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allein
     1. adj. (only predicative) alone
           Er ist ganz allein. - He is all alone.
     2. adv. alone
           Er schrieb das Buch allein. - He wrote the book alone.
           Allein im Jahr 2012 starben 500 Menschen an der Krankheit. - In 2012 alone, 500 people died from the illness.
     3. adv. (formal, literary) only
           Allein ein Wunder kann uns noch helfen. - Only a miracle can help us now.
Niemand
     1. n-m. nobody (unimportant person)
           Du bist ein Niemand! - You're a nobody!
     2. pron. (now proscribed) Alternative form of niemand
     3. pron. nobody, no one
           Es ist gar niemand da. - There's no one at all.
wußte
     1. v. Superseded spelling of wusste
     wissen
          1. v. to know; to be aware of (a fact)
                Ich weiß, wo du bist. - I know where you are.
                von etwas wissen - to know about something
          2. v. to remember (with noch)
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.
zu
     1. prep. to, towards (indicates directionality)
           zum Bahnhof - to the train station
     2. prep. with respect to; regarding
           Zu Punkt 1 möchte ich bemerken, dass... - With respect to item 1, let me remark that...
     3. prep. along with; with (accompanying (the main thing in question))
           Wasser zum Essen trinken - to drink water with one’s meal
     4. prep. at, on (indicates location)
           zu Hause - at home
     5. prep. at (indicates time)
           zur richtigen Zeit - at the right time
           zu Beginn - at the beginning
     6. prep. by, in, on, at (indicates mode (of transportation, speech, etc.))
           zu Pferd - on horseback
     7. prep. (with a verb) for; (with a noun) as, by way of (for the purpose of)
     8. prep. for (in honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of)
     9. prep. into (indicates transition into another form or substance)
     10. prep. as, for, to be (to take on the role of)
     11. prep. to (used to indicate ratios)
     12. prep. at (denotes a price or rate)
     13. part. (with infinitives of verbs) to
           etwas zu essen - something to eat
     14. adv. (with adjectives and adverbs) too (excessively)
           zu schnell - too fast
     15. adv. (by extension, slang) (An intensifier.)
           Dieses Essen ist zu lecker! - This food tastes so good!
     16. adv. towards; at
     17. adv. (somewhat, informal) shut; closed; locked
     18. adv. ahead, on (along, forwards (continuing an action))
     19. adj. (somewhat, informal) shut, closed (made inaccessible or impassable; not open)
           Das Geschäft war zu. - The shop was closed.
           Die Tür muss aus Brandschutzgründen immer zu sein. - This door must be shut at all times for reasons of fire safety.
           Die Tür ist zu, ich komm nicht rein. - The door is locked, I can’t get in there.
     20. adj. closed (not operating or conducting trade)
     21. adj. done up (fastened)
     22. adj. (slang) hammered; very drunk
Sagen
     1. n. gerund of sagen
     2. n. plural of Sage
     3. v. to say (to pronounce; communicate verbally)
     4. v. to tell (to inform (someone) verbally)
     5. v. to mean (to convey or signify)
     6. v. to speak up (+obj, etwas)
und
     1. conj. (co-ordinating) and
           Kaffee und Kuchen - coffee and cake
           Ich kam, sah und siegte. - I came, saw, and conquered.
     2. conj. (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them
           Er und Abwaschen? Vielleicht einmal im Jahr! - Him doing the dishes? Maybe once per year!
     3. interj. so?, now?, and?
           Und? Wie ist es gelaufen? - So? How did it go?
kein
     1. pron. no; not a(n); not one; not any
           Das ist kein Bett. - That is no bed.
           uxi, Es gibt kein Brot., There is no bread.
Mensch
     1. n. human, human being, man
     2. n. woman
     3. n. (nowadays often pejorative) woman, broad
     4. interj. man! rah!
     5. pron. (indefinite, informal, slang) one, they (indefinite third-person singular pronoun)
hatte
     1. v. first-person singular preterite of haben
     2. v. third-person singular preterite 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.
jemanden
     1. pron. accusative singular of jemand
beobachtet
     1. Participle. past participle of beobachten
     2. v. third-person singular present of beobachten
     3. v. second-person plural present of beobachten
     4. v. second-person plural subjunctive of beobachten
     5. v. plural imperative of beobachten
     beobachten
          1. v. to watch, to observe
                Sie werden beobachtet. - You are being watched.
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
dem
     1. art. dative singular of der: the
     2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which
Hirschen
     1. n. dative plural of Hirsch
nachstellte
     1. v. first-person singular preterite of nachstellen
     2. v. third-person singular preterite of nachstellen
     3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of nachstellen
     4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of nachstellen
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