| 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) | |
| legte |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of legen | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of legen | |
| 3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of legen | |
| 4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of legen | |
| legen |
| 1. v. to lay, to put, to place, to position, so that it afterwards lies as opposed to being setzen, stellen | |
| Leg deine Sachen auf den Stuhl! - Put your things on the chair! | |
| Ich lege mich auf das Bett. - I lie down on the bed. | |
| Eier legen - to lay eggs | |
| ein Feuer legen - to set a fire | |
| Leg dich auf den Boden! - Lie down on the floor! | |
| 2. v. (animal husbandry) to castrate | |
| Ich habe meinen Hengst legen lassen. - I had my stallion castrated. | |
| 3. v. (colloquial especially video games) to slay, to defeat | |
| 4. v. (colloquial impersonal) to cause great amusement, to make someone collapse in laughter, to kill, to slay | |
| Bei dem zweiten Witz hat's ihn komplett gelegt. - The second joke totally killed him. | |
| auf |
| 1. prep. (with dative) on, upon (positioned at the top of) | |
| Das Buch liegt auf dem Tisch. - The book is lying on the table. | |
| 2. prep. (with accusative) on, onto, up (moving to the top of) | |
| Ich lege das Buch auf den Tisch. - I’m putting the book on the table. | |
| 3. prep. (with accusative) on (indicating responsibility) | |
| Das erste Getränk geht aufs Haus. - The first drink is on the house. | |
| Das fällt nicht auf dich zurück, sondern auf mich. Ich hab's vermasselt. - That's not on you but on me. I messed up. | |
| 4. prep. (with dative) in, at; used with certain nouns instead of bei or in | |
| Niemand auf der Welt hätte das voraussehen können. - No one in the world could have predicted that. | |
| auf dem Stadtplatz - in the town square | |
| Das Schiff ist auf See - The ship is at sea. | |
| auf der Kirmes - at the fun fair | |
| auf der Post - at the post office (also: bei der Post) | |
| 5. prep. (with accusative) to; used with certain nouns instead of zu or in | |
| auf die Kirmes - to the fun fair | |
| auf die Post - to the post office (also: zur Post) | |
| 6. prep. (with a language name) in (see usage note below) | |
| Was heißt das auf Deutsch? - What’s this in German? | |
| 7. prep. (linguistics) in (of a word: ending with some sound or syllable) | |
| Wörter auf -heit sind weiblich. - Words in -heit are feminine. | |
| Du kannst doch auf (’n) Sonntag nich’ den Rasen mähen! - You can’t mow the lawn on a Sunday! | |
| 8. prep. (with accusative) for (during the continuation of) | |
| auf Jahre hinaus - for years to come | |
| 9. prep. (with accusative) to, for (indicating purpose, goal or wish) | |
| Lasst uns auf deine Gesundheit drinken! - Let's drink to your health! | |
| Sie spielen auf Zeit. - They are playing for time. | |
| 10. prep. (with accusative) by (used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something) | |
| X auf Y Meter groß | |
| 11. adv. (somewhat, informal) open | |
| Die Tür ist auf. - The door is open. | |
| 12. adv. (colloquial) finished; gone (food) | |
| Hast du deine Suppe auf? - Have you finished your soup? | |
| Die Milch is’ auf. - The milk is gone. (consumed) | |
| 13. adv. (colloquial) up; awake; out of bed | |
| Ich war um sechs Uhr auf. - I was up at six o'clock. | |
| 14. interj. carry on (continue or proceed as before) | |
| 15. interj. have a go | |
| legen auf |
| 1. v. first-person plural present of auflegen | |
| 2. v. third-person plural present of auflegen | |
| 3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of auflegen | |
| 4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of auflegen | |
| 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? | |
| Schwang |
| 1. n. swing | |
| 2. n. fashion | |
| im Schwange sein - to be in fashion | |
| 3. v. first-person singular preterite of schwingen | |
| 4. v. third-person singular preterite of schwingen | |
| schwingen |
