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also
1. conj. so, therefore
Er aß zu viel Kuchen, also wurde er krank. - He ate too much cake so he got sick.
2. adv. then, thus, so, hence (Used to connect a sentence or clause with previous information.)
Heute bin ich beschäftigt. Also sollen wir uns morgen treffen? - I'm busy today. Should we meet tomorrow then?
3. adv. Used to introduce additional information about something previously mentioned.
Kürbiskuchengewürz, also eine Mischung aus Zimt und anderen Gewürzen, ist zu dieser Jahreszeit sehr beliebt. - Pumpkin spice, a mixture of cinnamon and other spices, is very popular at this tim
4. adv. (dated) thus, in this way
5. interj. alright (Indicates agreement with something.)
Ich würde gerne spazieren. Also, los geht's! - I would like to take a walk. Alright, let's go!
6. interj. so (Used as a lead-in or to start a new topic.)
Also, was sollen wir zu Abend essen? - So, what should we have for dinner?
7. interj. Used to resume an interrupted train of thought.
Das ist nicht wichtig. Also, wie ich bereits sagte, es kommt auf den Preis an. - That's not important. As I said before, the price matters.
8. interj. An intensifier, indicates an emotional connection to the statement.
Schmeckt dir die Suppe? Nein, also ich hasse sie! - Do you like the soup? No, I hate it!
fuhr
1. v. first-person singular preterite of fahren
2. v. third-person singular preterite of fahren
fahren
1. v. (chiefly of a person or animal) to go at speed
Der Fuchs fährt aus dem Bau. - The fox dashes from his kennel.
aus der Haut fahren - to fly off the handle
einen fahren lassen - to blow off, to break wind
Die Sonne fährt über das Himmelszelt. - The sun moves athwart the firmament.
2. v. to go; to run; to drive; to sail
Autos können schneller fahren als Fahrräder. - Cars can go faster than bikes.
3. v. to leave; to depart
Beeil dich! Der Zug fährt jetzt gleich. - Hurry up! The train is departing in a moment.
4. v. to go by vehicle; to sail; to travel
Er fährt wie ein Bekloppter. - He drives like a maniac.
Wir fahren diesen Sommer nach Holland. - We’re going to Holland this summer. Implying a trip by car, bike, train, or ship.
5. v. to leave and therefor use a vehicle
Wir fahren jetzt. - We’re leaving now. (Implying the use of a vehicle.)
6. v. to drive; to ride; to sail (a vehicle)
Sie fährt einen roten Wagen. - She drives a red car.
7. v. to take (someone somewhere by vehicle); to drive; to transport
Ich fahre dich zum Bahnhof. - I’ll take you to the train station.
Ich
1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego
2. n. self, me, him, etc.
das wahre Ich - the real me
3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun)
Los
1. n-n. lottery ticket
2. n-n. lot, fate
3. n-n. (economics) batch, a calculated amount of produced units (such as in batch production, but even used in architecture to mean sections of a building project)
4. adj. (colloquial or dated) Alternative form of lose, , loose
5. adv. off, rid of
Ich bin meine Erkältung los. - I've got rid of my cold.
6. adv. going on
Hier ist einiges los. - There's a lot going on here.
Was ist los? - What's going on? / What's up? / What's wrong?
7. adv. (colloquial regional Westphalia Lower Saxony) open
Die Tür stand los. - The door stood open.
8. interj. come on!, let's go!
Los! An die Arbeit! - Come on! Let's get to work!
9. interj. (racing) Go!
10. v. singular imperative of losen
losen
1. adj. form of lose
2. v. to draw lots; to draw straws; to toss up
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?
ließ
1. v. first-person singular preterite of lassen
2. v. third-person singular preterite of lassen
lassen
1. v. to allow; to permit; to let
lasset alle Hoffnung fahren - abandon all hope
2. v. to have someone (do something); to have (something done); to make (something happen); to cause (something to be done)
Wir haben neue Schränke für die Küche machen lassen. - We had new cabinets made for the kitchen.
