| transitiv |
| 1. adj. (grammar, of verbs) transitive | |
| 2. adj. (math) transitive | |
| Etwas |
| 1. n. thing, being | |
| 2. n. a quality or talent that is hard to pin down | |
| Sie hat dieses gewisse Etwas. (She has this certain something.) | |
| 3. pron. something | |
| 4. adv. somewhat, slightly | |
| 5. adv. a little, a bit | |
| 6. det. (with unor plural noun) some, a bit of | |
| Hab etwas Respekt vor den Toten. - Have some respect for the dead. | |
| langes |
| 1. adj. form of lang | |
| 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 | |
| eine |
| 1. num. feminine singular of ein | |
| 2. art. feminine singular of ein: a, an | |
| 3. pron. feminine singular of einer | |
| 4. pron. masculine nominative singular of einer | |
| 5. pron. singular of einer | |
| Sache |
| 1. n-f. matter, affair, case, question, issue | |
| beschlossene Sache - done deal | |
| Die Polizei untersuchte die Sache ohne Ergebnis. - The police investigated the matter with no result. | |
| 2. n-f. thing, object | |
| Da ist noch eine Sache. - There's one more thing (for me to say). | |
| 3. n-f. (law) thing: corporeal object | |
| 4. n-f. cause, action | |
| 5. n-f. subject, matter, business | |
| Das ist Privatsache. - That's a private matter. | |
| 6. n-f. (chiefly in colloquial) kilometers per hour | |
| Er raste mit hundert Sachen um die Ecke. - He raced around the corner at 100 per. | |
| herumlegen |
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| aufwickeln |
| 1. v. to coil, to wind | |
| Die Garnspule ist runtergefallen, jetzt musst du den Faden wieder aufwickeln. - The thread spool fell off, now you have to wind up the thread again. | |
| 2. v. to unwrap, to unroll | |
| ein Paket aufwickeln - to unwrap a packet | |
