| hinten |
| 1. adv. behind; in the back | |
| Das Kind sitzt hinten im Auto. - The child is sitting in the back of the car. | |
| 2. adv. (chiefly colloquial) over (there); yonder (unspecified locative for something at some distance) | |
| Du kannst doch hinten beim Kreisverkehr wenden. - Why don’t you turn around over at the traffic circle. | |
| in |
| 1. prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building) | |
| Es ist in dem Haus. - It is in the house. | |
| Ich habe die Schlüssel im (in dem) Kühlschrank gefunden. - I found the keys in the refrigerator. | |
| Unsere Kinder sind in der Schule. - Our kids are at school. | |
| Er ist in einem Café. - He is at a coffee shop. | |
| Letzte Nacht waren sie im (in dem) Club. - They were at the club last night. | |
| 2. prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to) | |
| in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense | |
| 3. prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time) | |
| Er schloss sein Studium im Alter von vierzehn. - He completed his studies at/by the age of fourteen. | |
| im Alter - in old age | |
| im Mittelalter - during the middle ages | |
| in den 1960er Jahren - in the 1960s | |
| 4. prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of)) | |
| Er geht ins Haus. - He goes into the house. | |
| Wir gehen in die Schweiz. - We are going to Switzerland. | |
| Wir treten in ein neues Zeitalter ein. - We are coming into a new age. | |
| 5. adj. in, popular (in fashion) | |
| 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 | |
| Garage |
| 1. n-f. garage (building used to store cars, tools, etc.) | |
| 2. n-f. car park, parking garage (building, often with multiple storeys, for vehicles to park in) | |
| fand |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of finden | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of finden | |
| finden |
| 1. v. to find; to discover | |
| Ich habe deine Schlüssel gefunden. - I found your keys. | |
| 2. v. to think that (something) is (a certain way); to consider (something) to be (a certain way); to find | |
| Findest du mich interessant? - Do you find me interesting? | |
| 3. v. to find one’s way | |
| Ich |
| 1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego | |
| 2. n. self, me, him, etc. | |
| das wahre Ich - the real me | |
| 3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun) | |
| ein |
| 1. art. a, an | |
| ein Mann - a man | |
| eine Frau - a woman | |
| ein Kind - a child | |
| 2. adv. (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something | |
| ein und aus gehen, weder ein noch aus wissen | |
| darein, derein, feldein, feldein, hafenein, hafenein, herein, herein, hierein, hierein, hinein, hinein, jahrein, jahrein, waldein, waldein (older spellings include Wald-ein), worein, wor | |
| 3. adj. (predicative) on | |
| Ist der Schalter ein oder aus? (d. h., Ist der Schalter ein- oder ausgeschaltet?) - Is the switch on or off. (i.e., Is the switch switched on or off.) | |
| schweres |
| 1. adj. form of schwer | |
| schwer |
| 1. adj. heavy, weighty | |
| 2. adj. difficult, hard | |
| eine schwere Aufgabe - a difficult task | |
| 3. adj. serious | |
| 4. adj. (of food) indigestible | |
| Altes |
| 1. n. : something old | |
| 2. n. genitive singular of Alt | |
| 3. adj. form of alt | |
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| 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 | |
| Fahrrad |
| 1. n. bicycle | |
| 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? | |
| fuhr |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of fahren | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of fahren | |
| fahren |
| 1. v. (chiefly of a person or animal) to go at speed | |
| Der Fuchs fährt aus dem Bau. - The fox dashes from his kennel. | |
| aus der Haut fahren - to fly off the handle | |
| einen fahren lassen - to blow off, to break wind | |
| Die Sonne fährt über das Himmelszelt. - The sun moves athwart the firmament. | |
| 2. v. to go; to run; to drive; to sail | |
| Autos können schneller fahren als Fahrräder. - Cars can go faster than bikes. | |
| 3. v. to leave; to depart | |
| Beeil dich! Der Zug fährt jetzt gleich. - Hurry up! The train is departing in a moment. | |
