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Schritte
1. n. plural of Schritt
2. v. first-person singular subjunctive of schreiten
3. v. third-person singular subjunctive of schreiten
Schritt
1. n. step, footstep (a single instance of walking)
2. n. walk (slow gait of a horse)
3. n. crotch (the area between the human legs close to the genitals or comprising them)
4. n. a pace (any of several obsolete linear measures about as long as a man steps, that is about 70–80 cm)
5. n. any imaginary measure that is likened in its partitioning to the distance traveled by a leg moving forward in its single footsteps
Er war uns einige Schritte voraus. - He was a few steps ahead of us.
Leg einen Schritt zu! - Faster!
6. n. step, move, stage (the part of a measure in the sense of an action one takes)
Um dieses Ziel zu erreichen, sind folgende Schritte durchzuführen: - To reach this end, the following steps need to be performed:
beim ersten Schritt. - in the first step.
7. n. ellipsis of Schrittgeschwindigkeit
Fahren Sie Schritt! - Drive as fast as a pedestrian walks!
schreiten
1. v. to stride; to step, to proceed
entfernten
1. v. first-person plural preterite of entfernen
2. v. third-person plural preterite of entfernen
3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of entfernen
4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of entfernen
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!
sich
1. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular: herself, himself, itself, oneself (direct or indirect object).
2. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person plural: themselves (direct or indirect object).
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)
mir
1. pron. personal dative of ich: me, to me:
Er gab es mir. - He gave it to me.
2. pron. (dialectal, or colloquial) Alternative form of wir, t=we
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)
Eile
1. n. hurry
2. v. first-person singular present of eilen
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of eilen
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of eilen
5. v. singular imperative of eilen
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?
Entsetzen
1. n. (gerund of entsetzen); horror
2. v. to shock, horrify, appall
3. v. (military) to relieve (a town or fortress from a siege)
Türen
1. n. plural of Tür
Tür
1. n-f. door (rigid plane on a hinge)
Die Tür ist aus Eichenholz. - The door is made of oak wood.
Kannst du bitte die Tür zumachen?! - Can you please shut the door?!
Hast du schon an die Tür geklopft? - Have you knocked on the door yet?
Plötzlich klopfte es an der (also: die) Tür. - Suddenly someone knocked at the door.
2. n-f. door; doorway (passage that can be blocked with such a plane)
Er stand in der Tür. - He was standing in the doorway.
wurden
1. v. first-person plural preterite of werden
2. v. third-person plural preterite of werden
werden
1. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense
Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - I will go home.
2. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs
3. v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice
Das Buch wird gerade gelesen. (present tense) - The book is being read.
Ich wurde in Europa geboren. (preterite tense) - I was born in Europe.
Er war geschlagen worden. (past perfect tense) - He had been beaten.
4. v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn
Es wird heißer. - It's getting hotter.
5. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition)
Usage: In this sense werden 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. (See the usage no
Wird dir kalt? - Are you getting cold?
Den Kindern wird langweilig. - The children are getting bored.
Von Mayonnaise wird mir schlecht. - Mayonnaise makes me sick. (Literally: From mayonnaise I become sick.)
6. v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future)
Wir werden zusammen glücklich. - We will be happy together.
Was wird aus mir? - What will become of me?
7. v. (colloquial) to be going to work
Das wird so nichts. - It will not work like that.
aufgemacht
1. Participle. past participle of aufmachen
aufmachen
1. v. to open (a container, a door or window)
Mach mir auf! - Open the door for me.
Kannst du dieses Glas aufmachen? - Can you open this jar?
2. v. to open for business
Ich liebe den neuen Laden, der kürzlich aufgemacht hat. - I love the new store that opened recently.
3. v. to get ready; to set out
4. v. (dated, colloquial) to put up; to hang (curtains, a poster etc.)
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?
zugeschlagen
1. Participle. past participle of zuschlagen
zuschlagen
1. v. to avail oneself of one’s muscular power and direct it to a striking face
Die drohen nicht, die schlagen gleich zu. - They threaten not, they apply violence instantly.
2. v. to take one’s chance, to commence to act provided the sudden opportunity
Als er hörte, dass die Lautsprecher um 20 % verbilligt waren, hat er gleich zugeschlagen. - When he heard that the loud-speakers are 20 % off this was an insta-buy for him.
3. v. to slam, to whack in such a fashion that it is afterwards closed
Dass er sie deshalb gehörig schurigelte, konnte sie nicht ertragen und schlug einfach die Tür zu. - She could not bear that he aptly reprehended her for this, hence she just slammed the door.
4. v. by continuous strikes or blows with an instrument achieve that a thing is afterwards sealed or locked
Daraufhin schickte er sich an, die Kiste mithilfe von Hammer und Nägeln zuzuschlagen. - Thereupon he got ready to close up the crate, availing himself of a hammer and nails.
5. v. (ditransitive) to give the knock on to, to distribute to, to whack, to pronounce to belong to, to add to how much someone or somebody is worth
Der Rechtspfleger hat das Grundstück dem X zugeschlagen. - The registrar gave the knock on the plot to X.
Das letzte Stück Torte hat A seinem Bruder zugeschlagen. - The last piece of cake he whacked to his brother.
