| wir |
| 1. pron. we | |
| brauchten |
| 1. v. first-person plural preterite of brauchen | |
| 2. v. third-person plural preterite of brauchen | |
| 3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of brauchen | |
| 4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of brauchen | |
| brauchen |
| 1. v. to need, to be in need of, to require | |
| Ich brauche deine Hilfe. - I need your help. | |
| Ich brauche nie lang. - I never need long. | |
| Dafür brauchen wir dringend eine politische Lösung. - For this, we urgently need a political solution. | |
| 2. v. to need to, to have to (in negation or with the adverb nur) | |
| Du brauchst nicht auf mich (zu) warten. - You don’t need to wait for me. | |
| Sie braucht mich nur an(zu)rufen. - She just needs to call me. | |
| wenigstens |
| 1. adv. at least | |
| noch |
| 1. adv. still, yet (up to and including a given time) | |
| Du magst mich noch. - You still like me. | |
| Ich bin noch nicht fertig. - I’m not ready yet. | |
| 2. adv. yet, eventually (at an unknown time in the future) | |
| Er wird noch kommen. - He will come eventually. | |
| Das brauche ich später noch. - I'll need that sometime. | |
| 3. adv. additionally, in addition, besides, else; (more often expressed in English with) another, more | |
| Da ist noch einer. - There’s another one. | |
| Da sind noch welche. - There are some more. | |
| Ich habe noch Schokolade im Auto. - I have some more chocolate in the car. | |
| Weißt du noch was? - Can you think of anything else? | |
| 4. adv. (only) just; barely (by a small margin) | |
| Ich habe es gerade noch geschafft. - I made it just in time. | |
| 5. adv. (with comparative) even | |
| Deins ist noch schöner! - Yours is even prettier! | |
| 6. conj. (following a negation, especially weder) nor; function word introducing each except the first term or series, indicating none of them is true | |
| Ich mag weder ihn noch dich. - I like neither him nor you. | |
| Er versteht es nicht noch wird er es jemals verstehen. - He doesn’t understand it, nor will he ever understand it. | |
| einen |
| 1. num. masculine accusative singular of ein | |
| 2. art. masculine accusative singular of ein: a, an | |
| 3. pron. masculine accusative singular of einer | |
| 4. pron. singular of einer | |
| 5. pron. plural of einer | |
| 6. v. (higher register, transitive) to unite | |
| Eine Idee, die alle eint. - An idea that unites everybody. | |
| 7. v. (higher register, reflexive) to come to terms | |
| Nach langem Diskutieren haben sie sich endlich geeint. - After discussing for a long time, they have eventually come to an agreement. | |
| Krebs |
| 1. n-m. crustacean, crab, crayfish | |
| 2. n-m. cancer (disease) | |
| 3. n-m. (zodiac constellations, astrology) Cancer | |
| damit |
| 1. adv. takes a reflexive pronoun adverb of mit | |
| 2. conj. (subordinating, with indicative or subjunctive I) so that, in order that | |
| Beeil dich, damit wir bald losfahren können. - Hurry up so that we can take off soon. | |
| jeder |
| 1. pron. each | |
| jedem das Seine - to each their own | |
| 2. det. each, every | |
| jedes Mal - every time | |
| 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) | |
| uns |
| 1. pron. of wir: us | |
| einen |
| 1. num. masculine accusative singular of ein | |
| 2. art. masculine accusative singular of ein: a, an | |
| 3. pron. masculine accusative singular of einer | |
| 4. pron. singular of einer | |
| 5. pron. plural of einer | |
| 6. v. (higher register, transitive) to unite | |
| Eine Idee, die alle eint. - An idea that unites everybody. | |
| 7. v. (higher register, reflexive) to come to terms | |
| Nach langem Diskutieren haben sie sich endlich geeint. - After discussing for a long time, they have eventually come to an agreement. | |
| Essen |
| 1. n-n. (gerund of essen); eating | |
| Das Trinken lernt der Mensch schon früh, und später erst das Essen.So soll der Mensch aus Dankbarkeit das Trinken nicht vergessen. - Man learns to drink early on, and only later to eat.So man w | |
| 2. n-n. meal | |
| 3. n-n. food | |
| 4. n-n. groceries | |
| Man sollte mit den Kindern Essen einkaufen gehen - One should buy groceries together with the kids. | |
| 5. n. plural of Esse | |
| 6. v. to eat | |
| Er isst gern Schokolade. - He likes eating chocolate. | |
| Ich esse einen Apfel. - I am eating an apple. | |
| 7. v. to eat; to dine | |
| Wir haben noch nicht gegessen. - We have not eaten yet. | |
