| 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 | |
| Fluss |
| 1. n. river | |
| 2. n. flow | |
| ist |
| 1. v. third-person singular present 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. | |
| voller |
| 1. adj. form of voll | |
| 2. adj. comparative of voll | |
| 3. prep. full of | |
| Heute ist ein neuer Tag voller neuer Möglichkeiten. - Today is a new day full of new possibilities. | |
| Wir wünschen euch ein Leben voller Liebe und Glück. - We wish you all a life full of love and happiness. | |
| Geheimnisse |
| 1. n. plural of Geheimnis | |
| Geheimnis |
| 1. n-n. secret | |
| Das Geheimnis des blauen Eichhörnchens - The Secret of the Blue Squirrel | |
| Gefahren |
| 1. n. plural of Gefahr | |
| 2. Participle. past participle of fahren | |
| Gefahr |
| 1. n-f. danger, hazard, peril, risk | |
| 2. n-f. threat | |
| 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? | |
| Mächte |
| 1. n. plural of Macht | |
| Macht |
| 1. n. power, authority | |
| Die Kanzlerin übernahm die Macht im Jahr 2005. - The Chancellor took power in 2005. | |
| 2. n. might, strength | |
| Glauben Sie an die Macht der Liebe? - Do you believe in the power of love? | |
| 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? | |
| alle |
| 1. pron. feminine singular of all | |
| 2. pron. plural of all | |
| 3. det. feminine singular of all | |
| 4. det. plural of all | |
| 5. adj. (colloquial) finished; gone | |
| Die Milch ist alle. - The milk is gone. | |
| Wir haben gestern das Bier alle gemacht. - Yesterday we have depleted the beer. | |
| alles |
| 1. pron. (indefinite) everything; all | |
| Alles ist gut. - All is well. | |
| 2. pron. (indefinite, chiefly colloquial, appositional) all (as in "we all" etc.) | |
| Ihr seid alles Idioten. - You're all idiots. | |
| Die Politiker haben alle keine Ahnung. - The politicians all don’t have a clue. | |
| 3. det. of all | |
| Alles Geld der Welt würde ich für dich geben. - All the money in the world I'd give for you. | |
| Ich wünsche dir alles Gute. - I wish you all the best. | |
| Flussvölker |
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| 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 | |
| Erde |
| 1. n-f. soil | |
| Sie nahm eine Handvoll Erde. - She took a handful of soil. | |
| 2. n-f. the ground | |
| Er fiel auf die Erde. - He fell on the ground. | |
| 3. n-f. a world; a space to live in | |
| Diese Erde wird vergehen, aber Gott wird eine neue Erde schaffen. - This earth will fade, but God will create a new earth. | |
| 4. Proper noun. the planet Earth | |
| 5. v. first-person singular present of erden | |
| 6. v. singular imperative of erden | |
| 7. v. first-person singular subjunctive of erden | |
| 8. v. third-person singular subjunctive of erden | |
| sind |
| 1. v. first-person plural present of sein | |
| Wir sind hier drüben. - We are over here. | |
| 2. v. third-person plural present of sein | |
| Da sind sie. - There they are. | |
| 3. v. second-person plural present of sein | |
| Wo sind Sie? - Where are you? (polite form) | |
| 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. | |
| über |
| 1. prep. (accusative, or dative) above, over (spatially) | |
| Über dem Wald ist der Himmel blau. - Over the forest, the sky is blue. | |
| Die Vögel flogen über den Wald. - The birds flew over the forest. | |
| 2. prep. about, concerning, over, at (in reference to) | |
| Die ganze Klasse lachte über ihren Witz. - The entire class laughed at her joke. | |
| 3. prep. (accusative) via, through, by way of | |
| Der Zug fährt über den Hauptbahnhof. - The train goes via the main station. | |
| Ich kaufe alles über das Internet. - I buy everything through the internet. | |
| 4. prep. (accusative) across | |
| Ich fahre mit der Fähre über die Ostsee. - I travel on the ferry across the Baltic Sea. | |
| 5. prep. (accusative) during, for, over a time period | |
| Es regnete über das Wochenende. - It rained over the weekend. | |
| Er hat uns über Jahre belogen. - He's lied to us for years. | |
| 6. prep. (accusative) about | |
| Ich schreibe ein Buch über Goethes Leben. - I'm writing a book about Goethe's life. | |
| 7. prep. around, among | |
| 8. prep. over, more than, above (a quantity) | |
| 9. prep. beyond | |
| Die technischen Probleme in der Welt von heute gehen weit über den Rahmen des Technischen hinaus. - The technological problems in today's world extend far beyond the scope of technology. | |
| 10. prep. at (when 'over' or 'about' could roughly be substituted) | |
| 11. adj. (tlb, colloquial) left over, remaining, (replaces übrig in all its predicative instances, including those lexicalized as verb prefixoids.) | |
| überbleiben - to be left over, to remain | |
| Hier sind noch zwei Gurken über. Willst du die haben? - Here there are two gherkins left. Wanna have em? | |
| 12. adv. over (in certain select phrases) | |
| über und über - over and over | |
| 13. post. (following accusative) throughout | |
| Den ganzen Tag über. - Throughout the entire day. | |
| solche |
| 1. pron. feminine singular of solch | |
| 2. pron. plural of solch | |
| 3. pron. nominative singular of solch | |
| 4. pron. accusative singular of solch | |
| Legenden |
| 1. n. plural of Legende | |
| Legende |
| 1. n-f. legend | |
| 2. n-f. key, explanation | |
| spirituell |
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| mit |
| 1. prep. with (in the company of; alongside) | |
| Ich spiele mit meinen Freunden. - I'm playing with my friends. | |
| 2. prep. with, by (using as an instrument; by means of) | |
| Ich schreibe mit einem Bleistift. - I'm writing with a pencil. | |
| Ich fahre mit dem Bus. - I'm going by bus. | |
| 3. prep. with (as an accessory to) | |
| 4. prep. with (having) | |
| 5. prep. at (with the age of) | |
| 6. prep. with, including, with ... included | |
| 7. adv. among; denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group | |
| Hier gibt es mit das beste Essen in der Stadt. - Here they have some of the best food in town. | |
| Ich war mit der erste, der hier war. - I was one of the very first who arrived. | |
| 8. adv. also, too (in addition; besides; as well) | |
| 9. adv. (somewhat, informal) with (something), with it | |
| Ich brauch nicht unbedingt Majonäse zu den Fritten, aber mit sind sie natürlich besser. - I don't necessarily need mayonnaise with the chips, but they taste better with it, of course. | |
| 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 | |
| inneren |
| 1. adj. form of inner | |
| Inneres |
| 1. n. inside, interior | |
| das Bundesministerium des Innern — the federal ministry of the interior | |
| 2. n. bowels, innards | |
| Welt |
| 1. n-f. world | |
| 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 | |
| Stroms |
| 1. n. genitive singular of Strom | |
| Strom |
| 1. n. a large river | |
| 2. n. stream; current | |
| 3. n. (physics) electric current; electricity | |
| 4. n. electricity (electric power) | |
| Verbunden |
| 1. n. dative plural of Verbund | |
| 2. Participle. past participle of verbinden | |
| 3. adj. related, connected, interconnected | |
| Die Sensoren sind mit einem Monitor verbunden. - The sensors are connected to a monitor. | |
| 4. adj. (not comparable) bandaged | |
| verbinden |
| 1. v. to join, to combine, to connect | |
| 2. v. (medicine) to bandage | |
| 3. v. (telephony) to put through | |
