| das |
| 1. art. singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. singular of der | |
| 3. pron. (relative) who, that, which | |
| Ich kenne ein Mädchen, das das kann. - I know a girl who can do that. | |
| Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
| 4. pron. (demonstrative) this, that, it | |
| Das ist mein Haus. - This is my house. | |
| er - Er wissen | |
| Ich hab das nicht. - I don’t have it. (i.e. the thing mentioned) | |
| 5. pron. (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb) | |
| Das regnet schon wieder. - It’s raining again. | |
| Wissen Sie, wie spät das ist? - Do you know what time it is? | |
| 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 | |
| Mädchen |
| 1. n-n. girl | |
| 2. n-n. maiden | |
| brachte |
| 1. v. brought; preterite of bringen, bring. | |
| bringen |
| 1. v. to bring, to fetch, to take, to convey, to bear | |
| Ich bringe die Katze ins Haus. - I'm bringing the cat into the house. | |
| 2. v. to bring, to lead, to guide, to accompany | |
| Sie hat dich ins Krankenhaus gebracht. - She brought you to the hospital. | |
| 3. v. (ditransitive) to cause (someone) to have (something); to cause (something) to exist for the benefit, or to the detriment, of (someone); to cause (something) to be a part of (something) | |
| Diese Münze bringt mir Glück. - This coin brings me luck. | |
| Die Ansiedelung des Unternehmens bringt der Gemeinde viele neue Einwohner. - The company’s setting up shop brings many new residents to the municipality. | |
| 4. v. to get, to cause (someone to do something) | |
| Sie bringt mich zum Lachen. - She makes me laugh. | |
| Ich bringe Julia dazu, mich nach Hause zu fahren. - I'll get Julia to drive me home. | |
| Ich kann ihn nicht dazu bringen, dass er mir die geheime Zutat verrät. - I can't get him to tell me the secret ingredient. | |
| „Er verrät mir die geheime Zutat nicht!“―„Keine Sorge, ich bringe ihn schon noch dazu.“ - “He’s not telling me the secret ingredient!”―“No worries, eventually I’ll make him tell you.” | |
| 5. v. To cause the action implied by a phrase to take place, possibly making the sentence more passive or indirect. | |
| zum Ausdruck bringen - to express | |
| in Einklang bringen - to reconcile | |
| zu Fall bringen - to bring down | |
| in Gang bringen - to initiate | |
| ins Gespräch bringen - to bring up for discussion | |
| in Ordnung bringen - to put in order | |
| auf den Punkt bringen - to get to the point | |
| in Sicherheit bringen - to bring to safety | |
| in Verbindung bringen - to associate | |
| auf den Weg bringen - to set on course (initiate) | |
| 6. v. to acquire; to take possession of | |
| 7. v. to accomplish; to yield | |
| 8. v. (colloquial transitive with es (or, shortend, ’s) negative polarity or sarcastic) to be of use; to be helpful | |
| „Lass mich noch mal mit dem Löffel versuchen, diese verflixte Dose aufzukriegen.“―„Ja, das bringt’s ganz bestimmt …“ - “Let me have another go with the spoon to get this darned tin can open.”―“ | |
| 9. v. (informal, intransitive) to deliver; to perform well | |
| Wenn man seine Leute ordentlich behandelt, dann bringen die auch. - If you treat your staff decently, then they actually deliver. | |
| 10. v. to get over with | |
| Ich will den Tag hinter mich bringen. - I want to get this day over with. | |
| den |
| 1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
| 2. art. dative plural of der | |
| 3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
| Topf |
| 1. n. pot (vessel used for cooking or storing food) | |
| seiner |
| 1. pron. his (substantival possessive) | |
| 2. pron. genitive of er | |
| 3. pron. genitive of es | |
| 4. det. feminine singular of sein | |
| 5. det. genitive plural of sein | |
| Mutter |
| 1. n. mother | |
| 2. Proper noun. Mother; Mum; Mom: one's mother | |
| 3. n-f. nut (for a bolt) | |
| Heim |
| 1. n. home | |
| 2. n. hostel | |
| 3. n. asylum | |
| 4. adv. home; always as a direction, thus never in the sense of at home | |
| 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? | |
| nun |
| 1. adv. now, at this moment | |
| 2. adv. now, then; expressing a logical or temporal consequence | |
| Wir haben abgewaschen, nun müssen wir noch abtrocknen. - We've washed up, now we must dry the dishes. | |
| Was bedeuten nun die geschilderten Entwicklungen für unser Land? - Now what do the aforementioned developments mean for our country? | |
| 3. adv. unstressed and expletive, used for minor emphasis | |
| Was soll das nun heißen? - What's that supposed to mean now? | |
| 4. interj. now, well, so | |
