| eine |
| 1. num. feminine singular of ein | |
| 2. art. feminine singular of ein: a, an | |
| 3. pron. feminine singular of einer | |
| 4. pron. masculine nominative singular of einer | |
| 5. pron. singular of einer | |
| Nacht |
| 1. n. night | |
| Die Nacht war lang und frostig. - The night was long and chilly. | |
| 2. n. darkness | |
| Sie wurden von der Nacht verschlungen. - They were engulfed by the darkness (of the night). | |
| begann |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of beginnen | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Tausend |
| 1. n. thousand (unity of one thousand things) | |
| ein halbes Tausend | |
| 2. n. thousands; a lot (unspecified large quantity) | |
| viele Tausend Mal / Tausende Male - thousands of times | |
| 3. n. (cardinal) thousand (the number) | |
| 4. n. (colloquial dated) (euphemistic form of Teufel, t=devil) | |
| 5. num. (cardinal) thousand | |
| Andre |
| 1. Proper noun. given name, male, vartype=a High German, var=Andreas, q=or simplified from French André | |
| 2. pron. Alternative form of andere | |
