| am |
| 1. contraction. an + dem, at the, on the | |
| am Ende - at the end | |
| am Rande - on the margin(s) | |
| am Leben - alive | |
| 2. contraction. auf + dem, on the, at the | |
| am Berg - on the mountain | |
| am Fest - at the festival | |
| am Schirm - on the screen | |
| 3. contraction. Forms the superlative in adverbial and predicate use. | |
| am schnellsten - fastest | |
| am schwächsten - weakest | |
| am wichtigsten - most important | |
| Er spielt am besten. - He plays best. | |
| Sonntag |
| 1. n. Sunday (the first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 standard) | |
| 2. Proper noun. (historical) | |
| 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. | |
| um |
| 1. prep. about | |
| Es geht um den Kuchen. - It's about the pie. | |
| 2. prep. around | |
| Um die Ecke - around the corner | |
| 3. prep. at, by (qual, when relating to time) | |
| Um acht Uhr reisen wir ab - At eight o’clock we depart | |
| 4. prep. by (qual, percentage difference) | |
| Die Verkaufsmengen gingen um 6% zurück. - Sales in volume has decreased by 6%. | |
| 5. prep. (Austria) for qual, amount of money | |
| Um einen Euro bekommt man heute nicht besonders viel. - You can't buy much for one euro these days. | |
| Heute im Sonderangebot um nur 99 Euro. - Special offer today for only 99 euros. | |
| 6. conj. in order to, so as to | |
| Wir sind gekommen, um zu helfen. - We’ve come (in order) to help. | |
| 7. adj. (predicative, not attributive) up, in the sense of finished | |
| Werden dich in kurzem binden/ Erdgeist, deine Zeit ist um - source=Friedrich von Hardenberg, Novalis | |
| 8. adv. around, about | |
| 9. adv. turned over, changed, from one state to another | |
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| Uhr |
| 1. n-f. (invariable) hours, o'clock (indicates the time within a twelve- or twenty-four-hour period) | |
| Es ist vier Uhr. - It is four o'clock. | |
| Es ist vier Uhr zwölf. - It is twelve minutes past four. | |
| Wieviel Uhr ist es? - What time is it? | |
| 2. n-f. clock, watch (instrument used to measure or keep track of time) | |
| (hyponyms, Armbanduhr, Standuhr, Wanduhr) | |
| Meine Uhr geht nach. - My watch is running slow. | |
| 3. n-f. (in compounds) meter; gauge (a kind of measuring device, typically for water and gas consumption) | |
| Wasseruhr - water meter | |
| Gasuhr - gas meter | |
| 4. n-f. (informal) clockwise direction | |
| mit der Uhr - clockwise | |
| gegen die Uhr - widdershins, counterclockwise | |
| Kirche |
| 1. n-f. church (building) | |
| 2. n-f. church (organised religion, especially Catholicism) | |
| 3. n-f. an assembly | |
