Lieber |
1. n. dear | |
2. adj. comparative of lieb | |
3. adj. form of lieb | |
(in a letter) Lieber Hans - Dear Johnny | |
4. adv. comparative of gern; rather, better, by preference | |
Ich nehme lieber das Fahrrad als das Auto. - I would rather take the bicycle than the car. | |
Gott |
1. n. god | |
2. Proper noun. God | |
gnädiges |
1. adj. form of gnädig | |
gnädig |
1. adj. gracious | |
2. adj. propitious | |
3. adj. merciful | |
Fräulein |
1. n. diminutive of Frau (but not freely applicable) | |
2. n. (dated, address for an unmarried woman) miss | |
Guten Morgen, Fräulein Schmitz! - Good morning, Miss Schmitz! | |
3. n. miss, young woman (especially a shop assistant) | |
Würden Sie mir kurz helfen, junges Fräulein! - Would you help me please, miss! | |
4. n. young lady, missy (said jokingly or rebukingly to a little girl) | |
So, jetzt reicht's aber, Fräulein! - All right, that's enough, young lady! | |
5. n. (obsolete) A female animal or person | |
unsereins |
1. pron. (colloquial) synonym of unsereiner | |
2. pron. singular of unsereiner | |
will |
1. v. first-person singular present of wollen | |
2. v. third-person singular present of wollen | |
wollen |
1. adj. (relational) wool; woolen, woollen | |
2. v. to want; to wish; to desire; to demand | |
Ich will doch nur das Beste. - I want only the best. | |
3. v. (auxiliary) to want (to do something) | |
Ich will gehen. - I want to go. | |
4. v. (auxiliary) to intend, to mean | |
Ich wollte dich nicht erschrecken. - I did not mean to scare you. | |
doch |
1. part. (in response to a negative question or statement) yes; surely; really; on the contrary | |
Das darfst du nicht sagen. — Doch! - You can’t say that. — Yes, I can! | |
Du wirst nicht kommen? — Doch! - You're not going to come? — Yes, I am! | |
2. conj. though; yet; but; however; nevertheless | |
3. conj. for all that; after all; but | |
4. adv. after all; yet; however; nevertheless | |
5. adv. really; just | |
6. adv. indicates proposal Why don't you/we | |
Komm doch mal mit. - Why don't you just come with us? | |
Auch |
1. Proper noun. , common in Southern Germany as an occupational surname for those who watched livestock at night | |
2. adv. also; too; as well (in addition to whatever or whoever has previously been listed) | |
Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “auch”: I too want icecream. | |
Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “Eis”: I want icecream, too. | |
3. adv. Used for emphasis. | |
4. adv. (To confirm a preceding statement by someone else): really, actually, indeed, in fact | |
Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “will”: I do indeed want icecream. | |
Das ist auch so. - Stress on “ist”: It really is like that. | |
Du solltest zur Polizei gehen. ― Mach ich auch. - You should go to the police. ― I will. | |
5. adv. (To ask for confirmation of something one considers necessary.) | |
Hast du das Licht auch ausgemacht? - Did you make sure to turn off the light? | |
6. adv. (To imply that something is unreasonable.) | |
Du bist auch witzig... Wie soll ich das denn ohne Auto alles schaffen?! - You’re oh so ingenious... How am I supposed to get all of this done wit | |
Warum müssen die auch alle ihren Müll hier abladen! - Why do they all have to dump their rubbish here! | |
7. adv. even ((implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality)) | |
Auch wenn das stimmt, ist es noch kein endgültiger Beweis. - Even if this is true, it is no definite proof. | |
Auch ein Professor schreibt schon mal was falsch. - Even a professor may misspell something at times. | |
8. adv. ever (as in whatever, whenever, however, etc.) | |
Was du auch tust, es wird immer einer besser sein. - Whatever you do, someone will always do it better. | |
9. interj. (in answering a yes-no question, used to express that the thing asked about covers part of the truth but not all of it); “yes, and more” | |
Ach, du bist Bauingenieur. Dann baust du Brücken? — Auch. - Oh, you’re a construction engineer. So you build bridges? — Yeah. And other things, too. | |
seinen |
1. det. (possessive) masculine accusative singular of sein | |
2. det. (possessive) dative plural of sein | |
sein |
1. v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be | |
Das ist schön. - That is beautiful. | |
Das ist ein Auto. - That is a car. | |
2. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition) | |
Usage: In this sense sein is always conjugated in the third person singular and takes a Dative noun. The impersonal subject es may be present, but is often taken as implied. For example: "Mir i | |
Ist dir kalt? - Are you cold? | |
Mir ist schlecht. - I'm sick. | |
Dem Mann ist schwindelig. - The man feels dizzy. | |
Den Kindern ist langweilig. - The children are bored. | |
3. v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for | |
Usage: As in the previous sense sein takes a Dative noun and is always conjugated according to the impersonal subject es, although it is usually omitted. | |
Uns ist nach einem Film zumute. - We feel like watching a movie. | |
Mir ist nicht danach. - I don't feel like it. | |
4. v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs | |
Er ist alt geworden. - He has become old. | |
5. v. to exist; there to be; to be alive | |
Was nicht ist, kann noch werden. (a common proverb) - That which does not exist now, may come into existence. | |
Wenn ich nicht mehr bin, erbst du das Haus. - When I am no more, you'll inherit the house. | |
6. v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.) | |
Du bist. - It’s your turn. | |
Du bist nach mir. - Your turn is after mine. | |
7. v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag | |
Du bist! - You're it! | |
Ich bin nicht mehr. - I'm not it anymore. | |
8. det. his | |
Daniel schickt seiner Schwester eine SMS. - Daniel is sending a text to his sister. | |
Der Kater spielt oft mit seinen Spielsachen. - The cat often plays with his toys. | |
9. det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun) | |
der Mond und sein Licht - the moon and its light | |
das Schaf und seine Lämmer - the sheep and its lambs | |
10. det. (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so. | |
Der kostet so seine zweihundert Euro. - That one costs around two hundred euros. | |
11. det. one's | |
Man muss seinem Herzen folgen. - One must follow one’s heart. | |
Spaß |
1. n. fun | |
2. n. joke | |
3. v. singular imperative of spaßen | |
Haben |
1. n-n. credit | |
2. v. (auxiliary) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses) | |
Das habe ich nicht gesagt. - I haven't said that. | |
3. v. to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic) | |
4. 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. | |
5. v. to have, get (to obtain, acquire) | |
6. v. to get (to receive) | |
7. v. to have (to be scheduled to attend) | |
8. v. to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from) | |
9. v. to contain, be composed of, equal | |
Ein Meter hat 100 Zentimeter. - One metre has 100 centimetres. | |
10. v. (impersonal, dialectal, with es) there be, there is, there are | |
Es hat zwei Bücher. - There are two books. | |
11. v. to make a fuss | |
Hab dich nicht so! - Don't make such a fuss! | |
12. 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. | |
13. 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. | |
Spaß haben |
1. v. to have fun | |