| Trotz |
| 1. n. defiance | |
| 2. prep. in spite of, despite | |
| Trotz aller Bemühungen ist es uns nicht gelungen, die Ziele des Projekts zu erreichen. - Despite our best efforts, we were unable to succeed in achieving the project's objectives. | |
| 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 | |
| schwierigen |
| 1. adj. form of schwierig | |
| schwierig |
| 1. adj. difficult, hard, challenging, tough | |
| 2. adj. (of a person) difficult, prickly | |
| Umstände |
| 1. n. plural of Umstand | |
| Umstand |
| 1. n. circumstance (an event; a fact; a particular incident) | |
| Unter keinen Umständen. - Under no circumstances. | |
| entstand |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of entstehen | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of entstehen | |
| 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.) | |
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| das |
| 1. art. singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. singular of der | |
| 3. pron. (relative) who, that, which | |
| Ich kenne ein Mädchen, das das kann. - I know a girl who can do that. | |
| Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
| 4. pron. (demonstrative) this, that, it | |
| Das ist mein Haus. - This is my house. | |
| er - Er wissen | |
| Ich hab das nicht. - I don’t have it. (i.e. the thing mentioned) | |
| 5. pron. (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb) | |
| Das regnet schon wieder. - It’s raining again. | |
| Wissen Sie, wie spät das ist? - Do you know what time it is? | |
| 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 | |
| erst |
| 1. adv. first, at first | |
| 2. adv. only (with progress, accomplishments or the present time) | |
| Sie ist erst 28 Jahre alt. - She is only 28 years old. | |
| Es ist erst halb zehn. - It is only half past nine. | |
| 3. adv. not until, not for, not before (with reference to a point or period of time in the future) | |
| Ich bin erst nächsten Monat in Urlaub. - I'm not on vacation until next month. | |
| Mein Bruder kommt erst in drei Wochen an. - My brother's not arriving for three weeks. | |
| 4. adv. only, as recently as (with reference to the past) | |
| Er ist erst gestern gegangen. - He left only yesterday. | |
| Er ist erst seit zwei Tagen da. - He has only been here for two days. | |
| 5. adv. short for, erstmal | |
| Es ist kalt im Süden. Und im Norden erst! - It is cold in the South. And especially in the North. | |
| 6. adv. Switzerland synonym of zumal | |
| Jahre |
| 1. en:years | |
| 2. n. plural of Jahr "years" | |
| Jahr |
| 1. n. year (solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun) | |
| Jahr für Jahr - year after year | |
| 2. n. year (time it takes for any astronomical object to directly orbit its star) | |
| 3. n. year (period between set dates that mark a year) | |
| 4. n. year (level or grade in school or college) | |
| später |
| 1. adj. comparative of spät; later | |
| 2. adj. form of spät | |
| 3. adv. later | |
| wirklich |
| 1. adj. real | |
| 2. adv. really, actually | |
| verstanden |
| 1. Participle. past participle of verstehen | |
| verstehen |
| 1. v. to understand | |
| 2. v. to hear and interpret (speech) | |
| Ich verstehe dich nicht bei dem Lärm. - I can't understand you with this noise. | |
| 3. v. to comprehend, make sense of | |
| Ich verstehe nicht, was du meinst. - I don't understand what you mean. | |
| 4. v. to take, see, gather (impute what is not explicitly stated) | |
| Ich verstehe das so, dass Sie unzufrieden sind. - I understand this in such a way that you are dissatisfied. | |
| 5. v. to know, have knowledge or understanding of (through experience or study) | |
| Er versteht viel von Autos. - He knows a lot about cars. | |
| 6. v. to understand oneself, understand each other, be understood | |
| 7. v. (with als) to see oneself as, to think of oneself as | |
| Wir verstehen uns als Dienstleister. - We see ourselves as a service provider. | |
| 8. v. to understand one another, be able to communicate | |
| Ich hoffe, wir verstehen uns. - I hope we understand each other. | |
| 9. v. (with mit) to get along with | |
| Die beiden verstehen sich gut. - The two get along well. | |
| Wie verstehst du dich mit deinem Chef? - How do you get along with your boss? | |
| 10. v. (with auf) to be an expert (at something) | |
| Sie versteht sich auf gut getarnte Beleidigungen. - She is an expert at making well disguised insults. | |
| 11. v. to be meant, to have to be interpreted (in some way) | |
| Die angegebenen Preise verstehen sich ohne Mehrwertsteuer. - The indicated prices should be understood as without VAT. | |
| 12. v. (impersonal) to go without saying, to be obvious | |
| Es versteht sich, dass ... - It goes without saying that ... | |
| wurde |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of werden | |
| 2. v. third-person singular 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. | |
