| 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 | |
| Spuk |
| 1. n. (usually) collective word for apparitions or actions of ghosts, haunting, supernatural (usually frightening) occurrences | |
| Wenn es kein Spuk war, muss es eine natürliche Erklärung geben. - If it wasn't ghosts, there must be a natural explanation for it. | |
| 2. n. (informal) any set of unusual occurrences, often stressful, but not necessarily negative | |
| Der ganze Spuk mit der Hochzeit hat bisher eigentlich ganz gut geklappt. - All those dealings with the wedding have actually worked out pretty well up until now. | |
| Mein Sohn hatte gestern einen Freund zur Übernachtung da und die beiden haben ganz schön Spuk gemacht. - My son had a friend staying over last night and the two were a bit boisterous. | |
| 3. n. (obsolete) a ghost, spectre | |
| 4. v. singular imperative of spuken | |
| 5. v. colloquial of | |
| hatte |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of haben | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite 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. | |
| im |
| 1. contraction. contraction of in dem ; in the | |
| 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) | |
| dem |
| 1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
| Sommer |
| 1. n-m. summer | |
| 2. Proper noun. (surname, from=nicknames) originating as a nickname | |
| 1981 |
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| begonnen |
| 1. Participle. past participle of beginnen | |
| beginnen |
| 1. v. to begin; to commence; to be started | |
| Der Vortrag hat begonnen. - The lecture has begun. | |
| 2. v. (chiefly literary, transitive or with mit) to start something; to begin something | |
| Er hat den Vortrag begonnen. - He has started the lecture. | |
| Er hat mit dem Vortrag begonnen. - He has started the lecture. | |
