ein |
1. art. a, an | |
ein Mann - a man | |
eine Frau - a woman | |
ein Kind - a child | |
2. adv. (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something | |
ein und aus gehen, weder ein noch aus wissen | |
darein, derein, feldein, feldein, hafenein, hafenein, herein, herein, hierein, hierein, hinein, hinein, jahrein, jahrein, waldein, waldein (older spellings include Wald-ein), worein, wor | |
3. adj. (predicative) on | |
Ist der Schalter ein oder aus? (d. h., Ist der Schalter ein- oder ausgeschaltet?) - Is the switch on or off. (i.e., Is the switch switched on or off.) | |
Büstenhalter |
1. n-m. (formal, dated) brassiere | |
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. | |
dem |
1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
anderen |
1. adj. form of anderer, en | |
wurde |
1. v. first-person singular preterite of werden | |
2. v. third-person singular preterite of werden | |
werden |
1. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense | |
Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - I will go home. | |
2. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs | |
3. v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice | |
Das Buch wird gerade gelesen. (present tense) - The book is being read. | |
Ich wurde in Europa geboren. (preterite tense) - I was born in Europe. | |
Er war geschlagen worden. (past perfect tense) - He had been beaten. | |
4. v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn | |
Es wird heißer. - It's getting hotter. | |
5. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition) | |
Usage: In this sense werden 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. (See the usage no | |
Wird dir kalt? - Are you getting cold? | |
Den Kindern wird langweilig. - The children are getting bored. | |
Von Mayonnaise wird mir schlecht. - Mayonnaise makes me sick. (Literally: From mayonnaise I become sick.) | |
6. v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future) | |
Wir werden zusammen glücklich. - We will be happy together. | |
Was wird aus mir? - What will become of me? | |
7. v. (colloquial) to be going to work | |
Das wird so nichts. - It will not work like that. | |
derart |
1. adv. so, thus, in such a manner | |
zappelnd |
1. Participle. present participle of zappeln | |
vorgeführt |
1. Participle. past participle of vorführen | |
vorf |
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