| 1. v. to swing (to move back and forth) (+aux, haben) | |
| Sie schwingt auf einer Schaukel. - She is swinging on a swing. | |
| 2. v. to move (somewhere) by swinging (+aux, sein) | |
| 3. v. to swing (to move something using a swinging motion) (+aux, haben) | |
| 4. v. to wave; to brandish (+aux, haben) | |
| 5. v. to vibrate (+aux, haben) | |
| 6. v. to oscillate (+aux, haben) | |
| 7. v. to resound (+aux, haben) | |
| 8. v. to propagate (somewhere) as sound, to move throughout (an area) resounding (+aux, sein) | |
| der Klang der Glocken schwang durch die Stadt - the sound of the bells resounded throughout the city | |
| 9. v. to be expressed (i, in someone's words) +aux, haben | |
| 10. v. (skiing) to ski back and forth +aux, sein | |
| 11. v. to arc (+aux, haben) | |
| 12. v. (regional) to clean (hemp or flax) of wood residues +aux, haben | |
| 13. v. (Switzerland, sports) to wrestle in the Schwingen (Swiss wrestling) style +aux, haben | |
| 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 | |
| Füße |
| 1. n. nominative plural of Fuß | |
| 2. n. accusative plural of Fuß | |
| 3. n. genitive plural of Fuß | |
| Fuß |
| 1. n. foot (body part) | |
| 2. n. footing | |
| 3. n. (architecture) pedestal | |
| 4. n. (dated) foot, foot (unit of length; always in the singular) | |
| 5. n. metrical foot | |
| 6. n. (regional) leg | |
| auf |
| 1. prep. (with dative) on, upon (positioned at the top of) | |
| Das Buch liegt auf dem Tisch. - The book is lying on the table. | |
| 2. prep. (with accusative) on, onto, up (moving to the top of) | |
| Ich lege das Buch auf den Tisch. - I’m putting the book on the table. | |
| 3. prep. (with accusative) on (indicating responsibility) | |
| Das erste Getränk geht aufs Haus. - The first drink is on the house. | |
| Das fällt nicht auf dich zurück, sondern auf mich. Ich hab's vermasselt. - That's not on you but on me. I messed up. | |
| 4. prep. (with dative) in, at; used with certain nouns instead of bei or in | |
| Niemand auf der Welt hätte das voraussehen können. - No one in the world could have predicted that. | |
| auf dem Stadtplatz - in the town square | |
| Das Schiff ist auf See - The ship is at sea. | |
| auf der Kirmes - at the fun fair | |
| auf der Post - at the post office (also: bei der Post) | |
| 5. prep. (with accusative) to; used with certain nouns instead of zu or in | |
| auf die Kirmes - to the fun fair | |
| auf die Post - to the post office (also: zur Post) | |
| 6. prep. (with a language name) in (see usage note below) | |
| Was heißt das auf Deutsch? - What’s this in German? | |
| 7. prep. (linguistics) in (of a word: ending with some sound or syllable) | |
| Wörter auf -heit sind weiblich. - Words in -heit are feminine. | |
| Du kannst doch auf (’n) Sonntag nich’ den Rasen mähen! - You can’t mow the lawn on a Sunday! | |
| 8. prep. (with accusative) for (during the continuation of) | |
| auf Jahre hinaus - for years to come | |
| 9. prep. (with accusative) to, for (indicating purpose, goal or wish) | |
| Lasst uns auf deine Gesundheit drinken! - Let's drink to your health! | |
| Sie spielen auf Zeit. - They are playing for time. | |
| 10. prep. (with accusative) by (used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something) | |
| X auf Y Meter groß | |
| 11. adv. (somewhat, informal) open | |
| Die Tür ist auf. - The door is open. | |
| 12. adv. (colloquial) finished; gone (food) | |
| Hast du deine Suppe auf? - Have you finished your soup? | |
| Die Milch is’ auf. - The milk is gone. (consumed) | |
| 13. adv. (colloquial) up; awake; out of bed | |
| Ich war um sechs Uhr auf. - I was up at six o'clock. | |
| 14. interj. carry on (continue or proceed as before) | |
| 15. interj. have a go | |
| den |
| 1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
| 2. art. dative plural of der | |
| 3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
| Schreibtisch |
| 1. n. desk, cabinet (any table, frame, or case for the use of writers and readers; also a place for storing the papers) | |
