| öffentliche |
| 1. adj. form of öffentlich | |
| öffentlich |
| 1. adj. public | |
| Gebäude |
| 1. n. building, edifice, structure | |
| sind |
| 1. v. first-person plural present of sein | |
| Wir sind hier drüben. - We are over here. | |
| 2. v. third-person plural present of sein | |
| Da sind sie. - There they are. | |
| 3. v. second-person plural present of sein | |
| Wo sind Sie? - Where are you? (polite form) | |
| 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. | |
| meistens |
| 1. adv. mostly (for the most part) | |
| 2. adv. most often, usually, normally (most of the time) | |
| Meistens stehe ich zeitig auf. - I usually get up early. | |
| relativ |
| 1. adj. relative | |
| Groß |
| 1. n-n. Alternative spelling of Gros | |
| 2. Proper noun. surname, from=nicknames | |
| 3. adj. big, large, large-scale | |
| Das ist ein großes Problem. - That is a big problem. | |
| Ich lebe in einem großen Haus. - I live in a large house. | |
| 4. adj. great, grand | |
| 5. adj. (of a person) tall | |
| 6. adj. (childish) pertaining to defecation | |
| Ich muss groß. - I need to poo. | |
