Er |
1. n. a person or animal of male gender, a male | |
Was möchte Er von mir? - What does he want from me? | |
2. pron. (personal) he. | |
audio, De-wo ist klaus.ogg De-wo ist klaus.ogg uxi - Where is Klaus? Where is he? | |
audio, De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg uxi - This is my dog. His name is Waldi. | |
3. pron. (personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der)). | |
audio, De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg uxi - There stands a tree. It is more than 100 years old. | |
4. pron. (personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der)). | |
Im Frauengefängnis versuchte ein Häftling zu flüchten, aber er kam nicht weit. - In the women’s prison, an inmate tried to escape, but she didn’t get very far. | |
5. pron. (personal, archaic) Alternative spelling of Er, tr=you (polite) | |
kniete |
1. v. first-person singular preterite of knien | |
2. v. third-person singular preterite of knien | |
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of knien | |
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of knien | |
knien |
1. v. to kneel | |
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? | |
goß |
1. v. Superseded spelling of goss | |
gießen |
1. v. to pour; (usually only of liquids, especially of large quantities) | |
Das Öl wird in die Tanks gegossen. - The oil is poured into the tanks. | |
Bleigießen - lead-pouring | |
2. v. to pour; to cast; to found (shape molten metal or glass by pouring) | |
Die Statue wurde vom Künstler selbst gegossen. - The statue was cast by the artist himself. | |
Stahlgießen - steel pouring | |
3. v. to water | |
die Blumen gießen - to water the flowers | |
Gießkanne - watering can | |
4. v. (impersonal, intransitive, of rain) to pour down; to rain strongly | |
Es gießt. - It’s pouring. | |
Es gießt wie aus Kübeln/Eimern. - It’s pouring as though out of buckets. | |
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). | |
Wasser |
1. n. water (H₂O) | |
2. n. alcoholic beverage, similar to brandy, made from fermented fruit | |
3. n. (colloquial) (clipping of Mineralwasser/Tafelwasser) | |
4. v. first-person singular present of wassern | |
5. v. singular imperative of wassern | |
über |
1. prep. (accusative, or dative) above, over (spatially) | |
Über dem Wald ist der Himmel blau. - Over the forest, the sky is blue. | |
Die Vögel flogen über den Wald. - The birds flew over the forest. | |
2. prep. about, concerning, over, at (in reference to) | |
Die ganze Klasse lachte über ihren Witz. - The entire class laughed at her joke. | |
3. prep. (accusative) via, through, by way of | |
Der Zug fährt über den Hauptbahnhof. - The train goes via the main station. | |
Ich kaufe alles über das Internet. - I buy everything through the internet. | |
4. prep. (accusative) across | |
Ich fahre mit der Fähre über die Ostsee. - I travel on the ferry across the Baltic Sea. | |
5. prep. (accusative) during, for, over a time period | |
Es regnete über das Wochenende. - It rained over the weekend. | |
Er hat uns über Jahre belogen. - He's lied to us for years. | |
6. prep. (accusative) about | |
Ich schreibe ein Buch über Goethes Leben. - I'm writing a book about Goethe's life. | |
7. prep. around, among | |
8. prep. over, more than, above (a quantity) | |
9. prep. beyond | |
Die technischen Probleme in der Welt von heute gehen weit über den Rahmen des Technischen hinaus. - The technological problems in today's world extend far beyond the scope of technology. | |
10. prep. at (when 'over' or 'about' could roughly be substituted) | |
11. adj. (tlb, colloquial) left over, remaining, (replaces übrig in all its predicative instances, including those lexicalized as verb prefixoids.) | |
überbleiben - to be left over, to remain | |
Hier sind noch zwei Gurken über. Willst du die haben? - Here there are two gherkins left. Wanna have em? | |
12. adv. over (in certain select phrases) | |
über und über - over and over | |
13. post. (following accusative) throughout | |
Den ganzen Tag über. - Throughout the entire day. | |
Kopf |
1. n. (anatomy) head | |
Er fiel die Treppe hinunter, als sie ihm ein Buch an den Kopf warf. - He fell down the stairs when she threw a book at his head. | |
2. n. crown, top | |
3. n. heading, title | |
4. n. person; individual; fellow (referring to one's intellect or mentality) | |
Er ist ein heller Kopf. - He is a bright head. | |
5. n. (linguistics) head | |
6. n. (numismatics) heads (side of a coin) | |
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? | |
Schultern |
1. n. plural of Schulter "shoulders". | |
2. v. to shoulder (to carry something on one's shoulders) | |
Schulter |
1. shoulder | |