| Sie haben immer vor 9 Uhr abends gegessen. - They always ate before 9 o’clock in the evening. | |
| konnte |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of können | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of können | |
| können |
| 1. v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can. | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) | |
| Kannst du ihm helfen? - Are you able to help him? | |
| Ich hätte das machen können. - I could have done that. | |
| Das kann sein, kann aber auch nicht sein. - This may be and may also not be. | |
| Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
| 3. v. to be able to do something implied; can. | |
| Nein, ich kann nicht. - No, I can’t. | |
| Er hat gekonnt. - He was able to do it. | |
| 4. v. to know how to do (something); to know; to understand; to be able to do (something); to be capable of; can do (something), to have a specific skill. (w | |
| Ich kann Deutsch und Englisch. - I know German and English. | |
| Kannst du es? - Can you do it? | |
| Das hätte ich nicht gekonnt. - I couldn’t have done that. / I wouldn’t have been capable of that. | |
| 5. v. to be possible, to make sense | |
| Nächstes Jahr is’n Schaltjahr. – Das kann nich’. Letztes Jahr war doch Schaltjahr! - Next year is a leap year. – That’s not possible. Last year w | |
| 6. v. (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may. | |
| Kann ich mitkommen? - May I come along? | |
| Er hat nicht ins Kino gehen können. - He was not allowed to go to the cinema. | |
| 7. v. (auxiliary) to be in the legal situation of being able to realize a legal effect even if it be legally disallowed | |
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| obwohl |
| 1. conj. although, though, while | |
| Frau Selma, unsere Empfangsdame, flirtet mit Patienten, obwohl sie Mutter von drei Kindern ist. - Ms. Selma, our receptionist, flirts with patients, although she is the mother of three children | |
| Ich |
| 1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego | |
| 2. n. self, me, him, etc. | |
| das wahre Ich - the real me | |
| 3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun) | |
| 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 | |
| nicht |
| 1. adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb) | |
| Bitte nicht stören! - Please do not disturb! | |
| Das ist nicht wahr. - That is not true. | |
| 2. interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
| Du bist sicher die Claudia, nicht? - You must be Claudia, aren't you? | |
| sicher |
| 1. adj. safe, secure (not dangerous or in danger) | |
| 2. adj. (often with reflexive dative, with optional genitive object) sure, certain (convinced) | |
| Ich bin (mir) sicher, dass es heute regnen wird. - I am sure that it will rain today. | |
| Sie ist sich des Sieges sicher. - She is certain of victory. | |
| 3. adv. safely | |
| 4. adv. surely, certainly | |
| 5. v. first-person singular present of sichern | |
| 6. v. singular imperative of sichern | |
| sichern |
| 1. v. to secure | |
| war |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite 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. | |
| ob |
| 1. conj. (qual, subordinating) Introduces an indirect question, a doubt. if, whether. | |
| ob ... oder - if ... or | |
| Ich weiß nicht, ob sie krank ist. - I don't know if she's sick | |
| Hast du sie gefragt, ob sie kommt? - Did you ask her if she's coming? | |
| Ob das wirklich wahr ist? - Is it really true? | |
| 2. conj. (conditional, obsolete, except in als ob) if, in case | |
| 3. prep. (formal, literary, + genitive; rare with dative) on account of | |
| Ich |
| 1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego | |
| 2. n. self, me, him, etc. | |
| das wahre Ich - the real me | |
| 3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun) | |
| 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 | |
| überhaupt |
| 1. adv. overall, in general | |
| 2. adv. at all; anyway | |
| Hört Ihr mir überhaupt zu? - Are you listening to me at all? | |
| 3. adv. actually | |
| 4. adv. even | |
| wollte |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of wollen | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of wollen | |
| 3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of wollen | |
| 4. v. third-person singular subjunctive 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. | |
