| 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 | |
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| Griffen |
| 1. n. dative plural of Griff | |
| 2. v. first-person plural preterite of greifen | |
| 3. v. third-person plural preterite of greifen | |
| 4. v. first-person plural subjunctive of greifen | |
| 5. v. third-person plural subjunctive of greifen | |
| greifen |
| 1. v. to grab; to grasp; to grip (something) | |
| 2. v. to grab; to seize; to snatch (in an aggressive way) | |
| 3. v. to reach; to grab | |
| an etwas greifen - to grab onto something | |
| nach etwas greifen - to reach for something | |
| zu etwas greifen - to reach for something | |
| in etwas greifen - to reach into something | |
| 4. v. to capture (someone) | |
| 5. v. to strike | |
| 6. v. to take hold; to bite | |
| Trotz des schlechten Wetters griffen die Reifen hervorragend - The tires did bite perfectly despite the bad weather. | |
| an |
| 1. prep. (local) on; upon; at; in; against | |
| Das Bild hängt an der Wand. - The picture hangs on the wall. | |
| 2. prep. by; near; close to; next to | |
| 3. prep. (temporal, with days or times of day) on; in; at | |
| Wir treffen uns am (an dem) Dienstag. - We're meeting on Tuesday. | |
| Ich werde sie am (an dem) Abend sehen. - I will see her in the evening. | |
| 4. prep. (temporal) a; per; only used with the word Tag, otherwise use in | |
| zweimal am Tag - twice a day | |
| 5. prep. on; onto | |
| Ich hänge das Bild an die Wand. - I hang the picture on the wall. | |
| 6. prep. at; against | |
| Schauen Sie an die Tafel. - Look at the blackboard. | |
| 7. prep. to; for | |
| Ein Brief an Anna. - A letter for Anna. | |
| 8. adv. onward; on | |
| von heute an - from today on | |
| 9. adj. (predicative) on | |
| Ist der Schalter an oder aus? = Ist der Schalter an- oder ausgeschaltet? - Is the switch on or off. Is the switch switched on or off. | |
| greifen an |
| 1. v. first-person plural present of angreifen | |
| 2. v. third-person plural present of angreifen | |
| 3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of angreifen | |
| 4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of angreifen | |
| den |
| 1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
| 2. art. dative plural of der | |
| 3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
| Stangen |
| 1. n. plural of Stange | |
| Stange |
| 1. n-f. pole; bar; rod; post (a long stick, usually round and of metal, but also of other material, especially when fixed somewhere) | |
| 2. n-f. small straight glass for beer (especially Kölsch) | |
| 3. n-f. (of cigarettes) carton (lengthy box containing several packets) | |
| 4. n-f. (colloquial) a lot (especially of money); a packet | |
| eine Stange Geld - a lot of money | |
| 5. n-f. (in von der Stange or compounds) run-of-the-mill, chiefly with clothes (referring to the poles on which clothes are presented in large fashion shops) | |
| Stangenkleidung ist mir nicht individuell genug. - I find run-of-the-mill garments lacking in individuality. | |
| 6. n-f. (Austria, sports) crossbar (the bar which conjoins two goalposts) | |
| 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? | |
| Latten |
| 1. n. plural of Latte | |
| Latte |
| 1. n-f. batten; lath; slat (narrow board or strip, usually of wood) | |
| 2. n-f. (colloquial) boner, erection | |
| Morgenlatte - morning wood | |
| 3. n-f. (colloquial) beanpole (tall, thin person) | |
| 4. n-f. (colloquial) heap, ton (large quantity) | |
| Das kostet eine Latte Geld. | |
| 5. n-f. (colloquial in set phrases) all the same | |
| Das ist mir Latte! - It's all the same to me! | |
| 6. n-f. (sports) crossbar (the bar which conjoins two goalposts) | |
| Lattentreffer - shot against the bar, q=soccer | |
| 7. n-f. (sports) bar (to be jumped over, made of wood or metal) | |
| 8. n. informal ellipsis of Latte macchiato | |
| herum |
| 1. adv. about, around. | |
| Er lief herum. - He ran around. | |
| 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? | |
| sagten |
| 1. v. first-person plural preterite of sagen | |
| 2. v. third-person plural preterite of sagen | |
| 3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of sagen | |
| 4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of sagen | |
| sagen |
| 1. v. to say (to pronounce; communicate verbally) | |
| 2. v. to tell (to inform (someone) verbally) | |
| 3. v. to mean (to convey or signify) | |
