| wir |
| 1. pron. we | |
| durften |
| 1. v. first-person plural preterite of dürfen | |
| 2. v. third-person plural preterite of dürfen | |
| dürfen |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may | |
| Darf ich gehen? - May I go? | |
| Ich habe gehen dürfen. - I was allowed to go. | |
| 2. v. to be allowed or permitted to do something implied or previously stated; may | |
| Ja, du darfst. - Yes, you may. | |
| Ich habe es gedurft. - I was allowed to do it. | |
| 3. v. (subjunctive ii, auxiliary) Expresses a prediction with mild doubt, that something is estimated or probable. | |
| Der Zug dürfte in ein paar Minuten ankommen. - The train should (will probably) be here in a few minutes. | |
| 4. v. (colloquial) to must, to have to | |
| Und ich darf dann wieder hinter euch aufräumen. - And I can clean up after you once again then. | |
| 5. v. (obsolete, transitive, with genitive) to need, to require | |
| Nichts |
| 1. n. nothingness, void | |
| 2. pron. nothing | |
| Ich weiß, dass ich nichts weiß. - I know that I know nothing. | |
| abpflücken |
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| Großvater |
| 1. n. grandfather | |
| 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. | |
| pensioniert |
| 1. Participle. past participle of pensionieren | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present of pensionieren | |
| 3. v. second-person plural present of pensionieren | |
| 4. v. plural imperative of pensionieren | |
| pensionieren |
| 1. v. (public service) to pension | |
| 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? | |
| pflegte |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of pflegen | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of pflegen | |
| 3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of pflegen | |
| 4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of pflegen | |
| pflegen |
| 1. v. (Providing care or service for someone/something.) weak verb | |
| 2. v. to nurse; to care for someone in poor health | |
| jemanden gesund pflegen - to nurse someone back to health | |
| Kranke pflegen - to care for the sick | |
| 3. v. to take care of, to tend to, to maintain | |
| sein Äußeres pflegen - to take care of one's appearance | |
| die Zähne pflegen - to take care of (one's) teeth | |
| Der Gärtner pflegt den Garten. - The gardener tends to the garden. | |
| Sie hat sich stets sehr gepflegt. - She has always taken care of herself. | |
| Er setzte sich faul hin und pflegte sich. - He sat down lazily and looked after himself. | |
| Daten pflegen - to maintain data (keep up-to-date) | |
| 4. v. # | |
| 5. v. (To improve or care for something in an intellectual sense.) weak or strong verb | |
| 6. v. to cultivate; to foster; to nurture; to maintain | |
| Freundschaften pflegen - to cultivate friendships | |
| Beziehungen pflegen - to cultivate relationships | |
| Künste und Wissenschaften pflegen - to advance/promote the arts and sciences | |
| 7. v. # | |
| # der Liebe pflegen - to cultivate/nurture love | |
| # der Ruhe pflegen - to foster tranquility | |
| 8. v. (Expressing habituality.) weak or strong verb | |
| 9. v. to carry out regularly | |
| Umgang pflegen - to regularly be in contact | |
| Geselligkeit pflegen - to socialize regularly, lit=to regularly engage in gregariousness | |
| 10. v. to perform habitually; to be accustomed (to doing something); to be in the habit (of doing something) | |
| Ich pflege zu laufen. - I usually walk. | |
| Er pflegte zu reisen. - He used to travel. | |
| seinen |
| 1. det. (possessive) masculine accusative singular of sein | |
| 2. det. (possessive) dative plural 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. | |
| Garten |
| 1. n. garden, yard (grounds at the front or back of a house) | |
| Wir sitzen im Garten. - We're sitting in the garden. | |
| 2. n. garden (outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes) | |
| 3. n. orchard (garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees) | |
| 4. v. first-person plural preterite of garen | |
| 5. v. third-person plural preterite of garen | |
| 6. v. first-person plural subjunctive of garen | |
| 7. v. third-person plural subjunctive of garen | |
| Selbst |
| 1. n. (psychology) the self | |
| 2. part. personally, by oneself | |
| Du hast es selbst zugegeben. - You yourself admitted it. | |
| Der Mann selbst hat uns es gesagt. - The man himself (personally) told us. | |
| 3. adv. even | |
| Selbst du hast es zugegeben. - Even you admitted it. | |
