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 | |
Sohn |
1. n. son | |
eines |
1. num. genitive singular of ein | |
2. art. genitive singular of ein: a, an | |
3. pron. singular of einer | |
4. pron. genitive singular of einer | |
berühmten |
1. adj. form of berühmt | |
berühmt |
1. Participle. past participle of berühmen | |
2. adj. famous, well-known, renowned, celebrated, noted | |
Vaters |
1. n. genitive singular of Vater | |
Vater |
1. n. father | |
Mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Sonntag unsere neun Planeten. - My father explains to me our nine planets every Sunday. | |
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 | |
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. | |
hat |
1. v. third-person singular present 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. | |
naturgemäß |
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Zwei |
1. n-f. two (digit or figure) | |
Die Zwei ist die einzige gerade Primzahl. - Two is the only even prime number. | |
Die Zahl 22 besteht aus zwei Zweien. - The number 22 consists of two 2s. | |
Ich werf' dauernd Zweien! - I’m always throwing twos! (in dice) | |
2. n-f. (Germany) an academic grade indicating "good", corresponding roughly to a B in English-speaking countries | |
Die gute Nachricht: Ich habe eine Zwei in Englisch! - The good news: I got a B in English! | |
3. num. (cardinal) two (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 2; or describing a set with two components) | |
Seiten |
1. n. plural of Seite "pages/sides". | |
Seite |
1. n-f. (geometry, and in general) side (a bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape) | |
Ein Dreieck hat drei Seiten. - A triangle has three sides. | |
2. n-f. (geometry) face, side, surface of any three-dimensional object | |
Ein Würfel hat sechs identische Seiten. - A cube has six identical sides. | |
3. n-f. page (single leaf of any manuscript or book) | |
4. n-f. side (one of the two surfaces of a sheet of paper) | |
Du kannst auf beide Seiten des Blattes schreiben. - You can write on both sides of the paper. | |
5. n-f. one side or half of something or someone | |
Auf der rechten Seite findest du nützliche Info. Die andere Seite ist nutzlos. - On the right side you will find useful information. The other side is useless. | |
Beide Seiten sind unleserlich. - Both sides are illegible. | |
Die eine Seite des Gebäudes brannte. - One side of the building was aflame. | |
6. n-f. (figuratively) a certain aspect of a concept | |
Versuch es einmal von der schönen Seite zu betrachten. - Try to look at it from the bright side. | |
Um ein Problem zu lösen muss man den Sachverhalt von allen Seiten betrachten. - To solve a problem, one has to take into account all the specific aspects of the issue. | |
7. n-f. (figuratively) side, faction or group of competitors in a war, game, conflict or any other competitive situation in opposite to their opponents | |
Keine Seite kann diesen Krieg gewinnen. - No faction is able to win this war. | |
Ich bin immer auf der Seite der Verlierer. - I am always on the side of the losers. | |
8. n-f. face of a coin or dice | |
9. n-f. (computing) website | |
zum |
1. contraction. to or for the (contraction of zu + dem) | |
2. contraction. to or for a (contraction of zu + einem) | |
einen |
1. num. masculine accusative singular of ein | |
2. art. masculine accusative singular of ein: a, an | |
3. pron. masculine accusative singular of einer | |
4. pron. singular of einer | |
5. pron. plural of einer | |
6. v. (higher register, transitive) to unite | |
Eine Idee, die alle eint. - An idea that unites everybody. | |
7. v. (higher register, reflexive) to come to terms | |
Nach langem Diskutieren haben sie sich endlich geeint. - After discussing for a long time, they have eventually come to an agreement. | |
kann |
1. v. first-person singular present of können | |
2. v. third-person singular present of können | |
können |
1. v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can. | |
2. 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. | |
3. 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. | |
4. 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. | |
5. 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 | |
6. 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. | |
7. 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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Es |
1. n. (music) E-flat | |
2. n. (psychoanalysis) id | |
3. 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. | |
4. 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. | |
5. art. (regional, colloquial) alt form-lite, das | |
Soll ich es Fenster zumachen? - Should I close the window? | |
Dinge |
1. n. plural of Ding | |
Ding |
1. n. thing | |
Was ist das für ein Ding? - What is that thing? | |
2. n. (mildly disrespectful) thing; girl; boy (young person) | |
3. n. (dated) Thing (historic Germanic council) | |
einfacher |
1. adj. comparative of einfach | |
2. adj. form of einfach | |
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? | |
überhaupt |
1. adv. overall, in general | |
2. adv. at all; anyway | |
Hört Ihr mir überhaupt zu? - Are you listening to me at all? | |
3. adv. actually | |
4. adv. even | |
erst |
1. adv. first, at first | |
2. adv. only (with progress, accomplishments or the present time) | |
Sie ist erst 28 Jahre alt. - She is only 28 years old. | |
Es ist erst halb zehn. - It is only half past nine. | |
3. adv. not until, not for, not before (with reference to a point or period of time in the future) | |
Ich bin erst nächsten Monat in Urlaub. - I'm not on vacation until next month. | |
Mein Bruder kommt erst in drei Wochen an. - My brother's not arriving for three weeks. | |
