| Es |
| 1. n. (music) E-flat | |
| 2. n. (psychoanalysis) id | |
| 3. pron. Nominative and accusative neuter third-person singular personal pronoun | |
| Wo ist das Buch? Es liegt auf dem Tisch. - Where's the book? It’s on the table. | |
| Wo ist das Kind? Ich habe es. - Where is the child? I have it. | |
| Welche Farbe hat das Pferd? Es ist weiß. - What color is the horse? It is white. | |
| Ich bemerkte ein merkwürdiges bärtiges Individuum und beschloss, es im Auge zu behalten. - I remarked a strange bearded individual and decided to keep an eye on him. | |
| Das Mädchen wusste nicht, dass es beobachtet wurde. - The girl didn’t know that she was being observed. | |
| Jedes Vorstandsmitglied kann das Wort ergreifen, wenn es dies wünscht. - Any board member may take the floor if they so wish. | |
| 4. pron. (Impersonal pronoun used to refer to statements, activities, the environment etc., or as a placeholder/dummy pronoun) — it | |
| Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
| Sie begann zu laufen, und ich tat es auch. - She began to run, and I did it also. | |
| Es war einmal eine schöne Prinzessin. - There was once a beautiful princess. | |
| Es ist gut zu leben! - It's good to be alive! | |
| Es regnet. - It’s raining. | |
| Es ist sicher, dass morgen die Sonne scheinen wird. - It's certain that the sun will shine tomorrow. | |
| Wie geht es dir? - How are you doing? | |
| Ich bin es, Michael. - It's me, Michael. | |
| Es spielt das Fernsehorchester. - The television orchestra is playing. | |
| Sie wird es noch weit bringen. - She is going to go far. | |
| 5. art. (regional, colloquial) alt form-lite, das | |
| Soll ich es Fenster zumachen? - Should I close the window? | |
| war |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of sein | |
| sein |
| 1. v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be | |
| Das ist schön. - That is beautiful. | |
| Das ist ein Auto. - That is a car. | |
| 2. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition) | |
| Usage: In this sense sein 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. For example: "Mir i | |
| Ist dir kalt? - Are you cold? | |
| Mir ist schlecht. - I'm sick. | |
| Dem Mann ist schwindelig. - The man feels dizzy. | |
| Den Kindern ist langweilig. - The children are bored. | |
| 3. v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for | |
| Usage: As in the previous sense sein takes a Dative noun and is always conjugated according to the impersonal subject es, although it is usually omitted. | |
| Uns ist nach einem Film zumute. - We feel like watching a movie. | |
| Mir ist nicht danach. - I don't feel like it. | |
| 4. v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs | |
| Er ist alt geworden. - He has become old. | |
| 5. v. to exist; there to be; to be alive | |
| Was nicht ist, kann noch werden. (a common proverb) - That which does not exist now, may come into existence. | |
| Wenn ich nicht mehr bin, erbst du das Haus. - When I am no more, you'll inherit the house. | |
| 6. v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.) | |
| Du bist. - It’s your turn. | |
| Du bist nach mir. - Your turn is after mine. | |
| 7. v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag | |
| Du bist! - You're it! | |
| Ich bin nicht mehr. - I'm not it anymore. | |
| 8. det. his | |
| Daniel schickt seiner Schwester eine SMS. - Daniel is sending a text to his sister. | |
| Der Kater spielt oft mit seinen Spielsachen. - The cat often plays with his toys. | |
| 9. det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun) | |
| der Mond und sein Licht - the moon and its light | |
| das Schaf und seine Lämmer - the sheep and its lambs | |
| 10. det. (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so. | |
| Der kostet so seine zweihundert Euro. - That one costs around two hundred euros. | |
| 11. det. one's | |
| Man muss seinem Herzen folgen. - One must follow one’s heart. | |
| Zwei |
| 1. n-f. two (digit or figure) | |
| Die Zwei ist die einzige gerade Primzahl. - Two is the only even prime number. | |
| Die Zahl 22 besteht aus zwei Zweien. - The number 22 consists of two 2s. | |
| Ich werf' dauernd Zweien! - I’m always throwing twos! (in dice) | |
| 2. n-f. (Germany) an academic grade indicating "good", corresponding roughly to a B in English-speaking countries | |
| Die gute Nachricht: Ich habe eine Zwei in Englisch! - The good news: I got a B in English! | |
| 3. num. (cardinal) two (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 2; or describing a set with two components) | |
| Uhr |
| 1. n-f. (invariable) hours, o'clock (indicates the time within a twelve- or twenty-four-hour period) | |
| Es ist vier Uhr. - It is four o'clock. | |
| Es ist vier Uhr zwölf. - It is twelve minutes past four. | |
| Wieviel Uhr ist es? - What time is it? | |
| 2. n-f. clock, watch (instrument used to measure or keep track of time) | |
| (hyponyms, Armbanduhr, Standuhr, Wanduhr) | |
| Meine Uhr geht nach. - My watch is running slow. | |
| 3. n-f. (in compounds) meter; gauge (a kind of measuring device, typically for water and gas consumption) | |
| Wasseruhr - water meter | |
| Gasuhr - gas meter | |
| 4. n-f. (informal) clockwise direction | |
| mit der Uhr - clockwise | |
| gegen die Uhr - widdershins, counterclockwise | |
| Nachmittags |
| 1. n. genitive singular of Nachmittag | |
