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 | |
Vorposten |
1. n-m. (military) outpost | |
meldeten |
1. v. first-person plural preterite of melden | |
2. v. third-person plural preterite of melden | |
3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of melden | |
4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of melden | |
melden |
1. v. to report, to inform about | |
Der Direktor meldete den Unfall. - The principal reported the accident. | |
Örtlich wird Eisglätte gemeldet. - Icy conditions are being reported from some locations. | |
2. v. to tell on (someone) | |
3. v. to announce (some situation or predicted result) | |
Ich hatte Kontra gemeldet. - I had doubled. | |
4. v. to come forward, volunteer, enlist | |
5. v. to put one's hand up (e.g. in school) | |
6. v. to answer (an advertisement etc.) | |
7. v. to report (announce oneself, especially to a superior) | |
Herr Leutnant, Sie sollen sich beim Kommandeur melden. - Lieutenant, sir, you've been asked to report to the commander. | |
8. v. to get or stay in touch, touch base, get back to (make contact) | |
Der Vorschlag hört sich gut an... ich melde mich bei dir! - Your proposal sounds good... I'm getting in touch with you! | |
Meldet euch, wenn ihr da seid! - Give us a call when you have arrived! | |
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. | |
einiger |
1. adj. form of einig | |
einig |
1. pron. some, a few, plenty | |
Er hat einige Probleme. - He has quite a few problems. | |
Er bestand die Prüfung mit einiger Mühe. - He passed the exam with some trouble. | |
2. adj. united | |
3. adj. (predicative only) agreed, in agreement | |
Wir sind (uns) darüber einig. - We agree on that. | |
Verspätung |
1. n-f. delay, lateness, late arrival | |
daß |
1. conj. Superseded spelling of dass | |
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 | |
Pfad |
1. n. path | |
von |
1. prep. from | |
Ich fahre von Köln nach Hamburg. - I'm travelling from Cologne to Hamburg. | |
Ich hab’s von meiner Schwester gehört. - I heard it from my sister. | |
2. prep. of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below) | |
das Auto meines Vaters - - = uxi = uxi, das Auto von meinem Vater, my father’s car / the car of my father | |
3. prep. by (with passive voice) | |
Das Hotel wird von der Firma bezahlt. - The hotel is paid for by the company. | |
4. prep. about, of (a topic) | |
Er hat von seiner Jugend erzählt. - He told about his youth. | |
5. prep. on, with (a resource) | |
Von welchem Geld soll ich als Arbeitsloser in Urlaub fahren? - Being unemployed, on what money should I go on holidays? | |
Man kann nicht nur von Luft und Liebe leben. - You can’t live on air and love alone. (proverb) | |
einem |
1. num. dative singular of ein | |
2. art. dative singular of ein: a, an | |
3. pron. dative singular of einer | |
Zug |
1. n. train (multiple vehicles one behind the other, particularly travelling on rails) | |
2. n. pull (force that pulls in a specific direction) | |
3. n. draught (of air) | |
4. n. traction | |
5. n. course | |
6. n. (from a cigarette, etc.) drag, draught | |
7. n. (from a drink) draught, gulp | |
8. n. stroke | |
9. n. feature, trait | |
10. n. (military) platoon | |
11. n. (turn based games) move, play | |
berittener |
1. adj. form of beritten | |
beritten |
1. Participle. past participle of bereiten | |
2. adj. mounted (riding horses) | |
Gendarmen |
1. n. plural of Gendarm | |
2. n. genitive singular of Gendarm | |
Gendarm |
1. n. gendarme | |
Aus |
1. n. (sports) an out; the end of play for an individual or a team | |
2. n. (sports) the out of bounds area | |
3. n. end | |
4. adv. out | |
5. adv. (with sein) over; finished; done; up | |
Das Spiel ist aus! - The game is up! | |
6. adj. (of a device) off | |
7. prep. out of; from (from the inside of something) | |
Hol das Besteck aus der Schublade! - Get the cutlery from the drawer! | |
8. prep. from (a place; see usage notes below) | |
Er kommt aus dem selben Dorf wie ich. - He’s from the same village as I am. | |
9. prep. of; made of; out of | |
ein Haus aus Eis - a house made of ice | |
10. prep. for; out of (because of a feeling or inner quality) | |
etwas aus Freundschaft tun - to do something out of friendship (i.e. a sense of friendship) | |
etwas aus Feigheit unterlassen - to neglect something out of cowardice | |
Reni |
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blockiert |
1. Participle. past participle of blockieren | |
2. v. third-person singular present of blockieren | |
3. v. second-person plural present of blockieren | |
4. v. plural imperative of blockieren | |
blockieren |
1. v. to block | |
2. v. to lock | |
Eine Gewaltbremsung kann die Räder blockieren. - Sudden braking can lock the wheels. | |
wäre |
1. v. first-person singular subjunctive of sein | |
2. v. third-person singular subjunctive 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. | |
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? | |
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! | |
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. | |
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) | |
Ordnung |
1. n-f. arrangement, regulation | |
2. n-f. classification, order, array | |
3. n-f. tidiness, orderliness | |
4. n-f. class, rank, succession, series | |
5. n-f. (religion) Ordnung (Amish rules of living) | |
in Ordnung |
1. adj. all right, OK | |
Das geht in Ordnung. - That's OK. | |
2. interj. all right | |
sei |
1. v. first-person singular subjunctive of sein | |
2. v. third-person singular subjunctive of sein | |
3. v. singular imperative 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. | |