vor |
1. prep. in front of, ahead of (relative location in space) | |
2. prep. before, prior to, ahead of (relative location in time) | |
3. prep. ago (location in the past relative to the present) | |
vor drei Tagen - three days ago | |
vor einiger Zeit - a while ago | |
4. prep. from, against (a threat or negative outcome) | |
Er konnte vor dem Tsunami nicht mehr fliehen. - He couldn't escape (from) the tsunami. | |
Du hast mich vorm Ertrinken gerettet. - You saved me from drowning. | |
vor Verlusten schützen - to protect against losses | |
sich vor jemandem verstecken - to hide from somebody | |
5. prep. (what) with, (out) of (stating cause) | |
vor Freude weinen - to cry with joy | |
Ich sterbe vor Durst. - I'm dying of thirst. | |
Ich kann dich vor all dem Rauch gar nicht sehen. - I can't even see you, what with all the smoke. | |
Vor lauter Angst traute sich keiner im Raum mehr zu atmen. - Nobody in the room dared to breathe out of sheer fright. | |
dem |
1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
Bett |
1. n. bed (piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, for resting or sleeping on; one's place of sleep or rest) | |
2. n. bed (bottom of a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river) | |
Stand |
1. n. standing, state, status, position, situation | |
Im Stande sein...zu - to be able to. | |
jemandem in den Stand setzen,...zu - to enable someone to. | |
Geld setzt einen in den Stand, alles zu kaufen - Money enables you to buy anything. | |
2. n. estate | |
3. n. booth, stand | |
4. n. (Swiss) canton (state of Switzerland) | |
5. v. first-person singular preterite of stehen | |
6. v. third-person singular preterite of stehen | |
stehen |
1. v. to stand (to be upright, support oneself on the feet in an erect position) | |
Ich stehe an der Ecke. - I'm standing on the corner. | |
2. v. to be, to appear, to stand (to be placed or located somewhere) | |
Das steht nicht in dem Wörterbuch. - This does not appear in the dictionary. | |
3. v. to stay; to be still | |
Das Leben steht. - Life stands still. | |
4. v. to stay, to stand, to be (in a certain state, position or circumstance) | |
Das Haus steht leer. - The house stands empty. | |
Das Team steht an der Spitze seiner Liga. - The team stands at the top of their league. | |
5. v. to suit, to become (to look attractive on, of a garment, color etc.) | |
Blau steht dir sehr gut! - Blue suits you very well! | |
Der Tod steht ihr gut - Death Becomes Her (film title) | |
6. v. (Swiss) to put, place | |
7. v. (indtr, auf, .colloquial) to fancy | |
Ich glaube sie steht nicht auf dich. - I don't think she fancies you. | |
eine |
1. num. feminine singular of ein | |
2. art. feminine singular of ein: a, an | |
3. pron. feminine singular of einer | |
4. pron. masculine nominative singular of einer | |
5. pron. singular of einer | |
Weiße |
1. n. female equivalent of Weißer: white female, Caucasian female | |
2. n. one of a variety of beers, including the Bavarian weissbier, but especially the one called Berliner Weiße | |
3. n. plural of Weißer | |
4. n. nominative singular of Weißer | |
5. n. whiteness | |
6. n. (obsolete, or dialectal) Alternative form of Weizen | |
7. adj. form of weiß | |
8. v. first-person singular present of weißen | |
9. v. singular imperative of weißen | |
10. v. first-person singular subjunctive of weißen | |
11. v. third-person singular subjunctive of weißen | |
weiß |
1. adj. white | |
2. v. first-person singular present of wissen | |
ich - Ich weiß das bereits. | |
ich - Ich weiß nicht. | |
3. v. third-person singular present of wissen | |
er - Er weiß das bereits. | |
er - Er weiß nicht. | |
weißen |
1. v. to whiten | |
2. adj. form of weiß | |
Kommode |
1. n-f. chest of drawers | |
2. adj. form of kommod | |
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? | |
darauf |
1. adv. after (behind; later in time; following) | |
2. adv. on top of that | |
3. adv. on it | |
Zwei |
1. n-f. two (digit or figure) | |
Die Zwei ist die einzige gerade Primzahl. - Two is the only even prime number. | |
Die Zahl 22 besteht aus zwei Zweien. - The number 22 consists of two 2s. | |
Ich werf' dauernd Zweien! - I’m always throwing twos! (in dice) | |
2. n-f. (Germany) an academic grade indicating "good", corresponding roughly to a B in English-speaking countries | |
Die gute Nachricht: Ich habe eine Zwei in Englisch! - The good news: I got a B in English! | |
3. num. (cardinal) two (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 2; or describing a set with two components) | |
Glasbehälter |
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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) | |
denen |
1. pron. dative plural of der | |
2. pron. (relative): (to) whom, (to) which, that | |
3. pron. (demonstrative): (to) that, (to) him/her | |
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). | |
Nescafé |
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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? | |
Kekse |
1. n. plural of Keks "cookies" | |
Keks |
1. n. cookie (US), biscuit (UK) | |
2. n. , translation=Schiller’s sister incarnate is sitting there: a strawberry blonde, still very young, looking out of the window in front of me and biting into a cookie. | |
3. n. , translation=Ever broader classes of the public are going over to the consumption of factory-made cookie types that are qualitatively better and cheaper than cookies made in private homes. | |
befanden |
1. v. first-person plural preterite of befinden | |
2. v. third-person plural preterite of befinden | |
befinden |
1. v. to occupy a place; to be located; to be situated | |
Der Tresor befindet sich hinter dem Bild im Wohnzimmer. - The safe is situated behind the picture in the living room. | |
2. v. to find, to consider | |
Ich befinde Sie eines Mordes für schuldig - I find you guilty of murder | |