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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)
lasse
1. v. first-person singular present of lassen
2. v. first-person singular subjunctive of lassen
3. v. third-person singular subjunctive of lassen
4. v. singular imperative of lassen
lassen
1. v. to allow; to permit; to let
lasset alle Hoffnung fahren - abandon all hope
2. v. to have someone (do something); to have (something done); to make (something happen); to cause (something to be done)
Wir haben neue Schränke für die Küche machen lassen. - We had new cabinets made for the kitchen.
Hast du dir die Haare schneiden lassen? - Did you get your hair cut?
3. v. to let remain, to leave (in a certain state)
Mir ist es lieber, meine Haare grau zu lassen. - I prefer to leave my hair grey.
4. v. to stop (something); to quit; to refrain from; to help doing (something)
5. v. to cease; to desist
mich
1. pron. accusative of ich: me
von
1. prep. from
Ich fahre von Köln nach Hamburg. - I'm travelling from Cologne to Hamburg.
Ich hab’s von meiner Schwester gehört. - I heard it from my sister.
2. prep. of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below)
das Auto meines Vaters - - = uxi = uxi, das Auto von meinem Vater, my father’s car / the car of my father
3. prep. by (with passive voice)
Das Hotel wird von der Firma bezahlt. - The hotel is paid for by the company.
4. prep. about, of (a topic)
Er hat von seiner Jugend erzählt. - He told about his youth.
5. prep. on, with (a resource)
Von welchem Geld soll ich als Arbeitsloser in Urlaub fahren? - Being unemployed, on what money should I go on holidays?
Man kann nicht nur von Luft und Liebe leben. - You can’t live on air and love alone. (proverb)
Dir
1. pron. alternative case form of dir
2. pron. personal dative of du; you, to you.
3. pron. dative of du; yourself, to yourself.
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?
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)
die
1. art. feminine singular of der
die Frau - the woman
2. art. plural of der
die Männer - the men
3. pron. feminine singular of der
4. pron. plural of der
5. pron. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose
Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. - I know a woman who can do that.
6. pron. (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them
die da - that one/she/they there
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
Ecke
1. n-f. corner, edge
Der Tisch steht in der Ecke. - The table stands in the corner.
2. n-f. a roughly triangular or quadrangular piece of something
Gib mir mal eine kleine Ecke von dem Kuchen. - Give me a small piece of the cake, please.
3. n-f. (chiefly colloquial) region; area; neighbourhood
Ihr wohnt ja hier in ’ner ganz netten Ecke. - You guys live in a nice area around here.
4. n-f. (graph theory) vertex, node
5. n-f. (sports) corner, corner kick
die Ecke
1. adv. (colloquial idiomatic postpositioned) thereabout, approximately, roughly
Wo seid ihr überall gewesen? – Nürnberg, Würzburg, Bamberg, so die Ecke. - “What places did you visit?” − “Nuremberg, Würzburg, Bamberg, thereabout.”
Ich bin um Mitternacht die Ecke wieder da. - “I'll be back at midnight or thereabout.”
Der Baum ist bestimmt zwanzig Meter hoch. – Ja, die Ecke. - “That tree must be twenty metres high.” – “Yes, thereabout.”
Des
1. n. (music) D-flat
2. art. genitive singular of der: the
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
Schulversagers
Stellen
1. n. gerund of stellen
2. n. plural of Stelle
alle Ziffern sind signifikante Stellen. (All digits are significant figures.)
3. v. to put, to place, to position such that it stands upright (compare setzen, legen)
Stell die Flasche auf den Boden! - Put the bottle on the floor!
4. v. (figuratively, abstractly) to pose, to lodge
Die Beklagte stellte den Antrag, die Klage abzuweisen. - The defendant lodged the application to reject the claim.
Kann ich dir eine Frage stellen? - Can I ask you a question?
5. v. to provide, to afford, to place at someone's disposal
Die Schutzbekleidung muss vom Arbeitgeber gestellt werden. - The protective gear must be provided by the employer.
Aus dem Sicherungsvertrage war die A-Gesellschaft verpflichtet, eine Bürgschaft zu stellen. - From the surety agreement the A company was obliged
6. v. to encounter and stop
Die Hunde haben den Hirsch gestellt. - The hounds stopped the stag.
Die Polizei stellte den Dieb. - The police stopped (and arrested) the thief.
7. v. to set, adjust
Müssen wir am Sonntag wieder die Uhren stellen? - Do we have to adjust the clocks again on Sunday?
8. v. to expose oneself, to succumb, to come out to face, to confront
Du musst dich der Gefahr stellen. - You have to face the danger.
Der Dieb stellte sich der Polizei. - The thief surrendered to the police.
9. v. to feign, to simulate, to pretend
Es war alles nur gestellt! - It was all fake!
Sie hatte ihre Krankheit nur gestellt. - She merely simulated her ailment.
sich tot stellen - to play dead
nur
1. adv. only, just, merely, simply
Nur reife Kirschen dürfen auf den Kuchen. - Only ripe cherries may go on the cake.