| 4. v. to speak up (+obj, etwas) | |
| Herrgott |
| 1. n. (Christianity, with definite article) God, the Lord | |
| 2. n. (Southern Germany, Austria) crucifix (statue of Jesus on the cross) | |
| 3. interj. good Lord! (expression of being startled or scared) | |
| 4. interj. damn! (expression of frustration) | |
| wie |
| 1. adv. how | |
| Wie groß bist du? - How tall are you? | |
| Ich weiß nicht, wie die Katze hereingekommen ist. - I don't know how the cat got in. | |
| Wie wunderbar! - How wonderful! | |
| 2. conj. like | |
| Freunde sind wie Sterne in der Nacht. - Friends are like stars in the night. | |
| 3. conj. as | |
| Wie ihr wisst, bin ich in Dortmund aufgewachsen. - As you know, I grew up in Dortmund. | |
| Ich bin so schnell wie du. - I’m as fast as you are. | |
| 4. conj. (colloquial nonstandard) than | |
| Der Junge ist größer wie sein Vater. - The boy is taller than his father. | |
| 5. conj. (chiefly colloquial) when referring to the past | |
| Ich hab ihn gesehen, wie ich in Köln war. - I saw him when I was in Cologne. | |
| Wie ich zur Tür herauskomme, steht da mein alter Schulfreund. - When I came out the door, my old school-day friend was standing in front of me. | |
| schade |
| 1. adj. a pity; bummer; unfortunate; disappointing | |
| Schade! - What a pity! | |
| Das ist aber schade! - That’s such a pity! | |
| Es ist zu schade, dass er nicht kommen konnte. - It's a pity that he couldn’t make it. | |
| 2. adj. (usually with zu) too good to waste | |
| Meine neuen Schuhe sind zu schade, um damit durch den Wald zu laufen. - My new shoes are too good to wear them for a walk through the forest. | |
| Ich bin mir für's Kloputzen nicht zu schade. - I don’t consider myself too good for cleaning the loo. | |
| 3. v. first-person singular present of schaden | |
| 4. v. first-person singular subjunctive of schaden | |
| 5. v. third-person singular subjunctive of schaden | |
| 6. v. singular imperative of schaden | |
| schaden |
| 1. v. to hurt, to be harmful | |
| Es kann nicht schaden, es mal zu versuchen. - It can't hurt to give it a try. | |
| 2. v. (with dative object) to damage, to harm, to hurt | |
| Der Fehler hat seinem Ruf geschadet. - The mistake harmed his reputation. | |
| um |
| 1. prep. about | |
| Es geht um den Kuchen. - It's about the pie. | |
| 2. prep. around | |
| Um die Ecke - around the corner | |
| 3. prep. at, by (qual, when relating to time) | |
| Um acht Uhr reisen wir ab - At eight o’clock we depart | |
| 4. prep. by (qual, percentage difference) | |
| Die Verkaufsmengen gingen um 6% zurück. - Sales in volume has decreased by 6%. | |
| 5. prep. (Austria) for qual, amount of money | |
| Um einen Euro bekommt man heute nicht besonders viel. - You can't buy much for one euro these days. | |
| Heute im Sonderangebot um nur 99 Euro. - Special offer today for only 99 euros. | |
| 6. conj. in order to, so as to | |
| Wir sind gekommen, um zu helfen. - We’ve come (in order) to help. | |
| 7. adj. (predicative, not attributive) up, in the sense of finished | |
| Werden dich in kurzem binden/ Erdgeist, deine Zeit ist um - source=Friedrich von Hardenberg, Novalis | |
| 8. adv. around, about | |
| 9. adv. turned over, changed, from one state to another | |
| 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 | |
| Alte |
| 1. n. female equivalent of Alter: old woman | |
| 2. n. plural of Alter | |
| 3. n. nominative singular of Alter | |
| 4. adj. form of alt | |
| Werk |
| 1. n. work, achievement (the result of working) | |
| Nach getaner Arbeit betrachtete er sein Werk. - After having finished working, he looked at what he had achieved | |
| 2. n. work, piece (of art, literature, or the like) | |
| Macbeth ist eins von Shakespeares wichtigsten Werken. - Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most important works. | |
| 3. n. factory, plant, works | |
| Die Firma will ihr Stuttgarter Werk schließen. - The company is going to close down its Stuttgart works. | |
| 4. n. (religion) work (morally relevant deed) | |
| Gott richtet den Menschen nach Glauben und Werken. - God judges a person by their faith and works. | |
| Bergarbeit ist ein hartes Werk. - Mining is hard work. | |
| seht |
| 1. v. second-person plural present of sehen | |
| 2. v. plural imperative of sehen | |
| welche |
| 1. det. feminine singular of welcher | |
| 2. det. plural of welcher | |
| 3. pron. feminine singular of welcher | |
