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) | |
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 | |
Weiten |
1. n. gerund of weiten | |
2. n. plural of Weite | |
3. v. to widen | |
4. adj. form of weit | |
offenen |
1. adj. form of offen | |
offen |
1. adj. open | |
2. adj. frank, candid | |
3. adj. honest, sincere | |
4. adv. openly | |
Das müssen wir auch hier offen sagen. - We must state this openly here. | |
Landschaft |
1. n-f. landscape, scenery | |
Die Landschaft hier ist voll von Bäumen und Blumen. - The landscape here is full of trees and flowers. | |
den |
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
2. art. dative plural of der | |
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
Hochplateaus |
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standen |
1. v. first-person plural preterite of stehen | |
2. v. third-person plural 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. | |
immer |
1. adv. always | |
2. adv. at all times without exception | |
Irgendwo scheint immer die Sonne. - The sun is always shining somewhere. | |
3. adv. very often; all the time; constantly | |
Er will immer nur fernsehen. - He just wants to watch telly all the time. | |
4. adv. every time; whenever some precondition is given | |
Er erzählt immer dieselbe Geschichte. - He always tells that same story. | |
5. adv. (with) to a greater degree over time, more and more | |
Es wird immer kälter. - It's getting colder and colder. | |
6. adv. (colloquial unstressed) used to emphasize another adverb of time, which itself is stressed | |
Er kommt immer nie pünktlich. - He’s never on time. | |
Ich bin oft immer sehr vergesslich. - I’m often very forgetful. | |
Manchmal hab ich immer das Gefühl, dass... - Sometimes I get the feeling that... | |
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) | |
oder |
1. conj. or | |
Danach alles gestr. oder noch 1–2 Wörter? - Is everything after that crossed out or are there one or two more words? | |
2. part. (tag question) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
Es ist kalt heute, oder? - It’s cold today, isn’t it? | |
Das war keine so gute Idee, oder? - That wasn’t such a good idea, was it? | |
Du kommst aus Deutschland, oder? - You’re from Germany, aren’t you? | |
Drei |
1. n-f. three (digit/figure 3) | |
2. num. (cardinal) three (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 3; or describing a set with three elements) | |
Bauernhöfe |
1. n. plural of Bauernhof | |
Bauernhof |
1. n. A farm. | |
eng |
1. adj. narrow, tight | |
enge Freunde. - close friends. | |
beieinander |
1. adv. together | |
jede |
1. pron. (indefinite, inflected form) feminine of jeder | |
2. pron. (indefinite, inflected form) feminine accusative of jeder | |
Gruppe |
1. n-f. group | |
jedoch |
1. adv. however, yet, nevertheless | |
2. conj. but | |
Ich mag Schokolade, jedoch bevorzuge ich Äpfel. - I like chocolate, but I prefer apples. | |
ein |
1. art. a, an | |
ein Mann - a man | |
eine Frau - a woman | |
ein Kind - a child | |
2. adv. (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something | |
ein und aus gehen, weder ein noch aus wissen | |
darein, derein, feldein, feldein, hafenein, hafenein, herein, herein, hierein, hierein, hinein, hinein, jahrein, jahrein, waldein, waldein (older spellings include Wald-ein), worein, wor | |
3. adj. (predicative) on | |
Ist der Schalter ein oder aus? (d. h., Ist der Schalter ein- oder ausgeschaltet?) - Is the switch on or off. (i.e., Is the switch switched on or off.) | |
Paar |
1. n. pair, couple | |
Ein Paar brauner Schuhe. - A pair of brown shoes. | |
2. n. twosome | |
3. det. some; few; a few | |
ein paar |
1. det. Form of paar | |
Hundert |
1. n. hundred (the number) | |
2. n. hundred (unity of one hundred things) | |
3. n. (in plural) hundreds of (unspecified large quantity) | |
es gibt Hunderte von Sorten - there are hundreds of varieties | |
4. num. (cardinal) one hundred | |
Meter |
1. n. meter (unit of length) | |
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) | |
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 | |
nächsten |
1. adj. superlative of nah | |
2. adj. form of nah, sten | |
nächster |
1. adj. next, following | |
Wir waren schon in drei Kneipen und jetzt gehen wir zur nächsten. - We've already been to three pubs and now we're going to the next one. | |
2. adj. form of nah, ster | |
entfernt |
1. Participle. past participle of entfernen | |
2. adj. distant | |
3. adj. (with a spatial or temporal measure) away | |
Der Bahnhof ist 15 Minuten vom Stadtzentrum entfernt. - The railway station is 15 minutes away from the city centre. | |
entfernen |
1. v. to remove | |
Der Hausmeister entfernt die Graffitis von der Wand. - The caretaker is removing the graffiti from the wall. | |
2. v. to gradually move away; to recede; to retreat; to diverge | |
Das Schiff entfernt sich von der Insel. - The ship is moving away from the island. | |
Die beiden verwandten Sprachen haben sich voneinander entfernt. - The two related languages have diverged from each other. | |
3. v. to stray; to deviate; to depart (from a group, a route, etc.) | |
Ein junges Schaf hat sich von der Herde entfernt. - A young sheep has strayed from the flock. | |
Das Flugzeug entfernte sich auf unerklärliche Weise von seinem Kurs. - The airplane mysteriously departed from its course. | |
4. v. to desert; to go absent; to leave without permission | |
Der Gefreite hat sich absichtlich von seiner Einheit entfernt. - The private has deliberately gone absent from his unit. | |
5. v. to leave a place; to remove oneself | |
Herr Hoffmann, Sie entfernen sich sofort aus meinem Büro! - Mr Hoffmann, you will immediately remove yourself from my office! | |