Hast du dir die Haare schneiden lassen? - Did you get your hair cut?
3. v. to let remain, to leave (in a certain state)
Mir ist es lieber, meine Haare grau zu lassen. - I prefer to leave my hair grey.
4. v. to stop (something); to quit; to refrain from; to help doing (something)
5. v. to cease; to desist
mich
1. pron. accusative of ich: me
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
einem
1. num. dative singular of ein
2. art. dative singular of ein: a, an
3. pron. dative singular of einer
Beruf
1. n. occupation, profession, trade, job, career
2. n. vocation
Ausbilden
1. n. gerund of ausbilden
2. v. to educate
den
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der
2. art. dative plural of der
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der
Ich
1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego
2. n. self, me, him, etc.
das wahre Ich - the real me
3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun)
mir
1. pron. personal dative of ich: me, to me:
Er gab es mir. - He gave it to me.
2. pron. (dialectal, or colloquial) Alternative form of wir, t=we
Als
1. n. creek, drainage channel
2. conj. (subordinating, referring to time of occurrence) at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as
Als er ankam, öffnete sie die Tür. - When he arrived, she opened the door.
Als wir jung waren, spielten wir im Wald. - We played in the forest when we were young.
3. conj. (used with a comparison or as an exception) than
Zwei ist größer als eins. - Two is greater than one.
Die Kopie sieht anders aus als das Original. - The copy looks different than the original.
Er sagt nichts anderes als die Wahrheit. - He tells nothing other than the truth.
4. conj. as; like; in the function of; in the form of
Als Polizist muss ich es tun. - As a policeman, I must do it.
Wir sind Feinde, aber im Moment müssen wir uns als Freunde verhalten. - We are enemies, but for now we must act like friends.
Sie verkleidete sich als Krankenschwester, um das Krankenhaus zu betreten. - She disguised herself as a nurse to enter the hospital.
5. conj. as if
6. conj. (after negative pronoun) but, other than
Traum
1. n. dream
vorgestellt
1. Participle. past participle of vorstellen
2. adj. envisaged, imagined
3. adj. presented, visualized
vorstellen
1. v. to introduce (someone), to present
2. v. to introduce oneself
3. v. to imagine
Ich kann's mir nicht vorstellen! - I can't imagine this!
Ehrlich gesagt, habe ich es mir schlimmer vorgestellet. - Honestly, I imagined it would be worse.
als du dir vorstellen kannst. - (more) than you can imagine.
4. v. to represent; to mean
5. v. to move (something) forward
6. v. to put (the clocks) forward
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.
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?
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
Als
1. n. creek, drainage channel
2. conj. (subordinating, referring to time of occurrence) at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as
Als er ankam, öffnete sie die Tür. - When he arrived, she opened the door.
Als wir jung waren, spielten wir im Wald. - We played in the forest when we were young.
3. conj. (used with a comparison or as an exception) than
Zwei ist größer als eins. - Two is greater than one.
Die Kopie sieht anders aus als das Original. - The copy looks different than the original.
Er sagt nichts anderes als die Wahrheit. - He tells nothing other than the truth.
4. conj. as; like; in the function of; in the form of
Als Polizist muss ich es tun. - As a policeman, I must do it.
Wir sind Feinde, aber im Moment müssen wir uns als Freunde verhalten. - We are enemies, but for now we must act like friends.
Sie verkleidete sich als Krankenschwester, um das Krankenhaus zu betreten. - She disguised herself as a nurse to enter the hospital.
5. conj. as if
6. conj. (after negative pronoun) but, other than
Albtraum
1. n. nightmare
Er leidet an schweren Albträumen. - He suffers from severe nightmares.
endete
1. v. first-person singular preterite of enden
2. v. third-person singular preterite of enden
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of enden
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of enden
enden
1. v. to end

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