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zunehmender
1. adj. form of zunehmend
zunehmend
1. Participle. present participle of zunehmen
2. adj. increasing, growing, mounting
Rauschgiftsucht
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)
den
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der
2. art. dative plural of der
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der
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wir
1. pron. we
sollten
1. v. first-person plural preterite of sollen
2. v. third-person plural preterite of sollen
3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of sollen
4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of sollen
sollen
1. v. (auxiliary) should; to be obligated (to do something); ought; shall
Ich soll das machen. - I should do that.
Ich sollte das nicht tun. - I should not do it.
2. v. (auxiliary) to be recommended (to do something); to be asked (to do something)
3. v. (auxiliary) to be intended (to do something); to be meant (to be something)
4. v. (auxiliary) to be said (to do something); reportedly; they say that; I hear that; so they say; rumor has it; supposedly.
Es soll da viele Leute geben. - They say that there are many people there.
5. v. (auxiliary) would; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates something that would happen in the past but after the time frame of the main clause
6. v. (auxiliary) should; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates a hypothetical and unlikely condition for the main clause
Aus
1. n. (sports) an out; the end of play for an individual or a team
2. n. (sports) the out of bounds area
3. n. end
4. adv. out
5. adv. (with sein) over; finished; done; up
Das Spiel ist aus! - The game is up!
6. adj. (of a device) off
7. prep. out of; from (from the inside of something)
Hol das Besteck aus der Schublade! - Get the cutlery from the drawer!
8. prep. from (a place; see usage notes below)
Er kommt aus dem selben Dorf wie ich. - He’s from the same village as I am.
9. prep. of; made of; out of
ein Haus aus Eis - a house made of ice
10. prep. for; out of (because of a feeling or inner quality)
etwas aus Freundschaft tun - to do something out of friendship (i.e. a sense of friendship)
etwas aus Feigheit unterlassen - to neglect something out of cowardice
den
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der
2. art. dative plural of der
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der
schlechten
1. adj. form of schlecht
schlecht
1. adj. bad, evil, wicked (the opposite of good; immoral)
ein schlechter Mensch - a bad person
2. adj. bad (unskilled; of limited ability)
sie ist schlecht in Mathe - she is bad at maths
3. adj. bad (unhealthy, unwell)
schlecht für jemanden sein - to be bad for somebody
4. adj. bad (of poor physical appearance)
schlecht aussehen - to look bad
5. adj. bad, off (spoiled, rotten, overripe)
schlecht werden - to go off, to go bad
6. adj. dirty (dishonourable)
7. adv. badly, poorly, not well (in a bad or poor manner)
8. adv. with difficulty, not easily
Erfahrungen
1. n. plural of Erfahrung
Erfahrung
1. n-f. experience, event through which empirical knowledge is gained
unmittelbare körperliche Erfahrungen. - direct physical experience.
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
Amerikaner
1. n-m. American (from America, the Americas, the American continent(s))
2. n-m. (colloquial) US-American (from the United States of America)
3. n-m. A round cakelike pastry of flour, butter, and lemon juice, with a sugar glaze, most often plain white, but sometimes chocolate or half-white/half-chocolate.
die
1. art. feminine singular of der
die Frau - the woman
2. art. plural of der
die Männer - the men
3. pron. feminine singular of der
4. pron. plural of der
5. pron. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose
Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. - I know a woman who can do that.
6. pron. (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them
die da - that one/she/they there
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
Lehren
1. n. plural of Lehre
2. v. to teach a class, a subject; to be a teacher
Ich lehre Geschichte. - I teach history.
Sie lehrt an der Uni. - She's a teacher at the university.
3. v. (formal, ditransitive) to teach somebody something
Meine Großmutter lehrte mich das Stricken. - My grandmother taught me knitting.
Lehre
1. n-f. (religion) teaching, tenet
2. n-f. apprenticeship
3. n-f. doctrine
4. n-f. lesson
5. n-f. theory (system of knowledge related to one aspect of a field of study)
6. n-f. science
7. n-f. jig, gauge (tool)
Ziehen
1. n. gerund of ziehen
2. v. to pull (e.g., a door handle); to drag (+aux, haben)
3. v. to draw (e.g. a weapon); to extract; to puff (+aux, haben)
4. v. to draw (a conclusion, lesson, etc.) (+aux, haben)
5. v. (impersonal, intransitive) to be drafty; there to be a draft (current of air)
Es zieht. - There’s a draft.
6. v. to move; to migrate (+aux, sein)
Ich ziehe nach Hamburg, aber mein Bruder zieht in eine andere Stadt. - I'm moving to Hamburg, but my brother is moving to another city.
7. v. to roam; to head (+aux, sein)
8. v. to stretch; to warp (+aux, haben)
zeihen
1. v. (ditransitive, dated, or elevated, accusative + genitive,) to accuse, to blame somebody (of)
Niemand kann mich einer Lüge zeihen. - Nobody can accuse me of a lie.
Selbst seinen Dienern traut er nicht, / zeiht seine Engel noch des Irrtums. - Even in his servants he puts no trust, and his angels he charges with error.
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?
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
Kriminalisierung
durch
1. prep. by means of; by; through
Das Haus wurde durch ein Feuer zerstört. - The house was destroyed by fire.
2. prep. through; entering, then exiting
Wir wandern durch den Wald. - We're hiking through the forest.
3. prep. through (a period of time)
Sie hat mir durch eine schwierige Zeit geholfen. - She helped me through a difficult period.
4. prep. via
5. prep. owing to; because of
6. prep. (mathematics) divided by
7. adv. during; throughout; through
den ganzen Tag durch - the whole day through
8. adv. (colloquial with a time) past
Es ist acht Uhr durch. - It is past eight o’clock.
Rauschgift
1. n. drug, narcotic (psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal)
2. n. dope
Einhalt
1. n. (formal) stop
Gebieten
1. n. dative plural of Gebiet
2. v. to demand
3. v. to command
solange
1. adv. meanwhile
2. conj. as long as, while
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.
Zeit
1. n-f. time (as a concept)
2. n-f. time of day ((clipping of Uhrzeit))
3. n-f. period, era (time in the past)
4. n-f. stint (e.g. in the army)
5. n-f. (grammar) tense
6. prep. (solemn) for the entire time of, during
Zeit ihrer Beziehung haben sie sich nie gestritten. - They never argued once during their relationship.
dazu
1. adv. in addition to it, in addition, besides
2. adv. for that purpose
3. adv. to it, to that
ist
1. v. third-person singular present 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.

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