| doch |
| 1. part. (in response to a negative question or statement) yes; surely; really; on the contrary | |
| Das darfst du nicht sagen. — Doch! - You can’t say that. — Yes, I can! | |
| Du wirst nicht kommen? — Doch! - You're not going to come? — Yes, I am! | |
| 2. conj. though; yet; but; however; nevertheless | |
| 3. conj. for all that; after all; but | |
| 4. adv. after all; yet; however; nevertheless | |
| 5. adv. really; just | |
| 6. adv. indicates proposal Why don't you/we | |
| Komm doch mal mit. - Why don't you just come with us? | |
| je |
| 1. adv. ever | |
| 2. adv. per | |
| 3. adv. (with “desto”, “umso” or “je”) the | |
| je mehr, desto besser - the more the better | |
| je früher, umso besser - the sooner the better | |
| Mehr |
| 1. n. increase, excess | |
| ein Mehr an Arbeit, Steuern, Unkosten, ... - an excess of work, taxes, costs, ... | |
| 2. n. majority, more than half (50%) of some group | |
| Der Gesetzesentwurf der Volksinitiative scheiterte am Volksmehr. | |
| 3. pron. something more | |
| sich für mehr halten - to think one is something more | |
| Mehr will er nicht bezahlen. - He doesn't want to pay more. | |
| Er sieht mehr als ich. - He sees more than I see. | |
| 4. det. comparative of viel; more | |
| Willst du mehr Essen? - Do you want more food? | |
| mit mehr oder weniger Erfolg - with a greater or lesser degree of success | |
| Ich habe mehr Haare als du. - I have more hair than you. | |
| zwei Kilo mehr - two more kilos | |
| 5. adv. more | |
| immer mehr - more and more | |
| 6. adv. (with negation) no longer, never again, nothing more, not anymore | |
| Er ist kein Kind mehr - He is no longer a child. | |
| Ich mag dich nicht mehr. - I don't like you anymore. | |
| nicht mehr lange - not much longer | |
| nichts mehr - nothing more, nothing left | |
| nie mehr - never again | |
| Geld |
| 1. n. money | |
| Sklaven |
| 1. n. plural of Sklave | |
| Sklave |
| 1. n. slave | |
| 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? | |
| Güter |
| 1. n. plural of Gut | |
| Gut |
| 1. n. commodity, property, possession, good | |
| 2. n. a large farmstead, estate related to agriculture. | |
| aller |
| 1. adj. form of all | |
| Art |
| 1. n-f. kind, sort, type (von) | |
| 2. n-f. (biology, taxonomy) species | |
| (hyponyms, Pflanzenart, Tierart) | |
| 3. n-f. nature, character | |
| 4. n-f. behaviour | |
| 5. n-f. way, method | |
| Das ist nicht seine Art. - That's not his way of doing things. | |
| 6. n-f. (grammar, of verbs) mode, mood | |
| 7. n-f. (grammar, rare, of verbs) voice | |
| 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 | |
| den |
| 1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
| 2. art. dative plural of der | |
| 3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
| eroberten |
| 1. v. first-person plural preterite of erobern | |
| 2. v. third-person plural preterite of erobern | |
| 3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of erobern | |
| 4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of erobern | |
| erobern |
| 1. v. to conquer | |
| 2. v. to win | |
| Gebieten |
| 1. n. dative plural of Gebiet | |
| 2. v. to demand | |
| 3. v. to command | |
| Gebiet |
| 1. n. area, region | |
| Viele Bewohner hatten das bedrohte Gebiet verlassen müssen. - Many residents had to leave the threatened area. | |
| 2. n. territory | |
| 3. n. (math) a set with certain properties: | |
| 4. n. (commonly) a (non-empty) open and connected set | |
| 5. n. an open set | |
| nach |
| 1. prep. after, past (later in time) | |
| Viertel nach sechs (a quarter past six) | |
| nach einer Woche (after a week) | |
| 2. prep. after, behind (in sequence) | |
| B kommt nach A. (B comes after A.) | |
| 3. prep. to, towards (with geographical names; see usage notes below) | |
| die Flucht nach Ägypten (the flight into Egypt) | |
| 4. prep. according to; guided by | |
| 5. prep. by the authority of; following | |
| die Analyse nach Marx (the analysis following Marx) | |
| 6. prep. (with verbs of sensual perception) like (see usage notes below) | |
| Das riecht nach Knoblauch. - This smells like garlic. | |
| 7. prep. for (qual, indicating desire for an object) | |
| nach etwas greifen - to reach for something | |
| nach etwas streben - to strive for/after something | |
| nach etwas suchen - to search for something | |
| 8. post. according to | |
| meiner Meinung nach - in my opinion | |
| meinem Urteil nach - in my judgement | |
| 9. adv. (in compound verbs) after, behind, later, next to | |
| Meine Uhr geht nach. - My watch is slow. | |
| Rom |
| 1. Proper noun. Rome | |
| 2. Proper noun. | |
| 3. Proper noun. The Italian government | |
| 4. Proper noun. The Holy See, Vatican | |
| 5. Proper noun. (historical) The Roman empire | |
| 6. Proper noun. (historical, usually specified as Ostrom etc.) Constantinople, Byzantium | |
| 7. n. (often, in the plural) Rom (member of the Roma people), Romani | |
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| strömten |
| 1. v. first-person plural preterite of strömen | |
| 2. v. third-person plural preterite of strömen | |
| 3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of strömen | |
| 4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of strömen | |
| desto |
| 1. conj. the (forming the parallel comparative with je) | |
| Je mehr, desto besser! - The more the better! | |
| Je eher, desto besser! - The sooner the better! | |
| entscheidender |
| 1. adj. form of entscheidend | |
| entscheidend |
| 1. Participle. present participle of entscheiden | |
| 2. adj. decisive | |
| veränderte |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of verändern | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of verändern | |
| 3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of verändern | |
| 4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of verändern | |
| verändern |
| 1. v. to alter, to change | |
| Er veränderte die Einstellungen. - He changed the settings. | |
| 2. v. to change | |
| Ich habe mich verändert, aber er bemerkt es nicht. - I have changed, but he doesn't notice. | |
| 3. v. to change job | |
| Sie wollte sich (beruflich) verändern, weil sie eine Führungsaufgabe anstrebte. - She wanted to change job, as she was looking to take on a leadership role | |
| sich |
| 1. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular: herself, himself, itself, oneself (direct or indirect object). | |
| 2. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person plural: themselves (direct or indirect object). | |
| 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 | |
| ökonomische |
| 1. adj. form of ökonomisch | |
| ökonomisch |
| 1. adj. economic (relating to the economy) | |
| 2. adj. economic (relating to economics) | |
| 3. adj. economical (careful with money) | |
| 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? | |
| soziale |
| 1. adj. form of sozial | |
| sozial |
| 1. adj. social | |
| Gleichgewichte |
| 1. n. plural of Gleichgewicht | |
| Gleichgewicht |
| 1. n. equilibrium | |
| ein Gleichgewicht schaffen - to strike a balance | |
| 2. n. (of a person) balance, poise | |
| 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) | |
| 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 | |
| agrarisch |
| 1. adj. agrarian, agricultural | |
| geprägten |
| 1. adj. form of geprägt | |
| Stadt |
| 1. n. city (large settlement) | |
| 2. n. town (settlement larger than a village) | |
| 3. n. (metonymy) city center (central business area of a city) | |
| 4. n. (metonymy) city, town, town council, city council (governing body of people elected to oversee management of a municipality) | |