| 4. v. to go by vehicle; to sail; to travel | |
| Er fährt wie ein Bekloppter. - He drives like a maniac. | |
| Wir fahren diesen Sommer nach Holland. - We’re going to Holland this summer. Implying a trip by car, bike, train, or ship. | |
| 5. v. to leave and therefor use a vehicle | |
| Wir fahren jetzt. - We’re leaving now. (Implying the use of a vehicle.) | |
| 6. v. to drive; to ride; to sail (a vehicle) | |
| Sie fährt einen roten Wagen. - She drives a red car. | |
| 7. v. to take (someone somewhere by vehicle); to drive; to transport | |
| Ich fahre dich zum Bahnhof. - I’ll take you to the train station. | |
| damit |
| 1. adv. takes a reflexive pronoun adverb of mit | |
| 2. conj. (subordinating, with indicative or subjunctive I) so that, in order that | |
| Beeil dich, damit wir bald losfahren können. - Hurry up so that we can take off soon. | |
| Los |
| 1. n-n. lottery ticket | |
| 2. n-n. lot, fate | |
| 3. n-n. (economics) batch, a calculated amount of produced units (such as in batch production, but even used in architecture to mean sections of a building project) | |
| 4. adj. (colloquial or dated) Alternative form of lose, , loose | |
| 5. adv. off, rid of | |
| Ich bin meine Erkältung los. - I've got rid of my cold. | |
| 6. adv. going on | |
| Hier ist einiges los. - There's a lot going on here. | |
| Was ist los? - What's going on? / What's up? / What's wrong? | |
| 7. adv. (colloquial regional Westphalia Lower Saxony) open | |
| Die Tür stand los. - The door stood open. | |
| 8. interj. come on!, let's go! | |
| Los! An die Arbeit! - Come on! Let's get to work! | |
| 9. interj. (racing) Go! | |
| 10. v. singular imperative of losen | |
| losen |
| 1. adj. form of lose | |
| 2. v. to draw lots; to draw straws; to toss up | |
| ohne |
| 1. conj. (+ dass or zu clause) without | |
| Viele Jahre sind vergangen, ohne dir zu sagen, was du mir bedeutest. - Many years have gone by without telling you what you mean to me. | |
| 2. prep. (+accusative) without | |
| Ohne dich bin ich nichts. - Without you I am nothing. | |
| 3. adv. without | |
| Ich mag Fußball, aber ich kann auch ohne leben. - I like soccer, but I could live without. | |
| daran |
| 1. en:on,about it,themadv. on it, on that | |
| 2. adv. at it, at that | |
| 3. adv. thereto | |
| zu |
| 1. prep. to, towards (indicates directionality) | |
| zum Bahnhof - to the train station | |
| 2. prep. with respect to; regarding | |
| Zu Punkt 1 möchte ich bemerken, dass... - With respect to item 1, let me remark that... | |
| 3. prep. along with; with (accompanying (the main thing in question)) | |
| Wasser zum Essen trinken - to drink water with one’s meal | |
| 4. prep. at, on (indicates location) | |
| zu Hause - at home | |
| 5. prep. at (indicates time) | |
| zur richtigen Zeit - at the right time | |
| zu Beginn - at the beginning | |
| 6. prep. by, in, on, at (indicates mode (of transportation, speech, etc.)) | |
| zu Pferd - on horseback | |
| 7. prep. (with a verb) for; (with a noun) as, by way of (for the purpose of) | |
| 8. prep. for (in honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of) | |
| 9. prep. into (indicates transition into another form or substance) | |
| 10. prep. as, for, to be (to take on the role of) | |
| 11. prep. to (used to indicate ratios) | |
| 12. prep. at (denotes a price or rate) | |
| 13. part. (with infinitives of verbs) to | |
| etwas zu essen - something to eat | |
| 14. adv. (with adjectives and adverbs) too (excessively) | |
| zu schnell - too fast | |
| 15. adv. (by extension, slang) (An intensifier.) | |
| Dieses Essen ist zu lecker! - This food tastes so good! | |
| 16. adv. towards; at | |
| 17. adv. (somewhat, informal) shut; closed; locked | |
| 18. adv. ahead, on (along, forwards (continuing an action)) | |
| 19. adj. (somewhat, informal) shut, closed (made inaccessible or impassable; not open) | |
| Das Geschäft war zu. - The shop was closed. | |
| Die Tür muss aus Brandschutzgründen immer zu sein. - This door must be shut at all times for reasons of fire safety. | |
| Die Tür ist zu, ich komm nicht rein. - The door is locked, I can’t get in there. | |
| 20. adj. closed (not operating or conducting trade) | |
| 21. adj. done up (fastened) | |
| 22. adj. (slang) hammered; very drunk | |
| Denken |
