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.” | |