| 2. adv. in the afternoons, p.m. | |
| 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? | |
| Ich |
| 1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego | |
| 2. n. self, me, him, etc. | |
| das wahre Ich - the real me | |
| 3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun) | |
| Stand |
| 1. n. standing, state, status, position, situation | |
| Im Stande sein...zu - to be able to. | |
| jemandem in den Stand setzen,...zu - to enable someone to. | |
| Geld setzt einen in den Stand, alles zu kaufen - Money enables you to buy anything. | |
| 2. n. estate | |
| 3. n. booth, stand | |
| 4. n. (Swiss) canton (state of Switzerland) | |
| 5. v. first-person singular preterite of stehen | |
| 6. v. third-person singular preterite of stehen | |
| stehen |
| 1. v. to stand (to be upright, support oneself on the feet in an erect position) | |
| Ich stehe an der Ecke. - I'm standing on the corner. | |
| 2. v. to be, to appear, to stand (to be placed or located somewhere) | |
| Das steht nicht in dem Wörterbuch. - This does not appear in the dictionary. | |
| 3. v. to stay; to be still | |
| Das Leben steht. - Life stands still. | |
| 4. v. to stay, to stand, to be (in a certain state, position or circumstance) | |
| Das Haus steht leer. - The house stands empty. | |
| Das Team steht an der Spitze seiner Liga. - The team stands at the top of their league. | |
| 5. v. to suit, to become (to look attractive on, of a garment, color etc.) | |
| Blau steht dir sehr gut! - Blue suits you very well! | |
| Der Tod steht ihr gut - Death Becomes Her (film title) | |
| 6. v. (Swiss) to put, place | |
| 7. v. (indtr, auf, .colloquial) to fancy | |
| Ich glaube sie steht nicht auf dich. - I don't think she fancies you. | |
| im |
| 1. contraction. contraction of in dem ; in the | |
| 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) | |
| dem |
| 1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
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| beim |
| 1. contraction. contraction of bei dem : at the, by the, etc. (followed by a masculine or neuter singular noun in the dative case) | |
| Das Postamt befindet sich beim Hauptbahnhof. - The post office is near the main train station. | |
| bei |
| 1. prep. (locative) by; near | |
| die Bank bei der Kirche - the bench/bank by the church | |
| die Bäckerei beim Bahnhof - the bakery near the train station | |
| 2. prep. (with a person, family, shop) at | |
| Ich schlafe bei Peter. - I’m sleeping at Peter’s place. | |
| Ich bin beim Metzger. - I'm at the butcher’s. | |
| 3. prep. (with an organization or company) for; at; in | |
| bei der Firma arbeiten - to work for the firm | |
| das Arbeitsklima bei Schmidt & Co. - the working atmosphere at Schmidt & Co. | |
| 4. prep. (formal, reflexive) with; on | |
| Er hat es nicht bei sich. - He doesn’t have it on him. | |
| → for which usually: Er hat es nicht dabei. | |
| 5. prep. (with an event considered certain) upon, at the time of | |
| bei Abfahrt des Zuges - upon departure of the train | |
| 6. prep. (with an event considered theoretical) in case of, in the event of | |
| bei Hochwasser - in case of flooding | |
| 7. prep. (with a continuing activity or condition) during; while; during the existence of | |
| bei der Arbeit - during work | |
| beim Lesen des Textes - while reading the text | |
| bei Schnee - when there is snow | |
| 8. prep. (with an item that implies an activity) over; during | |
| bei einem Glas Wein - over a glass of wine (that is, while drinking it) | |
| bei einem Film - during a film (that is, while watching it) | |
| 9. prep. (dated, in a postal address) care of; via | |
| Frau Tina Müller bei Firma Schmidt & Co. - Mrs Tina Müller, care of Schmidt & Co. | |
| 10. prep. (now dialectal, nonstandard, northern and central Germany, withaccusative) with, to, towards | |
| Leg dat bei die andern Sachen! - Put that with the other things! | |
| Komm ma bei mich! - Come to me! | |
| dem |
| 1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
| Metzger |
| 1. n-m. (regional, chiefly western Germany, southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) butcher (male or of unspecified gender) | |
| vor |
| 1. prep. in front of, ahead of (relative location in space) | |
| 2. prep. before, prior to, ahead of (relative location in time) | |
| 3. prep. ago (location in the past relative to the present) | |
| vor drei Tagen - three days ago | |
| vor einiger Zeit - a while ago | |
| 4. prep. from, against (a threat or negative outcome) | |
| Er konnte vor dem Tsunami nicht mehr fliehen. - He couldn't escape (from) the tsunami. | |
| Du hast mich vorm Ertrinken gerettet. - You saved me from drowning. | |
| vor Verlusten schützen - to protect against losses | |
| sich vor jemandem verstecken - to hide from somebody | |
| 5. prep. (what) with, (out) of (stating cause) | |
| vor Freude weinen - to cry with joy | |
| Ich sterbe vor Durst. - I'm dying of thirst. | |
| Ich kann dich vor all dem Rauch gar nicht sehen. - I can't even see you, what with all the smoke. | |
| Vor lauter Angst traute sich keiner im Raum mehr zu atmen. - Nobody in the room dared to breathe out of sheer fright. | |
| den |
| 1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
| 2. art. dative plural of der | |
| 3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
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