| 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) | |
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| Jetzt |
| 1. n. the present; now | |
| 2. adv. now (at this moment, right now) | |
| Ich bin jetzt da. - I’m here now. | |
| Jetzt gibt es sowas gar nicht mehr. - Such things don’t exist anymore now. | |
| Jetzt gab es ein lautes Geräusch. - Just then there was a loud noise. | |
| 3. adv. now, then (expressing a logical or temporal consequence) | |
| Wir haben abgewaschen, jetzt mĂĽssen wir noch abtrocknen. - We've washed up, now we must dry the dishes. | |
| Was bedeuten jetzt die geschilderten Entwicklungen fĂĽr unser Land? - Now what do the aforementioned developments mean for our country? | |
| 4. adv. now (unstressed and expletive, used for minor emphasis) | |
| Was soll das jetzt heiĂźen? - What's that supposed to mean now? | |
| sagte |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of sagen | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of sagen | |
| 3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of sagen | |
| 4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of sagen | |
| sagen |
| 1. v. to say (to pronounce; communicate verbally) | |
| 2. v. to tell (to inform (someone) verbally) | |
| 3. v. to mean (to convey or signify) | |
| 4. v. to speak up (+obj, etwas) | |
| 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 | |
| Blinde |
| 1. n. female equivalent of Blinder: blind woman | |
| 2. adj. form of blind | |
| blind |
| 1. adj. blind | |
| blind für Realität - blind to reality | |
| blind auf einem Auge - blind in one eye | |
| 2. adj. (of a mirror or windowpane) cloudy | |
| Mann |
| 1. n. man, male human being | |
| 2. n. husband | |
| Als |
| 1. n. creek, drainage channel | |
| 2. conj. (subordinating, referring to time of occurrence) at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as | |
| Als er ankam, öffnete sie die Tür. - When he arrived, she opened the door. | |
| Als wir jung waren, spielten wir im Wald. - We played in the forest when we were young. | |
| 3. conj. (used with a comparison or as an exception) than | |
| Zwei ist größer als eins. - Two is greater than one. | |
| Die Kopie sieht anders aus als das Original. - The copy looks different than the original. | |
| Er sagt nichts anderes als die Wahrheit. - He tells nothing other than the truth. | |
| 4. conj. as; like; in the function of; in the form of | |
| Als Polizist muss ich es tun. - As a policeman, I must do it. | |
| Wir sind Feinde, aber im Moment mĂĽssen wir uns als Freunde verhalten. - We are enemies, but for now we must act like friends. | |
| Sie verkleidete sich als Krankenschwester, um das Krankenhaus zu betreten. - She disguised herself as a nurse to enter the hospital. | |
| 5. conj. as if | |
| 6. conj. (after negative pronoun) but, other than | |
| 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) | |
| 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). | |
| seinen |
| 1. det. (possessive) masculine accusative singular of sein | |
| 2. det. (possessive) dative plural of sein | |
| 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. | |
| Hammer |
| 1. n. hammer, mallet | |
| Er schlug sich mit dem Hammer auf den Daumen. - He hit his thumb with the hammer. | |
| 2. n. (informal) sensation, something extraordinary (be it positive or negative) | |
| Die Entlassung des Ministers war ein Hammer. - The minister's dismissal was a sensation. | |
| Ihr seid der Hammer! - You all are awesome! | |
| 3. n. (sports) a hard shot, slam | |
| Der Torwart parierte einen Hammer von der Strafraumgrenze. - The keeper saved a hard shot from the 18-yard line. | |
| 4. v. (colloquial regional)contraction of haben wir | |
| Da hammer jetz' keine Zeit fĂĽr. - We don't have time for that now. | |
| 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? | |
| die |
| 1. art. feminine singular of der | |
| die Frau - the woman | |
| 2. art. plural of der | |
| die Männer - the men | |
| 3. pron. feminine singular of der | |
| 4. pron. plural of der | |
| 5. pron. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose | |
| Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. - I know a woman who can do that. | |
| 6. pron. (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them | |
| die da - that one/she/they there | |
| 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 | |
| Bauanleitung |
| 1. n-f. construction manual | |
| Griff |
| 1. n. grip, grasp; (figuratively) reach | |
| der Griff nach den Sternen | |
| 2. n. handle | |
| TĂĽrgriff - door handle | |
| 3. v. first-person singular preterite of greifen | |
| 4. v. third-person singular preterite of greifen | |
| greifen |
| 1. v. to grab; to grasp; to grip (something) | |
| 2. v. to grab; to seize; to snatch (in an aggressive way) | |
| 3. v. to reach; to grab | |
| an etwas greifen - to grab onto something | |
| nach etwas greifen - to reach for something | |
| zu etwas greifen - to reach for something | |
| in etwas greifen - to reach into something | |
| 4. v. to capture (someone) | |
| 5. v. to strike | |
| 6. v. to take hold; to bite | |
| Trotz des schlechten Wetters griffen die Reifen hervorragend - The tires did bite perfectly despite the bad weather. | |
