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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. | |
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 | |
Schreiben |
1. n-n. gerund of schreiben | |
2. n-n. writing, letter | |
3. v. to write, to write out (use letters to make words and texts) | |
Sie schreibt ihren Namen an die Tafel. - She writes her name on the blackboard. | |
Er hat einen Artikel geschrieben. - He’s written an article. | |
4. v. to spell (use a particular combination of letters to make a word) | |
Wie schreibt man das? - How do you spell that? | |
5. v. to write (use handwriting) | |
Sie schreibt sehr ordentlich. - She writes very neatly. | |
6. v. to write (produce texts, work as an author) | |
Er schreibt sehr anschaulich. - He writes very vividly. | |
7. v. to be some year or date | |
Man schrieb das Jahr 1874, als... - One wrote the year 1874 when... | |
8. v. to write, to text (send written information, communication) | |
Er hat mir eine Mail geschrieben. - He’s written me an e-mail. | |
Der verwundete Soldat schrieb seiner Frau. - The wounded soldier wrote to his wife. | |
Ich schreibe dir, wenn ich fast da bin. - I’ll text you when I’m almost there. | |
9. v. to write to each other (exchange correspondance) | |
Sie schreiben sich immer Postkarten. - They always write each other postcards. | |
Wir schreiben uns regelmäßig. - We write to each other on a regular basis. | |
10. v. to be spelled/spelt; (of a word or a person's name) | |
Wie schreibt sich das? - How does that spell itself? | |
Wie schreiben Sie sich? - How do you spell yourself? | |
11. v. (idiomatic, passive, or transitive with man) Used to express that someone does not know the first thing about something. | |
Ob ich Skat kann? Ich hab schon Skat gespielt, da wusstest du nicht mal, wie man Skat schreibt! - You’re asking me if I can play skat? I used to play skat when you didn’t even know how to spell | |
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) | |
Autos |
1. n. genitive singular of Auto | |
2. n. plural of Auto | |
Auto |
1. n. car | |
Das ist das Auto meines Vaters. - That is my father’s car. | |
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. | |
königlichen |
1. adj. form of königlich | |
königlich |
1. adj. royal, regal, kingly | |
Befehl |
1. n. command, order | |
2. n. (computing) command | |
3. v. colloquial of | |
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Verboten |
1. n. dative plural of Verbot | |
2. Participle. past participle of verbieten | |
3. adj. forbidden, prohibited, banned | |
verbieten |
1. v. (ditransitive) to forbid, prohibit (someone from doing something) | |
Ich verbiete Ihnen in diesem Ton mit meiner Frau zu sprechen. - I forbid you to talk in that tone of voice with my wife. | |
Das neue Gesetz verbietet das Rauchen in Restaurants. - The new law prohibits smoking in restaurants. | |