Du musst nur die Werte eingeben und den Rest macht der Computer. - You just have to enter the values and the computer will do the rest.
2. adv. ever; at all
Ich helfe dir, wo ich nur kann. - I’ll help you wherever I can.
3. adv. however, though
Wir könnten es versuchen. Nur wären die Risiken sehr hoch. - We could try. The risks would be very high, however.
4. conj. (chiefly colloquial) but
Ich wär auf jeden Fall dabei, nur ich hab echt keine Zeit. - I’d definitely come along, but I really don’t have the time.
weil
1. conj. because, given that
Ich kann nicht kommen, weil ich krank bin. - I can't come because I'm sick.
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)
meine
1. pron. feminine singular of meiner
2. pron. plural of meiner
3. det. feminine singular of mein
4. det. plural of mein
5. v. first-person singular present of meinen
6. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of meinen
7. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of meinen
8. v. singular imperative of meinen
mein
1. det. (possessive) my
meinen
1. v. to opine, to think; to believe; to suppose
Ich meine, das war letztes oder vorletztes Jahr. - I think it was last year or the year before.
2. v. to say; to utter; (not used with nouns; not used in the imperative and rarely in the infinitive)
Entschuldige, was meintest du gerade? - Sorry, what did you just say?
3. v. to mean; to be convinced or sincere about something
Das sagt er nicht nur, das meint er auch. - He doesn’t just say it, he means it.
4. v. to mean; to have in mind; to convey
Was meintest du damit? - What did you mean by that?
Meinst du das rote oder das gelbe Haus? - Do you mean the red or the yellow house?
5. v. (now rare) to mean; to signify
Was meint dieses Wort? - What does this word mean?
6. det. (possessive) masculine accusative singular of mein
7. det. (possessive) dative plural of mein
Erste
1. n. female equivalent of Erster: female winner
2. n. plural of Erster
3. n. nominative singular of Erster
4. adj. (ordinal) first
Fünf
1. n-f. five
2. num. (cardinal) five (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 5; or describing a set with five elements)
geschrieben
1. Participle. past participle of schreiben
schreiben
1. v. to write, to write out (use letters to make words and texts)
Sie schreibt ihren Namen an die Tafel. - She writes her name on the blackboard.
Er hat einen Artikel geschrieben. - He’s written an article.
2. v. to spell (use a particular combination of letters to make a word)
Wie schreibt man das? - How do you spell that?
3. v. to write (use handwriting)
Sie schreibt sehr ordentlich. - She writes very neatly.
4. v. to write (produce texts, work as an author)
Er schreibt sehr anschaulich. - He writes very vividly.
5. v. to be some year or date
Man schrieb das Jahr 1874, als... - One wrote the year 1874 when...
6. v. to write, to text (send written information, communication)
Er hat mir eine Mail geschrieben. - He’s written me an e-mail.
Der verwundete Soldat schrieb seiner Frau. - The wounded soldier wrote to his wife.
Ich schreibe dir, wenn ich fast da bin. - I’ll text you when I’m almost there.
7. v. to write to each other (exchange correspondance)
Sie schreiben sich immer Postkarten. - They always write each other postcards.
Wir schreiben uns regelmäßig. - We write to each other on a regular basis.
8. v. to be spelled/spelt; (of a word or a person's name)
Wie schreibt sich das? - How does that spell itself?
Wie schreiben Sie sich? - How do you spell yourself?
9. v. (idiomatic, passive, or transitive with man) Used to express that someone does not know the first thing about something.
Ob ich Skat kann? Ich hab schon Skat gespielt, da wusstest du nicht mal, wie man Skat schreibt! - You’re asking me if I can play skat? I used to play skat when you didn’t even know how to spell
Habe
1. n. belongings, possession
2. v. first-person singular present of haben
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of haben
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of haben
5. v. singular imperative of haben
haben
1. v. (auxiliary) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses)
Das habe ich nicht gesagt. - I haven't said that.
2. v. to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic)
3. v. to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself)
Glaub und hab keine Angst. - Believe and don't be afraid or Believe and have no fear.
4. v. to have, get (to obtain, acquire)
5. v. to get (to receive)
6. v. to have (to be scheduled to attend)
7. v. to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from)
8. v. to contain, be composed of, equal
Ein Meter hat 100 Zentimeter. - One metre has 100 centimetres.
9. v. (impersonal, dialectal, with es) there be, there is, there are
Es hat zwei Bücher. - There are two books.
10. v. to make a fuss
Hab dich nicht so! - Don't make such a fuss!
11. v. (colloquial with es and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into
Ich hab's nich so mit Hunden. - I don't have it that much with dogs.
12. v. (colloquial with es and von or über) to talk about
Wir hatten's grad von dir und deiner Freundin. - We just had it about you and your girlfriend.

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