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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)
machte
1. v. first-person singular preterite of machen
2. v. third-person singular preterite of machen
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of machen
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of machen
machen
1. v. to make, produce, create (an object, arrangement, situation, etc.)
Ich hab dir einen Kuchen gemacht! - I made you a pie!
Du hast einen Fehler gemacht. - You made a mistake.
2. v. to make, prepare
Machst du heute das Essen? - Are you making dinner today?
sich eine Pizza machen - to prepare a pizza for oneself
3. v. to do, perform, carry out (to execute; to put into operation (an action))
Mach es! - Do it!
Das hat er ganz allein gemacht! - He did that all by himself!
ein Experiment machen - to perform an experiment
4. v. to do; (indicates an activity associated with a noun)
Sport machen - do sports
eine Party machen - have a party
5. v. to go (to make the (specified) sound)
Das Auto machte "Bumm" und hielt an. - The car went "boom" and stopped.
6. v. to make (to cause or compel (to do something))
7. v. to cause (to set off an event or action or produce as a result)
8. v. to make (to cause to be)
Dieser Film macht mich schläfrig. - This movie makes me sleepy.
9. v. to make (transform from one thing into another)
Die Mühle macht Mehl aus Weizen. - The mill makes flour from wheat.
10. v. to make (to have as a feature)
Die Straße macht vor uns eine Linkskurve. - The road makes a turn to the left ahead.
11. v. to come to, total, cost (to require the payment of)
Wie viel macht das? - How much does that come to?
12. v. to make, be (the result of a calculation)
Sieben plus fünf macht zwölf. - Seven plus five makes twelve.
13. v. to make (to earn, gain wages, profit, etc.)
Der Herr Müller ist echt reich; der macht mehr als 5000 Euro im Monat. - Mr Müller is quite rich; he makes more than 5000 Euros per month.
14. v. to be, play (to act as the indicated role, especially in a performance)
15. v. to matter (to be important)
Das macht nichts! - That doesn't matter!
16. v. to make, make oneself out to be, act, play (to behave so as to give an appearance of being; to act as if one were (something, or a certain way)) (+preo, auf)
17. v. to do one's business, do number two or number one, go (to defecate or urinate)
(childish) groß machen - to go poop
(childish) klein machen - to go pee
18. v. to do (to fare or perform (well or poorly))
Machen Sie sich gut? - Are you doing well?
19. v. to look (to have an appearance of being)
Der Mantel macht sich sehr schön. - The coat looks very nice.
20. v. to get cracking (an (“on,” “with”)), get a move on (it), to get down (an (“to”)) (something); (in imperative:) come on, let's go
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
Handbremse
1. n-f. handbrake, parking brake
Los
1. n-n. lottery ticket
2. n-n. lot, fate
3. n-n. (economics) batch, a calculated amount of produced units (such as in batch production, but even used in architecture to mean sections of a building project)
4. adj. (colloquial or dated) Alternative form of lose, , loose
5. adv. off, rid of
Ich bin meine Erkältung los. - I've got rid of my cold.
6. adv. going on
Hier ist einiges los. - There's a lot going on here.
Was ist los? - What's going on? / What's up? / What's wrong?
7. adv. (colloquial regional Westphalia Lower Saxony) open
Die Tür stand los. - The door stood open.
8. interj. come on!, let's go!
Los! An die Arbeit! - Come on! Let's get to work!
9. interj. (racing) Go!
10. v. singular imperative of losen
losen
1. adj. form of lose
2. v. to draw lots; to draw straws; to toss up
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?
fuhr
1. v. first-person singular preterite of fahren
2. v. third-person singular preterite of fahren
fahren
1. v. (chiefly of a person or animal) to go at speed
Der Fuchs fährt aus dem Bau. - The fox dashes from his kennel.
aus der Haut fahren - to fly off the handle
einen fahren lassen - to blow off, to break wind
Die Sonne fährt über das Himmelszelt. - The sun moves athwart the firmament.
2. v. to go; to run; to drive; to sail
Autos können schneller fahren als Fahrräder. - Cars can go faster than bikes.
3. v. to leave; to depart
Beeil dich! Der Zug fährt jetzt gleich. - Hurry up! The train is departing in a moment.
4. v. to go by vehicle; to sail; to travel
Er fährt wie ein Bekloppter. - He drives like a maniac.
Wir fahren diesen Sommer nach Holland. - We’re going to Holland this summer. Implying a trip by car, bike, train, or ship.
5. v. to leave and therefor use a vehicle
Wir fahren jetzt. - We’re leaving now. (Implying the use of a vehicle.)
6. v. to drive; to ride; to sail (a vehicle)
Sie fährt einen roten Wagen. - She drives a red car.
7. v. to take (someone somewhere by vehicle); to drive; to transport
Ich fahre dich zum Bahnhof. - I’ll take you to the train station.
langsam
1. adj. slow (taking a long time to move or travel; not happening in a short time)
Das Projekt geht nur langsam voran.
Schnecken sind sehr langsam. - Snails are very slow.
2. adv. slowly (at a slow pace), gradually, carefully
Das Auto fährt langsam. - The car goes slowly.
Draußen wird es langsam heißer. - It's gradually getting hotter outside.
vorbei
1. adj. (predicative) over, past, up (of time)
Es ist vorbei zwischen uns. - It's over between us.
2. prep. past (a place) (+preo, an, dative)
vorbei an der Ampel - past the traffic light

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