| Auch |
| 1. Proper noun. , common in Southern Germany as an occupational surname for those who watched livestock at night | |
| 2. adv. also; too; as well (in addition to whatever or whoever has previously been listed) | |
| Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “auch”: I too want icecream. | |
| Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “Eis”: I want icecream, too. | |
| 3. adv. Used for emphasis. | |
| 4. adv. (To confirm a preceding statement by someone else): really, actually, indeed, in fact | |
| Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “will”: I do indeed want icecream. | |
| Das ist auch so. - Stress on “ist”: It really is like that. | |
| Du solltest zur Polizei gehen. ― Mach ich auch. - You should go to the police. ― I will. | |
| 5. adv. (To ask for confirmation of something one considers necessary.) | |
| Hast du das Licht auch ausgemacht? - Did you make sure to turn off the light? | |
| 6. adv. (To imply that something is unreasonable.) | |
| Du bist auch witzig... Wie soll ich das denn ohne Auto alles schaffen?! - You’re oh so ingenious... How am I supposed to get all of this done wit | |
| Warum müssen die auch alle ihren Müll hier abladen! - Why do they all have to dump their rubbish here! | |
| 7. adv. even ((implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality)) | |
| Auch wenn das stimmt, ist es noch kein endgültiger Beweis. - Even if this is true, it is no definite proof. | |
| Auch ein Professor schreibt schon mal was falsch. - Even a professor may misspell something at times. | |
| 8. adv. ever (as in whatever, whenever, however, etc.) | |
| Was du auch tust, es wird immer einer besser sein. - Whatever you do, someone will always do it better. | |
| 9. interj. (in answering a yes-no question, used to express that the thing asked about covers part of the truth but not all of it); “yes, and more” | |
| Ach, du bist Bauingenieur. Dann baust du Brücken? — Auch. - Oh, you’re a construction engineer. So you build bridges? — Yeah. And other things, too. | |
| übertragen |
| 1. v. to transfer, transmit | |
| 2. v. to translate | |
| 3. v. to broadcast, televise | |
| 4. v. to hand over something to somebody, entrust somebody with something, confer a right on somebody | |
| 5. v. (medicine) to have a post-term birth | |
| 6. v. to be passed on to somebody (disease, illness) | |
| 7. v. to communicate itself to somebody (enthusiasm, nervousness, etc.) | |
| 8. Participle. past participle of übertragen | |
| 9. adj. figurative | |
| gierig |
| 1. adj. greedy | |
| 2. adj. eager | |
| oder |
| 1. conj. or | |
| Danach alles gestr. oder noch 1–2 Wörter? - Is everything after that crossed out or are there one or two more words? | |
| 2. part. (tag question) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
| Es ist kalt heute, oder? - It’s cold today, isn’t it? | |
| Das war keine so gute Idee, oder? - That wasn’t such a good idea, was it? | |
| Du kommst aus Deutschland, oder? - You’re from Germany, aren’t you? | |
| hastig |
| 1. adj. hasty | |
| 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) | |
| 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). | |
| aufnehmen |
| 1. v. to pick up, lift up | |
| Wenn du die Tüte aufnimmst, achte darauf, dass du die Unterseite abstützt. - When you pick up the bag, make sure to support the bottom. | |
| 2. v. to receive, to accommodate, to take in (guests), to admit (to a hospital etc.) | |
| Sie nimmt oft Pensionsgäste auf, da ihr Haus sehr groß ist. - She often takes in boarders, since her house is very large. | |
| 3. v. to accept (into a country, a group of people), to take in, to allow into | |
| Nach einer kurzen Ritual wurde ich in den Stamm aufgenommen. - After a short ritual, I was accepted into the tribe. | |
| 4. v. to record (picture, sound, video), to take (a photograph, a dictation) | |
| Ich werde das Fußballspiel auf Video aufnehmen. - I'm going to videotape the football game. | |
| 5. v. to take up, begin, start | |
| Wann wirst du die Arbeit an dem Projekt aufnehmen? - When will you start working on the project? | |
| Essen |
| 1. n-n. (gerund of essen); eating | |
| Das Trinken lernt der Mensch schon früh, und später erst das Essen.So soll der Mensch aus Dankbarkeit das Trinken nicht vergessen. - Man learns to drink early on, and only later to eat.So man w | |
| 2. n-n. meal | |
| 3. n-n. food | |
| 4. n-n. groceries | |
| Man sollte mit den Kindern Essen einkaufen gehen - One should buy groceries together with the kids. | |
| 5. n. plural of Esse | |
| 6. v. to eat | |
| Er isst gern Schokolade. - He likes eating chocolate. | |
| Ich esse einen Apfel. - I am eating an apple. | |
| 7. v. to eat; to dine | |
| Wir haben noch nicht gegessen. - We have not eaten yet. | |
| Sie haben immer vor 9 Uhr abends gegessen. - They always ate before 9 o’clock in the evening. | |
| Esse |
| 1. n-f. (dialectal) chimney-hood over a stove | |
| 2. n. existence | |
| Fressen |
| 1. n. (gerund of fressen); gorging, feeding | |
| 2. n. fodder, food (of an animal) | |
| 3. n. (derogatory, vulgar) grub | |
| 4. n. plural of Fresse | |
| 5. v. to eat; to feed on; to devour | |
| 6. v. to stuff oneself; to gorge oneself; to eat like a pig | |
| Erst kommt das Fressen, dann kommt die Moral. - First comes the stomach, then comes ethics. | |
| 7. v. (figurative, chiefly reflexive) to eat away (e.g. metal) +preo, durch | |
| 8. v. (figurative, transitive,) to consume, to guzzle, to burn (e.g. fuel, money) | |
| 9. v. to despise, to have a pet peeve against | |
| Den hab ich ja gefressen! - I have eaten that one. | |
| Fresse |
| 1. n-f. (derogatory) mouth | |
| Halt die Fresse! - Shut your mouth! | |
| Verpiss dich, oder willst du was auf die Fresse?! - Piss off, or do you want some e.g.: fist, etc. on the mouth?! | |