| Nun, das ist eine schwierige Frage. - Well, that's a tough question. | |
| 5. conj. (tlb, literary or dated colloquial) now that, given that it has occurred that the circumstances do not withstand that … | |
| Waren |
| 1. n. plural of Ware | |
| 2. v. first-person plural preterite of sein | |
| 3. v. third-person plural preterite of sein | |
| sein |
| 1. 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. | |
| 2. 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. | |
| 3. 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. | |
| 4. v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs | |
| Er ist alt geworden. - He has become old. | |
| 5. 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. | |
| 6. 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. | |
| 7. 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. | |
| 8. 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. | |
| 9. 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 | |
| 10. det. (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so. | |
| Der kostet so seine zweihundert Euro. - That one costs around two hundred euros. | |
| 11. det. one's | |
| Man muss seinem Herzen folgen. - One must follow one’s heart. | |
| Sie |
| 1. pron. you (polite; singular and plural) | |
| Was möchten Sie, Frau Wagner? - What would you like to have, Mrs. Wagner? | |
| 2. pron. she | |
| Ist sie noch krank? - Is she still sick? | |
| Das ist meine Katze. Sie heißt Lili. - This is my cat. Her name is Lili. | |
| Ich suche Vanessa. Hast du sie gesehen? - I'm looking for Vanessa. Have you seen her? | |
| 3. pron. it (when the object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine die) | |
| Scheint die Sonne noch? Nein, sie ist schon untergegangen. - Is the Sun still shining? No, it has already gone down. | |
| Ich suche meine Brieftasche. Hast du sie gesehen? - I'm looking for my wallet. Have you seen it? | |
| 4. pron. he (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a male person, is feminine die) | |
| Die Geisel Richard Meier versuchte, sich zu befreien, aber sie schaffte es nicht. - The hostage Richard Meier tried to break free, but he didn’t succeed. | |
| Die Wache Michael Müller beschädigte ihr Gewehr, wofür ihr Vorgesetzter sie bestrafte. - The guardsman Michael Müller damaged his rifle, and his supervisor punished him for that. | |
| 5. pron. they; them | |
| es |
| 1. pron. Nominative and accusative neuter third-person singular personal pronoun | |
| Wo ist das Buch? Es liegt auf dem Tisch. - Where's the book? It’s on the table. | |
| Wo ist das Kind? Ich habe es. - Where is the child? I have it. | |
| Welche Farbe hat das Pferd? Es ist weiß. - What color is the horse? It is white. | |
| Ich bemerkte ein merkwürdiges bärtiges Individuum und beschloss, es im Auge zu behalten. - I remarked a strange bearded individual and decided to keep an eye on him. | |
| Das Mädchen wusste nicht, dass es beobachtet wurde. - The girl didn’t know that she was being observed. | |
| Jedes Vorstandsmitglied kann das Wort ergreifen, wenn es dies wünscht. - Any board member may take the floor if they so wish. | |
| 2. pron. (Impersonal pronoun used to refer to statements, activities, the environment etc., or as a placeholder/dummy pronoun) — it | |
| Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
| Sie begann zu laufen, und ich tat es auch. - She began to run, and I did it also. | |
| Es war einmal eine schöne Prinzessin. - There was once a beautiful princess. | |
| Es ist gut zu leben! - It's good to be alive! | |
| Es regnet. - It’s raining. | |
| Es ist sicher, dass morgen die Sonne scheinen wird. - It's certain that the sun will shine tomorrow. | |
| Wie geht es dir? - How are you doing? | |
| Ich bin es, Michael. - It's me, Michael. | |
| Es spielt das Fernsehorchester. - The television orchestra is playing. | |
| Sie wird es noch weit bringen. - She is going to go far. | |
| 3. art. (regional, colloquial) alt form-lite, das | |
| Soll ich es Fenster zumachen? - Should I close the window? | |
| Ihrer |
| 1. pron. yours (i, polite/formal; both singular and plural) | |
| 2. pron. genitive of Sie i;addressing politely or formally one or more people | |
| 3. det. feminine singular of IhrDeterminer | |
| 4. det. genitive plural of IhrDeterminer | |
| 5. pron. personal genitive of sie: of her, of them | |
| 6. det. (possessive) feminine singular of ihr | |
| 7. det. (possessive) genitive plural of ihr | |
| Armut |
| 1. n. poverty | |
| 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? | |
| Ihres |
| 1. pron. (possessive) genitive singular of Ihr | |
