meistens |
1. adv. mostly (for the most part) | |
2. adv. most often, usually, normally (most of the time) | |
Meistens stehe ich zeitig auf. - I usually get up early. | |
musste |
1. v. first-person singular preterite of müssen | |
2. v. third-person singular preterite of müssen | |
Ida |
1. Proper noun. given name, female | |
allein |
1. adj. (only predicative) alone | |
Er ist ganz allein. - He is all alone. | |
2. adv. alone | |
Er schrieb das Buch allein. - He wrote the book alone. | |
Allein im Jahr 2012 starben 500 Menschen an der Krankheit. - In 2012 alone, 500 people died from the illness. | |
3. adv. (formal, literary) only | |
Allein ein Wunder kann uns noch helfen. - Only a miracle can help us now. | |
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 | |
dem |
1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
Zimmer |
1. n-n. room (separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling) | |
bleiben |
1. v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to remain (to continue to be) | |
Er blieb sein ganzes Leben ein glühender Anhänger der Monarchie. - He remained a devoted supporter of the monarchy for all his life. | |
2. v. to keep (on); to continue (see usage notes below) | |
Ich bleibe noch ein bisschen liegen. - I'll keep lying here for a bit. | |
3. v. to stay; to remain in a place | |
Du kannst ja schon fahren, aber ich bleibe noch. - Feel free to leave, but I'm staying some more. | |
4. v. to be; to be stuck; implying tardiness | |
Wo bleibst du? Wir sind schon seit über einer Stunde da. - Where are you? We arrived more than an hour ago. | |
5. v. to be left for someone | |
Was bleibt ihm jetzt noch, wo seine Frau gestorben ist? - What does he have left now that his wife is dead? (literally: What is left for him...) | |
6. v. to stick with; to stay with | |
Ich hab’s ihm erklärt, aber er bleibt bei seiner Meinung. - I’ve explained it to him, but he sticks with his opinion. | |
Bis |
1. n. (music) B-sharp | |
2. conj. (subordinating, temporal) until | |
Wir warten hier, bis das Gewitter vorbei ist. - We'll wait here until the thunderstorm is over. | |
3. conj. (coordinating) to | |
Ich arbeite 40 bis 50 Stunden in der Woche. - I work 40 to 50 hours a week. | |
Ihre Haare sind braun bis dunkelbraun. - Her hair is brown to dark brown. | |
4. prep. (temporal) until, to, (US) through | |
Meine Tochter ist bis zwei Uhr in der Schule. - My daughter is at school until two o'clock. | |
Ich war von Montag bis Freitag krank. - I was sick from Monday to Friday. | |
5. prep. (temporal) by | |
Die Aufgabe muss bis Donnerstag fertig sein. - The task must be complete by Thursday. | |
6. prep. (local) to; all the way to | |
Der Zug fährt bis Köln. - The train goes to Cologne. | |
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 | |
Mama |
1. n. mum, mummy, mom, mommy | |
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) | |
Ihren |
1. pron. (possessive) masculine accusative singular of Ihr | |
2. pron. (possessive) dative plural of Ihr | |
3. det. masculine accusative singular of ihr: her, its, their i;referring to a masculine object in the accusative case, or a plural object in the dative case | |
4. det. dative plural of ihr: her, its, their i;referring to a masculine object in the accusative case, or a plural object in the dative case | |
ihr |
1. pron. you, ye (plural, familiar) | |
2. pron. dative of sie | |
Hast du ihr das Buch gegeben? - Did you give her the book? | |
3. det. her (possessive) | |
Laura hat mir ihr neues Auto gezeigt. - Laura showed me her new car. | |
Die Katze spielt oft mit ihren Spielsachen. - The cat often plays with her toys. | |
4. det. its (when the owning object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine) | |
die Sonne und ihre Wärme - the sun and its warmth | |
5. det. their | |
Die Kinder spielen mit ihrem Hund. - The kids are playing with their dog. | |
die Wolken und ihre Schönheit - the clouds and their beauty | |
Anwendungen |
1. n. plural of Anwendung | |
Anwendung |
1. n-f. application | |
Theorie und Anwendungen. - Theory and applications. | |
zurückkam |
1. v. first-person singular preterite of zurückkommen | |
2. v. third-person singular preterite of zurückkommen | |