| Bis |
| 1. n. (music) B-sharp | |
| 2. conj. (subordinating, temporal) until | |
| Wir warten hier, bis das Gewitter vorbei ist. - We'll wait here until the thunderstorm is over. | |
| 3. conj. (coordinating) to | |
| Ich arbeite 40 bis 50 Stunden in der Woche. - I work 40 to 50 hours a week. | |
| Ihre Haare sind braun bis dunkelbraun. - Her hair is brown to dark brown. | |
| 4. prep. (temporal) until, to, (US) through | |
| Meine Tochter ist bis zwei Uhr in der Schule. - My daughter is at school until two o'clock. | |
| Ich war von Montag bis Freitag krank. - I was sick from Monday to Friday. | |
| 5. prep. (temporal) by | |
| Die Aufgabe muss bis Donnerstag fertig sein. - The task must be complete by Thursday. | |
| 6. prep. (local) to; all the way to | |
| Der Zug fährt bis Köln. - The train goes to Cologne. | |
| Ende |
| 1. n-n. end, finish | |
| 2. n-n. conclusion | |
| 3. v. first-person singular present of enden | |
| 4. v. first-person singular subjunctive of enden | |
| 5. v. third-person singular subjunctive of enden | |
| 6. v. singular imperative of enden | |
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| Muss |
| 1. n. necessity, a must | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present of müssen | |
| 3. v. third-person singular present of müssen | |
| müssen |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) to have to (do something); must; to be obliged (to do something); to need (to do something). | |
| Wir müssen es machen. - We must do it. | |
| Wir müssen es nicht machen. - We need not do it. / We do not need to do it. | |
| Ich musste es machen. - I had to do it. | |
| 2. v. to have to do something implied; must; to be obliged. | |
| Ja, ich muss. - Yes, I must. | |
| Ja, ich habe gemusst. - Yes, I had to. | |
| 3. v. (colloquial euphemism) to need to go to the bathroom. | |
| 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 | |
| Piste |
| 1. n-f. (skiing) piste | |
| 2. n-f. (airport) runway | |
| 3. n-f. (racing) track | |
| saniert |
| 1. Participle. past participle of sanieren | |
| 2. adj. renovated, reconstructed, rehabilitated, redeveloped | |
| 3. v. third-person singular present of sanieren | |
| 4. v. second-person plural present of sanieren | |
| 5. v. plural imperative of sanieren | |
| sanieren |
| 1. v. (construction) to redevelop | |
| 2. v. (construction) to reconstruct | |
| 3. v. (finance) to rehabilitate | |
| 4. v. (medicine) to cure | |
| Sein |
| 1. n. existence, being, essence (the state and the conditions of being, existing, occurring) | |
| 2. 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. | |
| 3. 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. | |
| 4. 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. | |
| 5. v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs | |
| Er ist alt geworden. - He has become old. | |
| 6. 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. | |
| 7. 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. | |
| 8. 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. | |
| 9. 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. | |
| 10. 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 | |
| 11. det. (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so. | |
| Der kostet so seine zweihundert Euro. - That one costs around two hundred euros. | |
| 12. det. one's | |
| Man muss seinem Herzen folgen. - One must follow one’s heart. | |
| sonst |
| 1. adv. otherwise (under different circumstances) | |
| Beeil dich, sonst kommen wir zu spät. - Hurry up, otherwise we'll be late. | |
| 2. adv. normally, usually (as opposed to a particular case) | |
| Ich trinke sonst nicht so viel. - I don't normally drink so much. | |
| 3. adv. (often with noch) else | |
| Sonst noch etwas? - Anything else? | |
| Was soll es sonst sein? - What else would it be? | |
| 4. adv. (colloquial) so; then; (consecutive, but directed against an explicit or implicit alternative) | |
| Wenn wir jetzt losgehen, sind wir eh zu spät. Sonst lass uns morgen noch mal wiederkommen. - If we go there now, we’ll be late anyway. So let’s not do that but instead let’s come back again tom | |
| Wir gehen grad in die Stadt. Also, wenn du Lust hast... sonst komm doch mit! - We’re headed for the city. So, if you’re interested... maybe you’re not, but if you are then come along! | |
| darf |
| 1. v. first-person present of dürfen | |
| 2. v. third-person present of dürfen | |
| dürfen |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may | |
| Darf ich gehen? - May I go? | |
| Ich habe gehen dürfen. - I was allowed to go. | |
| 2. v. to be allowed or permitted to do something implied or previously stated; may | |
| Ja, du darfst. - Yes, you may. | |
| Ich habe es gedurft. - I was allowed to do it. | |
| 3. v. (subjunctive ii, auxiliary) Expresses a prediction with mild doubt, that something is estimated or probable. | |
| Der Zug dürfte in ein paar Minuten ankommen. - The train should (will probably) be here in a few minutes. | |
| 4. v. (colloquial) to must, to have to | |
| Und ich darf dann wieder hinter euch aufräumen. - And I can clean up after you once again then. | |
| 5. v. (obsolete, transitive, with genitive) to need, to require | |
| 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. | |
| Flugzeug |
| 1. n. aeroplane | |
| Mehr |
| 1. n. increase, excess | |
| ein Mehr an Arbeit, Steuern, Unkosten, ... - an excess of work, taxes, costs, ... | |
| 2. n. majority, more than half (50%) of some group | |
| Der Gesetzesentwurf der Volksinitiative scheiterte am Volksmehr. | |
| 3. pron. something more | |
| sich für mehr halten - to think one is something more | |
| Mehr will er nicht bezahlen. - He doesn't want to pay more. | |
| Er sieht mehr als ich. - He sees more than I see. | |
| 4. det. comparative of viel; more | |
| Willst du mehr Essen? - Do you want more food? | |
| mit mehr oder weniger Erfolg - with a greater or lesser degree of success | |
| Ich habe mehr Haare als du. - I have more hair than you. | |
| zwei Kilo mehr - two more kilos | |
| 5. adv. more | |
| immer mehr - more and more | |
| 6. adv. (with negation) no longer, never again, nothing more, not anymore | |
| Er ist kein Kind mehr - He is no longer a child. | |
| Ich mag dich nicht mehr. - I don't like you anymore. | |
| nicht mehr lange - not much longer | |
| nichts mehr - nothing more, nothing left | |
| nie mehr - never again | |
| landen |
| 1. v. to land (+aux, sein) | |
| Das Flugzeug landet auf der Landebahn. - The plane lands on the runway. | |
| 2. v. to land (+aux, haben) | |
| Wir landen das Boot an diesem Strand. - We're landing the boat on this beach. | |
| 3. v. to end up (somewhere) (+aux, sein) | |
| Nach vielen Missgeschicken bin ich hier gelandet. - After a lot of misadventures I ended up here. | |