| 2. det. genitive singular of ihr: her, its, their i;referring to a masculine or neuter object in the genitive case | |
| Hungers |
| 1. n. genitive singular of Hunger | |
| Hunger |
| 1. n. hunger | |
| ledig |
| 1. adj. unmarried | |
| 2. adj. (dated, literary, + genitive) free (of); rid (of) | |
| 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? | |
| aßen |
| 1. v. first-person plural preterite of essen | |
| 2. v. third-person plural preterite of essen | |
| essen |
| 1. v. to eat | |
| Er isst gern Schokolade. - He likes eating chocolate. | |
| Ich esse einen Apfel. - I am eating an apple. | |
| 2. v. to eat; to dine | |
| Wir haben noch nicht gegessen. - We have not eaten yet. | |
| Sie haben immer vor 9 Uhr abends gegessen. - They always ate before 9 o’clock in the evening. | |
| Süßen |
| 1. n. genitive singular of Süßer | |
| 2. v. to sweeten | |
| 3. adj. form of süß | |
| Brei |
| 1. n. mash; mush; porridge; any semisolid food | |
| 2. n. milk pudding with chewable pieces in it, such as rice pudding, semolina pudding, etc. | |
| sooft |
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| Sie |
| 1. pron. you (polite; singular and plural) | |
| Was möchten Sie, Frau Wagner? - What would you like to have, Mrs. Wagner? | |
| 2. pron. she | |
| Ist sie noch krank? - Is she still sick? | |
| Das ist meine Katze. Sie heißt Lili. - This is my cat. Her name is Lili. | |
| Ich suche Vanessa. Hast du sie gesehen? - I'm looking for Vanessa. Have you seen her? | |
| 3. pron. it (when the object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine die) | |
| Scheint die Sonne noch? Nein, sie ist schon untergegangen. - Is the Sun still shining? No, it has already gone down. | |
| Ich suche meine Brieftasche. Hast du sie gesehen? - I'm looking for my wallet. Have you seen it? | |
| 4. pron. he (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a male person, is feminine die) | |
| Die Geisel Richard Meier versuchte, sich zu befreien, aber sie schaffte es nicht. - The hostage Richard Meier tried to break free, but he didn’t succeed. | |
| Die Wache Michael Müller beschädigte ihr Gewehr, wofür ihr Vorgesetzter sie bestrafte. - The guardsman Michael Müller damaged his rifle, and his supervisor punished him for that. | |
| 5. pron. they; them | |
| es |
| 1. pron. Nominative and accusative neuter third-person singular personal pronoun | |
| Wo ist das Buch? Es liegt auf dem Tisch. - Where's the book? It’s on the table. | |
| Wo ist das Kind? Ich habe es. - Where is the child? I have it. | |
| Welche Farbe hat das Pferd? Es ist weiß. - What color is the horse? It is white. | |
| Ich bemerkte ein merkwürdiges bärtiges Individuum und beschloss, es im Auge zu behalten. - I remarked a strange bearded individual and decided to keep an eye on him. | |
| Das Mädchen wusste nicht, dass es beobachtet wurde. - The girl didn’t know that she was being observed. | |
| Jedes Vorstandsmitglied kann das Wort ergreifen, wenn es dies wünscht. - Any board member may take the floor if they so wish. | |
| 2. pron. (Impersonal pronoun used to refer to statements, activities, the environment etc., or as a placeholder/dummy pronoun) — it | |
| Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
| Sie begann zu laufen, und ich tat es auch. - She began to run, and I did it also. | |
| Es war einmal eine schöne Prinzessin. - There was once a beautiful princess. | |
| Es ist gut zu leben! - It's good to be alive! | |
| Es regnet. - It’s raining. | |
| Es ist sicher, dass morgen die Sonne scheinen wird. - It's certain that the sun will shine tomorrow. | |
| Wie geht es dir? - How are you doing? | |
| Ich bin es, Michael. - It's me, Michael. | |
| Es spielt das Fernsehorchester. - The television orchestra is playing. | |
| Sie wird es noch weit bringen. - She is going to go far. | |
| 3. art. (regional, colloquial) alt form-lite, das | |
| Soll ich es Fenster zumachen? - Should I close the window? | |
| wollten |
| 1. v. first-person plural preterite of wollen | |
| 2. v. third-person plural preterite of wollen | |
| 3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of wollen | |
| 4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of wollen | |
| wollen |
| 1. adj. (relational) wool; woolen, woollen | |
| 2. v. to want; to wish; to desire; to demand | |
| Ich will doch nur das Beste. - I want only the best. | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) to want (to do something) | |
| Ich will gehen. - I want to go. | |
| 4. v. (auxiliary) to intend, to mean | |
| Ich wollte dich nicht erschrecken. - I did not mean to scare you. | |