| 4. pron. plural of welcher | |
| 5. pron. some | |
| Balken |
| 1. n-m. beam, crossbeam | |
| Das Dach wird von vier Balken gestützt. - The roof is supported by four beams. | |
| 2. n-m. bar (long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart; informal unit of measure of signal strength for a wireless device such as a cell phon | |
| Ich habe noch vier Balken Akku. - I still have four bars of battery. | |
| 3. n-m. (music) beam (horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value) | |
| 4. n-m. (heraldry) fess | |
| 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. | |
| Eichen |
| 1. n. plural of Eiche | |
| 2. n. diminutive of Ei: little egg | |
| 3. v. to calibrate, to gauge | |
| 4. adj. (relational) oak; made of oak | |
| Eiche |
| 1. n-f. An oak tree, an oak, Quercus; the common tree | |
| Eichen können über tausend Jahre alt werden. - Oak trees can reach an age of more than one thousand years. | |
| Korkeiche - cork oak | |
| 2. n-f. oak; the wood of the tree | |
| fester |
| 1. adj. form of fest | |
| fest |
| 1. adj. firm; compact; hard | |
| 2. adj. firm; fixed; rigid | |
| 3. adj. firm; steadfast | |
| Als |
| 1. n. creek, drainage channel | |
| 2. conj. (subordinating, referring to time of occurrence) at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as | |
| Als er ankam, öffnete sie die Tür. - When he arrived, she opened the door. | |
| Als wir jung waren, spielten wir im Wald. - We played in the forest when we were young. | |
| 3. conj. (used with a comparison or as an exception) than | |
| Zwei ist größer als eins. - Two is greater than one. | |
| Die Kopie sieht anders aus als das Original. - The copy looks different than the original. | |
| Er sagt nichts anderes als die Wahrheit. - He tells nothing other than the truth. | |
| 4. conj. as; like; in the function of; in the form of | |
| Als Polizist muss ich es tun. - As a policeman, I must do it. | |
| Wir sind Feinde, aber im Moment müssen wir uns als Freunde verhalten. - We are enemies, but for now we must act like friends. | |
| Sie verkleidete sich als Krankenschwester, um das Krankenhaus zu betreten. - She disguised herself as a nurse to enter the hospital. | |
| 5. conj. as if | |
| 6. conj. (after negative pronoun) but, other than | |
| Eisen |
| 1. n-n. iron (chemical element, Fe) | |
| 2. n-n. pick (miner's tool) | |
| 3. v. to freeze | |
| 4. adj. (obsolete) of iron | |
| 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? | |
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| noch |
| 1. adv. still, yet (up to and including a given time) | |
| Du magst mich noch. - You still like me. | |
| Ich bin noch nicht fertig. - I’m not ready yet. | |
| 2. adv. yet, eventually (at an unknown time in the future) | |
| Er wird noch kommen. - He will come eventually. | |
| Das brauche ich später noch. - I'll need that sometime. | |
| 3. adv. additionally, in addition, besides, else; (more often expressed in English with) another, more | |
| Da ist noch einer. - There’s another one. | |
| Da sind noch welche. - There are some more. | |
| Ich habe noch Schokolade im Auto. - I have some more chocolate in the car. | |
| Weißt du noch was? - Can you think of anything else? | |
| 4. adv. (only) just; barely (by a small margin) | |
| Ich habe es gerade noch geschafft. - I made it just in time. | |
| 5. adv. (with comparative) even | |
| Deins ist noch schöner! - Yours is even prettier! | |
| 6. conj. (following a negation, especially weder) nor; function word introducing each except the first term or series, indicating none of them is true | |
| Ich mag weder ihn noch dich. - I like neither him nor you. | |
| Er versteht es nicht noch wird er es jemals verstehen. - He doesn’t understand it, nor will he ever understand it. | |
| Jahrhunderte |
| 1. n. plural of Jahrhundert | |
| Jahrhundert |
| 1. n-n. a century (period of 100 years) | |
| 21. Jahrhundert (1. Januar 2001 bis 31. Dezember 2100) - 21st century | |
| gedauert |
| 1. Participle. past participle of dauern | |
| dauern |
| 1. v. to last, to continue, to persist (for a period of time) | |
| Der Film dauert zwei Stunden. - The movie lasts two hours. | |
| 2. v. to last, to be permanent | |
| Unsere Liebe wird dauern. - Our love will last. | |
| 3. v. (impersonal, with bis) to take time, to take a while (for, until) | |
| Es dauert, bis die Medizin wirkt. - It takes time for the medicine to work. | |
