| 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) | |
| erkenne |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of erkennen | |
| 2. v. first-person singular subjunctive of erkennen | |
| 3. v. third-person singular subjunctive of erkennen | |
| 4. v. singular imperative of erkennen | |
| erkennen |
| 1. v. to recognize, perceive | |
| Ich habe dich mit diesem Hut nicht erkannt. - I didn't recognize you in that hat. | |
| 2. v. to realize, detect, see, know, identify, discover, understand | |
| mich |
| 1. pron. accusative of ich: me | |
| Ja |
| 1. n. a yes | |
| 2. adv. yes; yea, yeah, aye | |
| Willst du das? Ja. - Do you want that? Yes. | |
| Aber ja! - Yes, of course! | |
| 3. adv. (intensifier) obviously; certainly; of course; really; just; as you know; as is generally known (indicates and emphasises that one is expressing a known fact) | |
| Es kann ja nicht immer so bleiben. - It obviously cannot always remain so. | |
| Der Peter war ja gestern krank. - Peter was sick yesterday, as you know. | |
| 4. interj. yes | |
| Selbst |
| 1. n. (psychology) the self | |
| 2. part. personally, by oneself | |
| Du hast es selbst zugegeben. - You yourself admitted it. | |
| Der Mann selbst hat uns es gesagt. - The man himself (personally) told us. | |
| 3. adv. even | |
| Selbst du hast es zugegeben. - Even you admitted it. | |
| nicht |
| 1. adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb) | |
| Bitte nicht stören! - Please do not disturb! | |
| Das ist nicht wahr. - That is not true. | |
| 2. interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
| Du bist sicher die Claudia, nicht? - You must be Claudia, aren't you? | |
| wieder |
| 1. adv. Indicates that the action taking place has happened before. again | |
| Siehst du, jetzt hast du’s schon wieder gesagt! - See, now you’ve said it again! | |
| 2. adv. Indicates that the action will return something to its original state or position. back | |
| Schalte das Licht wieder aus. - Turn the light back off. | |
| Wenn |
| 1. n. (informal) if | |
| 2. conj. when | |
| Sag bitte Bescheid, wenn du fertig bist! (Tell me when you're done!) | |
| 3. conj. if (on the condition that) | |
| Was tun, wenn ich nicht weiß, ob sie mich liebt? (What (to do) if I don't know if she loves me?) | |
| 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) | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Türkei |
| 1. Proper noun. Turkey (a country in Western Asia,Southeast Europe) | |
| Die Türkei befindet sich sowohl in Asien als auch in Europa. - Turkey is located in both Asia and Europe. | |
| Viele Bewohner Deutschlands stammen aus der Türkei. - Lots of residents of Germany are from Turkey. | |
| 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. | |
| Berlin |
| 1. Proper noun. Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany) | |
| 2. Proper noun. (metonymically) Berlin (federal government of Germany) | |
| zurückkehre |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of zurückkehren | |
| 2. v. first-person singular subjunctive of zurückkehren | |
| 3. v. third-person singular subjunctive of zurückkehren | |
| 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? | |
| schlaflose |
| 1. adj. form of schlaflos | |
| schlaflos |
| 1. adj. sleepless | |
| Nächte |
| 1. n. plural of Nacht | |
| 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). | |
| verbringe |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of verbringen | |
| 2. v. first-person singular subjunctive of verbringen | |
| 3. v. third-person singular subjunctive of verbringen | |
| 4. v. singular imperative of verbringen | |
| verbringen |
| 1. v. to spend, to pass (a period of time) | |
| Wo werden Sie die Nacht verbringen? - Where will you spend the night? | |
| 2. v. to move completely | |
| 3. v. (chiefly archaic) to bring about, to make reality and somehow complete, to fullbring | |
| weil |
| 1. conj. because, given that | |
| Ich kann nicht kommen, weil ich krank bin. - I can't come because I'm sick. | |
| mir |
| 1. pron. personal dative of ich: me, to me: | |
| Er gab es mir. - He gave it to me. | |
| 2. pron. (dialectal, or colloquial) Alternative form of wir, t=we | |
| Prognosen |
| 1. n. plural of Prognose | |
| Prognose |
| 1. n-f. prognosis, projection, forecast (educated, fact-based prediction) | |
| 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 | |
| meiner |
| 1. pron. mine (substantival possessive) | |
| 2. pron. genitive of ich | |
| 3. det. feminine singular of mein | |
| 4. det. genitive plural of mein | |
| Mokkatasse |
| 1. n-f. demitasse | |
| gelesen |
| 1. Participle. past participle of lesen | |
| lesen |
| 1. v. to read (look at and understand symbols, words, or data) | |
| 2. v. to select and gather or harvest (things like grapes) | |
| wurden |
| 1. v. first-person plural preterite of werden | |
| 2. v. third-person plural 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. | |
