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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
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
Menge
     1. n-f. quantity
     2. n-f. multitude
     3. n-f. crowd, gathering of people
     4. n-f. (mathematics) set
meist
     1. adj. superlative of viel, t=much; many; most
     2. adv. (formal) mostly, most often, usually
schlechter
     1. adv. worse
     2. adj. comparative of schlecht
     3. adj. form of schlecht
Dinge
     1. n. plural of Ding
     Ding
          1. n. thing
                Was ist das für ein Ding? - What is that thing?
          2. n. (mildly disrespectful) thing; girl; boy (young person)
          3. n. (dated) Thing (historic Germanic council)
wie
     1. adv. how
           Wie groß bist du? - How tall are you?
           Ich weiß nicht, wie die Katze hereingekommen ist. - I don't know how the cat got in.
           Wie wunderbar! - How wonderful!
     2. conj. like
           Freunde sind wie Sterne in der Nacht. - Friends are like stars in the night.
     3. conj. as
           Wie ihr wisst, bin ich in Dortmund aufgewachsen. - As you know, I grew up in Dortmund.
           Ich bin so schnell wie du. - I’m as fast as you are.
     4. conj. (colloquial nonstandard) than
           Der Junge ist größer wie sein Vater. - The boy is taller than his father.
     5. conj. (chiefly colloquial) when referring to the past
           Ich hab ihn gesehen, wie ich in Köln war. - I saw him when I was in Cologne.
           Wie ich zur Tür herauskomme, steht da mein alter Schulfreund. - When I came out the door, my old school-day friend was standing in front of me.
Geschosse
     1. n. plural of Geschoss
Vorwürfe
     1. n. plural of Vorwurf
     2. v. first-person singular subjunctive of vorwerfen
     3. v. third-person singular subjunctive of vorwerfen
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
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.
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?
jemanden
     1. pron. accusative singular of jemand
Treffen
     1. n. gerund of treffen
     2. n-n. a meeting
     3. v. to meet; to encounter
           Wir treffen uns morgen. - See you tomorrow. (Lit. "We'll meet each other tomorrow".)
     4. v. to hit; to strike
     5. v. to affect; to concern
     6. v. to hit the mark, to suit, to be convenient or fortunate
           Das trifft sich schlecht. - That’s unfortunate.
           Es trifft sich ausgezeichnet, dass... - It is entirely fitting that...
     7. v. to cause the action implied by an abstract noun to take place, thus making the sentence passive or less direct; to effect the action
           Ich treffe eine Entscheidung. - I'm making a decision.
           Ich treffe Maßnahmen. - I'm taking measures.
           Ich treffe eine Vereinbarung. - I'm reaching an agreement.
           Ich treffe Vorbereitungen. - I'm making preparations.
           Ich treffe Vorsorge. - I'm taking precautions.
           Ich treffe Vorkehrungen. - I'm making arrangements.
           Ich treffe eine Wahl. - I am making a choice.
           Ich treffe eine Aussage. - I'm making a statement.
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary