| wer |
| 1. pron. (interrogative) who (what person or people) | |
| Wer hat das gesagt? - Who said that? | |
| 2. pron. (interrogative, colloquial) what, which (one) (see usage notes) | |
| 3. pron. (relative) whoever, he who, someone who, the person who, anyone who (whatever person or persons) | |
| Wer eine Frage hat, kann sich jetzt melden. - Whoever has a question, put up their hands now. | |
| ux, Wer im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen., People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. | |
| 4. pron. (indefinite, colloquial) somebody, someone; anybody, anyone (an unspecified person) | |
| Da ist wer an der Tür. - There's somebody at the door. | |
| das |
| 1. art. singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. singular of der | |
| 3. pron. (relative) who, that, which | |
| Ich kenne ein Mädchen, das das kann. - I know a girl who can do that. | |
| Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
| 4. pron. (demonstrative) this, that, it | |
| Das ist mein Haus. - This is my house. | |
| er - Er wissen | |
| Ich hab das nicht. - I don’t have it. (i.e. the thing mentioned) | |
| 5. pron. (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb) | |
| Das regnet schon wieder. - It’s raining again. | |
| Wissen Sie, wie spät das ist? - Do you know what time it is? | |
| 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 | |
| kürzeste |
| 1. adj. form of kurz | |
| kurz |
| 1. adj. short, brief | |
| 2. adj. concise | |
| 3. adv. briefly, in short | |
| Streichholz |
| 1. n. match (device to make fire) | |
| zieht |
| 1. v. third-person singular present of ziehen | |
| 2. v. second-person plural present of ziehen | |
| 3. v. plural imperative of ziehen | |
| ziehen |
| 1. v. to pull (e.g., a door handle); to drag (+aux, haben) | |
| 2. v. to draw (e.g. a weapon); to extract; to puff (+aux, haben) | |
| 3. v. to draw (a conclusion, lesson, etc.) (+aux, haben) | |
| 4. v. (impersonal, intransitive) to be drafty; there to be a draft (current of air) | |
| Es zieht. - There’s a draft. | |
| 5. v. to move; to migrate (+aux, sein) | |
| Ich ziehe nach Hamburg, aber mein Bruder zieht in eine andere Stadt. - I'm moving to Hamburg, but my brother is moving to another city. | |
| 6. v. to roam; to head (+aux, sein) | |
| 7. v. to stretch; to warp (+aux, haben) | |
| zeihen |
| 1. v. (ditransitive, dated, or elevated, accusative + genitive,) to accuse, to blame somebody (of) | |
| Niemand kann mich einer Lüge zeihen. - Nobody can accuse me of a lie. | |
| Selbst seinen Dienern traut er nicht, / zeiht seine Engel noch des Irrtums. - Even in his servants he puts no trust, and his angels he charges with error. | |
| zeihen |
| 1. v. (ditransitive, dated, or elevated, accusative + genitive,) to accuse, to blame somebody (of) | |
| Niemand kann mich einer Lüge zeihen. - Nobody can accuse me of a lie. | |
| Selbst seinen Dienern traut er nicht, / zeiht seine Engel noch des Irrtums. - Even in his servants he puts no trust, and his angels he charges with error. | |
| hat |
| 1. v. third-person singular present of haben | |
| haben |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses) | |
| Das habe ich nicht gesagt. - I haven't said that. | |
| 2. v. to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic) | |
| 3. v. to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself) | |
| Glaub und hab keine Angst. - Believe and don't be afraid or Believe and have no fear. | |
| 4. v. to have, get (to obtain, acquire) | |
| 5. v. to get (to receive) | |
| 6. v. to have (to be scheduled to attend) | |
| 7. v. to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from) | |
| 8. v. to contain, be composed of, equal | |
| Ein Meter hat 100 Zentimeter. - One metre has 100 centimetres. | |
| 9. v. (impersonal, dialectal, with es) there be, there is, there are | |
| Es hat zwei Bücher. - There are two books. | |
| 10. v. to make a fuss | |
| Hab dich nicht so! - Don't make such a fuss! | |
| 11. v. (colloquial with es and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into | |
| Ich hab's nich so mit Hunden. - I don't have it that much with dogs. | |
| 12. v. (colloquial with es and von or über) to talk about | |
| Wir hatten's grad von dir und deiner Freundin. - We just had it about you and your girlfriend. | |
| verloren |
| 1. Participle. past participle of verlieren | |
| 2. adj. lost, missing | |
| 3. adj. doomed, forlorn | |
| 4. v. first-person plural preterite of verlieren | |
| 5. v. third-person plural preterite of verlieren | |
| verlieren |
| 1. v. to lose (something, or a game) | |
| 2. v. to shed | |
| 3. v. to trail away, to fade away | |
| 4. v. to get lost | |
| Ich habe mich in der Menge verloren. - I got lost in the crowd. | |
