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Aids
1. n. AIDS (disease)
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.
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
weltweit
1. adj. worldwide
verbreitete
1. Participle. form of verbreitet
2. adj. form of verbreitet
3. v. first-person singular preterite of verbreiten
4. v. third-person singular preterite of verbreiten
5. v. first-person singular subjunctive of verbreiten
6. v. third-person singular subjunctive of verbreiten
verbreitet
1. Participle. past participle of verbreiten
2. adj. common, widespread, prevalent
verbreiten
1. v. to put about, spread, circulate, disseminate sth.
eine Nachricht verbreiten - disseminate news
2. v. to spread, circulate, go around
Das Gerücht hatte sich schnell verbreitet. - The rumor had spread quickly.
3. v. to expand on, to expound (to make a statement at length about something)
Mein Gastgeber verbreitete sich stundenlang über seine Ansichten zur Tagespolitik. - My host was expounding for hours on their views regarding current affairs.
unheilbare
1. adj. form of unheilbar
Krankheit
1. n-f. sickness, illness
2. n-f. disease
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
jährlich
1. adj. annual, yearly
2. adv. annually
viele
1. adj. form of viel
viel
1. pron. much, a lot
Es ist viel passiert. - Much has happened.
2. det. much, many
Er hat viel Geld verloren. - He lost a lot of money.
3. det. In the singular, the adjective is usually left unchanged when it is not preceded by an article or determiner (see example sentence above). Otherwise it is declined like a normal adjective: das viele
4. det. In the plural, the adjective is usually declined even without a preceding article or determiner: viele Kinder. However, it may be left unchanged when modified by a preceding adverb, e.g. in the combi
5. det. The comparative form mehr is invariable and never declined; it cannot be preceded by any article or determiner (note however mehrere, mehreres, and obsolete mehre, mehr
6. adv. much, a lot
Wir haben viel gelacht. - We laughed a lot.
Todesopfer
1. n-n. casualty
2. n-n. fatality
fordert
1. v. third-person singular present of fordern
2. v. second-person plural present of fordern
3. v. plural imperative of fordern
fordern
1. v. to demand, ask
2. v. to claim
3. v. to require
Die schwersten Entscheidungen fordern den stärksten Willen. - The most difficult decisions require the strongest wills.
4. v. to challenge

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