6. v. (ditransitive) by smacking achieve that a thing instantaneously moves somewhither, to hit and thus pass to
Er hätte den Ball fast seinem Gegner zugeschlagen. - He almost passed the ball to the adversary.
im
1. contraction. contraction of in dem ; in the
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)
dem
1. art. dative singular of der: the
2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which
Nebenzimmer
1. n-n. neighbouring room, adjacent room
Hub
1. n. lift, lifting
2. n. (computing, transportation) hub
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.)
aufgeregtes
Hin
1. n. (historical, former Egyptian or Hebrew unit of measure) hin
2. adv. ng, Used to denote direction away from the speaker.
3. adj. (colloquial) haven taken its course, situated, left
Ich werde nachsehen, wo die Pakete hin sind. - I'll check where the packages went.
4. adj. (colloquial) on the fritz, bruck, out of order
5. adj. (colloquial) exhausted, depleted
6. adj. (colloquial) captivated, fully on wass
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?
Widerrennen
an
1. prep. (local) on; upon; at; in; against
Das Bild hängt an der Wand. - The picture hangs on the wall.
2. prep. by; near; close to; next to
3. prep. (temporal, with days or times of day) on; in; at
Wir treffen uns am (an dem) Dienstag. - We're meeting on Tuesday.
Ich werde sie am (an dem) Abend sehen. - I will see her in the evening.
4. prep. (temporal) a; per; only used with the word Tag, otherwise use in
zweimal am Tag - twice a day
5. prep. on; onto
Ich hänge das Bild an die Wand. - I hang the picture on the wall.
6. prep. at; against
Schauen Sie an die Tafel. - Look at the blackboard.
7. prep. to; for
Ein Brief an Anna. - A letter for Anna.
8. adv. onward; on
von heute an - from today on
9. adj. (predicative) on
Ist der Schalter an oder aus? = Ist der Schalter an- oder ausgeschaltet? - Is the switch on or off. Is the switch switched on or off.
Kastentüren
knarrten
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?
Möbelstücke
1. n. plural of Möbelstück
Schienen
1. n. plural of Schiene
2. v. to splint
3. v. first-person plural preterite of scheinen
4. v. third-person plural preterite of scheinen
5. v. first-person plural subjunctive of scheinen
6. v. third-person plural subjunctive of scheinen
scheinen
1. v. to shine; to gleam
2. v. (copulative) to seem; to appear; to look
Es scheint mir, dass … - It seems to me that …
Du scheinst erschöpft. - You seem exhausted.
geschoben
1. Participle. past participle of schieben
schieben
1. v. to push; to shove
2. v. to slide; to slip; to put
3. v. to push
4. v. to traffic (something); to profiteer; to racketeer
zu
1. prep. to, towards (indicates directionality)
zum Bahnhof - to the train station
2. prep. with respect to; regarding
Zu Punkt 1 möchte ich bemerken, dass... - With respect to item 1, let me remark that...
3. prep. along with; with (accompanying (the main thing in question))
Wasser zum Essen trinken - to drink water with one’s meal
4. prep. at, on (indicates location)
zu Hause - at home
5. prep. at (indicates time)
zur richtigen Zeit - at the right time
zu Beginn - at the beginning
6. prep. by, in, on, at (indicates mode (of transportation, speech, etc.))
zu Pferd - on horseback
7. prep. (with a verb) for; (with a noun) as, by way of (for the purpose of)
8. prep. for (in honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of)
9. prep. into (indicates transition into another form or substance)
10. prep. as, for, to be (to take on the role of)
11. prep. to (used to indicate ratios)
12. prep. at (denotes a price or rate)
13. part. (with infinitives of verbs) to
etwas zu essen - something to eat
14. adv. (with adjectives and adverbs) too (excessively)
zu schnell - too fast
15. adv. (by extension, slang) (An intensifier.)
Dieses Essen ist zu lecker! - This food tastes so good!
16. adv. towards; at
17. adv. (somewhat, informal) shut; closed; locked
18. adv. ahead, on (along, forwards (continuing an action))
19. adj. (somewhat, informal) shut, closed (made inaccessible or impassable; not open)
Das Geschäft war zu. - The shop was closed.
Die Tür muss aus Brandschutzgründen immer zu sein. - This door must be shut at all times for reasons of fire safety.
Die Tür ist zu, ich komm nicht rein. - The door is locked, I can’t get in there.
20. adj. closed (not operating or conducting trade)
21. adj. done up (fastened)
22. adj. (slang) hammered; very drunk
Werden
1. n. (gerund of werden); becoming (coming into being)
2. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense
Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - I will go home.
3. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs
4. v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice
Das Buch wird gerade gelesen. (present tense) - The book is being read.
Ich wurde in Europa geboren. (preterite tense) - I was born in Europe.
Er war geschlagen worden. (past perfect tense) - He had been beaten.
5. v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn
Es wird heißer. - It's getting hotter.
6. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition)
Usage: In this sense werden 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. (See the usage no
Wird dir kalt? - Are you getting cold?
Den Kindern wird langweilig. - The children are getting bored.
Von Mayonnaise wird mir schlecht. - Mayonnaise makes me sick. (Literally: From mayonnaise I become sick.)
7. v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future)
Wir werden zusammen glücklich. - We will be happy together.
Was wird aus mir? - What will become of me?
8. v. (colloquial) to be going to work
Das wird so nichts. - It will not work like that.

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