4. adv. only, as recently as (with reference to the past) | |
Er ist erst gestern gegangen. - He left only yesterday. | |
Er ist erst seit zwei Tagen da. - He has only been here for two days. | |
5. adv. short for, erstmal | |
Es ist kalt im Süden. Und im Norden erst! - It is cold in the South. And especially in the North. | |
6. adv. Switzerland synonym of zumal | |
möglich |
1. adj. (chiefly predicative) possible (what can be done or achieved) | |
Es ist möglich, ungesund zu essen und trotzdem gesund zu bleiben. - It is possible to eat unhealthily and stay healthy nonetheless. | |
2. adj. potential; likely | |
Die möglichen Folgen des Klimawandels sind kaum abzusehen. - The potential consequences of climate change are barely predictable. | |
3. adj. (colloquial idiomatic with alle, alles) a whole bunch of; a great deal of; a lot of; many | |
Mein Freund hat mir gestern alle möglichen Reggaesongs vorgespielt. - My boyfriend made me listen to a whole bunch of reggae songs yesterday. | |
Machen |
1. n. gerund of machen | |
2. v. to make, produce, create (an object, arrangement, situation, etc.) | |
Ich hab dir einen Kuchen gemacht! - I made you a pie! | |
Du hast einen Fehler gemacht. - You made a mistake. | |
3. v. to make, prepare | |
Machst du heute das Essen? - Are you making dinner today? | |
sich eine Pizza machen - to prepare a pizza for oneself | |
4. v. to do, perform, carry out (to execute; to put into operation (an action)) | |
Mach es! - Do it! | |
Das hat er ganz allein gemacht! - He did that all by himself! | |
ein Experiment machen - to perform an experiment | |
5. v. to do; (indicates an activity associated with a noun) | |
Sport machen - do sports | |
eine Party machen - have a party | |
6. v. to go (to make the (specified) sound) | |
Das Auto machte "Bumm" und hielt an. - The car went "boom" and stopped. | |
7. v. to make (to cause or compel (to do something)) | |
8. v. to cause (to set off an event or action or produce as a result) | |
9. v. to make (to cause to be) | |
Dieser Film macht mich schläfrig. - This movie makes me sleepy. | |
10. v. to make (transform from one thing into another) | |
Die Mühle macht Mehl aus Weizen. - The mill makes flour from wheat. | |
11. v. to make (to have as a feature) | |
Die Straße macht vor uns eine Linkskurve. - The road makes a turn to the left ahead. | |
12. v. to come to, total, cost (to require the payment of) | |
Wie viel macht das? - How much does that come to? | |
13. v. to make, be (the result of a calculation) | |
Sieben plus fünf macht zwölf. - Seven plus five makes twelve. | |
14. v. to make (to earn, gain wages, profit, etc.) | |
Der Herr Müller ist echt reich; der macht mehr als 5000 Euro im Monat. - Mr Müller is quite rich; he makes more than 5000 Euros per month. | |
15. v. to be, play (to act as the indicated role, especially in a performance) | |
16. v. to matter (to be important) | |
Das macht nichts! - That doesn't matter! | |
17. v. to make, make oneself out to be, act, play (to behave so as to give an appearance of being; to act as if one were (something, or a certain way)) (+preo, auf) | |
18. v. to do one's business, do number two or number one, go (to defecate or urinate) | |
(childish) groß machen - to go poop | |
(childish) klein machen - to go pee | |
19. v. to do (to fare or perform (well or poorly)) | |
Machen Sie sich gut? - Are you doing well? | |
20. v. to look (to have an appearance of being) | |
Der Mantel macht sich sehr schön. - The coat looks very nice. | |
21. v. to get cracking (an (“on,” “with”)), get a move on (it), to get down (an (“to”)) (something); (in imperative:) come on, let's go | |
etwa |
1. adv. approximately | |
2. adv. for instance | |
3. adv. by any chance | |
4. adv. (modal) really (expresses the expectation of a negative answer) | |
Willst du etwa schon gehen? - Do you really want to leave so soon? | |
den |
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
2. art. dative plural of der | |
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
Einstieg |
1. n. entrance | |
2. n. start | |
3. v. first-person singular preterite of einsteigen | |
4. v. third-person singular preterite of einsteigen | |
in |
1. prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building) | |
Es ist in dem Haus. - It is in the house. | |
Ich habe die Schlüssel im (in dem) Kühlschrank gefunden. - I found the keys in the refrigerator. | |
Unsere Kinder sind in der Schule. - Our kids are at school. | |
Er ist in einem Café. - He is at a coffee shop. | |
Letzte Nacht waren sie im (in dem) Club. - They were at the club last night. | |
2. prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to) | |
in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense | |
3. prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time) | |
Er schloss sein Studium im Alter von vierzehn. - He completed his studies at/by the age of fourteen. | |
im Alter - in old age | |
im Mittelalter - during the middle ages | |
in den 1960er Jahren - in the 1960s | |
4. prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of)) | |
Er geht ins Haus. - He goes into the house. | |
Wir gehen in die Schweiz. - We are going to Switzerland. | |
Wir treten in ein neues Zeitalter ein. - We are coming into a new age. | |
5. adj. in, popular (in fashion) | |
gewisse |
1. adj. form of gewiss | |
gewiss |
1. adj. certain | |
2. adv. certainly, indeed | |
Kreise |
1. n. plural of Kreis | |
2. v. first-person singular present of kreisen | |
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of kreisen | |
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of kreisen | |
5. v. singular imperative of kreisen | |
Kreis |
1. n-m. circle | |
2. n-m. (figurative) range, scope | |
3. n-m. a type of territorial administrative division, district | |