| 1. n. (gerund of denken); thinking, thought(s) | |
| 2. v. to think | |
| Ich denke, also bin ich. - I think, therefore I am. | |
| Er denkt gewichtige Dinge. - He is thinking weighty thoughts. | |
| Ich denke an früher. - I am thinking about the past. | |
| 3. v. not to forget; to remember (to bring along, etc.) | |
| Denk an den Schlüssel! - Don’t forget the key. | |
| 4. v. to imagine | |
| Das kann ich mir denken. - I can imagine that. | |
| Ich denke ihn mir als bärtigen Einsiedler. - I imagine him as a bearded hermit. | |
| 5. v. to think, to believe, to assume, to conjecture | |
| Ja, das dachte ich mir. - Yes, I thought so. | |
| um |
| 1. prep. about | |
| Es geht um den Kuchen. - It's about the pie. | |
| 2. prep. around | |
| Um die Ecke - around the corner | |
| 3. prep. at, by (qual, when relating to time) | |
| Um acht Uhr reisen wir ab - At eight o’clock we depart | |
| 4. prep. by (qual, percentage difference) | |
| Die Verkaufsmengen gingen um 6% zurück. - Sales in volume has decreased by 6%. | |
| 5. prep. (Austria) for qual, amount of money | |
| Um einen Euro bekommt man heute nicht besonders viel. - You can't buy much for one euro these days. | |
| Heute im Sonderangebot um nur 99 Euro. - Special offer today for only 99 euros. | |
| 6. conj. in order to, so as to | |
| Wir sind gekommen, um zu helfen. - We’ve come (in order) to help. | |
| 7. adj. (predicative, not attributive) up, in the sense of finished | |
| Werden dich in kurzem binden/ Erdgeist, deine Zeit ist um - source=Friedrich von Hardenberg, Novalis | |
| 8. adv. around, about | |
| 9. adv. turned over, changed, from one state to another | |
| denken um |
| 1. v. first-person plural present of umdenken | |
| 2. v. third-person plural present of umdenken | |
| 3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of umdenken | |
| 4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of umdenken | |
| Erlaubnis |
| 1. n-f. permission (authorisation) | |
| zu |
| 1. prep. to, towards (indicates directionality) | |
| zum Bahnhof - to the train station | |
| 2. prep. with respect to; regarding | |
| Zu Punkt 1 möchte ich bemerken, dass... - With respect to item 1, let me remark that... | |
| 3. prep. along with; with (accompanying (the main thing in question)) | |
| Wasser zum Essen trinken - to drink water with one’s meal | |
| 4. prep. at, on (indicates location) | |
| zu Hause - at home | |
| 5. prep. at (indicates time) | |
| zur richtigen Zeit - at the right time | |
| zu Beginn - at the beginning | |
| 6. prep. by, in, on, at (indicates mode (of transportation, speech, etc.)) | |
| zu Pferd - on horseback | |
| 7. prep. (with a verb) for; (with a noun) as, by way of (for the purpose of) | |
| 8. prep. for (in honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of) | |
| 9. prep. into (indicates transition into another form or substance) | |
| 10. prep. as, for, to be (to take on the role of) | |
| 11. prep. to (used to indicate ratios) | |
| 12. prep. at (denotes a price or rate) | |
| 13. part. (with infinitives of verbs) to | |
| etwas zu essen - something to eat | |
| 14. adv. (with adjectives and adverbs) too (excessively) | |
| zu schnell - too fast | |
| 15. adv. (by extension, slang) (An intensifier.) | |
| Dieses Essen ist zu lecker! - This food tastes so good! | |
| 16. adv. towards; at | |
| 17. adv. (somewhat, informal) shut; closed; locked | |
| 18. adv. ahead, on (along, forwards (continuing an action)) | |
| 19. adj. (somewhat, informal) shut, closed (made inaccessible or impassable; not open) | |
| Das Geschäft war zu. - The shop was closed. | |
| Die Tür muss aus Brandschutzgründen immer zu sein. - This door must be shut at all times for reasons of fire safety. | |
| Die Tür ist zu, ich komm nicht rein. - The door is locked, I can’t get in there. | |
| 20. adj. closed (not operating or conducting trade) | |
| 21. adj. done up (fastened) | |
| 22. adj. (slang) hammered; very drunk | |
| Fragen |
| 1. n. plural of Frage "questions". | |
| 2. v. to ask (someone something) | |
| Darf ich dich etwas fragen? - May I ask you something? | |
| 3. v. to ask for, to ask after | |
| 4. v. to wonder (literally, to ask (oneself)) | |
| Ich frage mich, wer mir helfen kann. - I wonder who can help me. | |
