| bei |
| 1. prep. (locative) by; near | |
| die Bank bei der Kirche - the bench/bank by the church | |
| die Bäckerei beim Bahnhof - the bakery near the train station | |
| 2. prep. (with a person, family, shop) at | |
| Ich schlafe bei Peter. - I’m sleeping at Peter’s place. | |
| Ich bin beim Metzger. - I'm at the butcher’s. | |
| 3. prep. (with an organization or company) for; at; in | |
| bei der Firma arbeiten - to work for the firm | |
| das Arbeitsklima bei Schmidt & Co. - the working atmosphere at Schmidt & Co. | |
| 4. prep. (formal, reflexive) with; on | |
| Er hat es nicht bei sich. - He doesn’t have it on him. | |
| → for which usually: Er hat es nicht dabei. | |
| 5. prep. (with an event considered certain) upon, at the time of | |
| bei Abfahrt des Zuges - upon departure of the train | |
| 6. prep. (with an event considered theoretical) in case of, in the event of | |
| bei Hochwasser - in case of flooding | |
| 7. prep. (with a continuing activity or condition) during; while; during the existence of | |
| bei der Arbeit - during work | |
| beim Lesen des Textes - while reading the text | |
| bei Schnee - when there is snow | |
| 8. prep. (with an item that implies an activity) over; during | |
| bei einem Glas Wein - over a glass of wine (that is, while drinking it) | |
| bei einem Film - during a film (that is, while watching it) | |
| 9. prep. (dated, in a postal address) care of; via | |
| Frau Tina Müller bei Firma Schmidt & Co. - Mrs Tina Müller, care of Schmidt & Co. | |
| 10. prep. (now dialectal, nonstandard, northern and central Germany, withaccusative) with, to, towards | |
| Leg dat bei die andern Sachen! - Put that with the other things! | |
| Komm ma bei mich! - Come to me! | |
| stark |
| 1. adj. strong (intense, powerful, unyielding) | |
| 2. adj. strong (having a high concentration of some ingredient, e.g. alcohol) | |
| 3. adj. (of an action, especially, sports) good, great, skilled | |
| 4. adj. (colloquial slightly dated) brilliant, awesome | |
| 5. adj. (colloquial dated) incredible, unbelievable | |
| ein starkes Stück | |
| starker Tobak | |
| 6. adj. (dated, euphemistic) overweight, fat | |
| 7. adj. (grammar) strong (inflecting according to a pattern distinct from another called "weak") | |
| übergewichtigen |
| 1. adj. form of übergewichtig | |
| Menschen |
| 1. n. singular of Mensch | |
| 2. n. plural of Mensch | |
| Mensch |
| 1. n. human, human being, man | |
| 2. n. woman | |
| 3. n. (nowadays often pejorative) woman, broad | |
| 4. interj. man! rah! | |
| Können |
| 1. n. (gerund of können); skill, ability | |
| 2. v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can. | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) | |
| Kannst du ihm helfen? - Are you able to help him? | |
| Ich hätte das machen können. - I could have done that. | |
| Das kann sein, kann aber auch nicht sein. - This may be and may also not be. | |
| Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
| 4. v. to be able to do something implied; can. | |
| Nein, ich kann nicht. - No, I can’t. | |
| Er hat gekonnt. - He was able to do it. | |
| 5. v. to know how to do (something); to know; to understand; to be able to do (something); to be capable of; can do (something), to have a specific skill. (w | |
| Ich kann Deutsch und Englisch. - I know German and English. | |
| Kannst du es? - Can you do it? | |
| Das hätte ich nicht gekonnt. - I couldn’t have done that. / I wouldn’t have been capable of that. | |
| 6. v. to be possible, to make sense | |
| Nächstes Jahr is’n Schaltjahr. – Das kann nich’. Letztes Jahr war doch Schaltjahr! - Next year is a leap year. – That’s not possible. Last year w | |
| 7. v. (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may. | |
| Kann ich mitkommen? - May I come along? | |
| Er hat nicht ins Kino gehen können. - He was not allowed to go to the cinema. | |
| 8. v. (auxiliary) to be in the legal situation of being able to realize a legal effect even if it be legally disallowed | |
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| Chirurgen |
| 1. n. plural of Chirurg | |
| Chirurg |
| 1. n. surgeon (kind of doctor, male or of unspecified sex) | |
| den |
| 1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
| 2. art. dative plural of der | |
| 3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
| Magen |
| 1. n. stomach, maw | |
| Verkleinern |
| 1. n. gerund of verkleinern | |
| 2. v. to make smaller | |
| 3. v. to become smaller | |
| 4. v. to diminish | |
| damit |
| 1. adv. takes a reflexive pronoun adverb of mit | |
| 2. conj. (subordinating, with indicative or subjunctive I) so that, in order that | |
| Beeil dich, damit wir bald losfahren können. - Hurry up so that we can take off soon. | |
| weniger |
| 1. adj. comparative of wenig: less, fewer | |
| weniger als - under | |
| nicht weniger als - not less than, as many as | |
| mehr oder weniger - more or less | |
| weniger ist mehr - less is more | |
| Ich habe weniger Tee als du - I have less tea than you | |
| Ich habe weniger Tee als Kaffee - I have less tea than coffee | |
| Ich mußte weniger als zehn Minuten warten - I had to wait less than ten minutes | |
| 2. adv. less | |
| weniger schön - not so nice | |
| 3. adv. (mathematics) minus | |
| fünf weniger drei ist zwei - five minus three is two | |
| Nahrung |
| 1. n-f. food and drink | |
| hineinpasst |
| 1. v. second-person present of hineinpassen | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present of hineinpassen | |
