |
| 3. v. to catch (+aux, haben) | |
| den Schnupfen bekommen - to catch a cold | |
| 4. 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. | |
| 5. 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? | |
| könne |
| 1. v. first-person singular subjunctive of können | |
| 2. v. third-person singular subjunctive of können | |
| können |
| 1. v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can. | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) | |
| Kannst du ihm helfen? - Are you able to help him? | |
| Ich hätte das machen können. - I could have done that. | |
| Das kann sein, kann aber auch nicht sein. - This may be and may also not be. | |
| Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
| 3. v. to be able to do something implied; can. | |
| Nein, ich kann nicht. - No, I can’t. | |
| Er hat gekonnt. - He was able to do it. | |
| 4. v. to know how to do (something); to know; to understand; to be able to do (something); to be capable of; can do (something), to have a specific skill. (w | |
| Ich kann Deutsch und Englisch. - I know German and English. | |
| Kannst du es? - Can you do it? | |
| Das hätte ich nicht gekonnt. - I couldn’t have done that. / I wouldn’t have been capable of that. | |
| 5. v. to be possible, to make sense | |
| Nächstes Jahr is’n Schaltjahr. – Das kann nich’. Letztes Jahr war doch Schaltjahr! - Next year is a leap year. – That’s not possible. Last year w | |
| 6. v. (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may. | |
| Kann ich mitkommen? - May I come along? | |
| Er hat nicht ins Kino gehen können. - He was not allowed to go to the cinema. | |
| 7. v. (auxiliary) to be in the legal situation of being able to realize a legal effect even if it be legally disallowed | |
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