| anderthalb |
| 1. num. one and a half (1½), sesqui- | |
| In den vergangenen anderthalb Jahren haben wir also schon einiges erreicht. - In the last one-and-a-half years, we have notched up some achievements. | |
| Jahre |
| 1. en:years | |
| 2. n. plural of Jahr "years" | |
| Jahr |
| 1. n. year (solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun) | |
| Jahr für Jahr - year after year | |
| 2. n. year (time it takes for any astronomical object to directly orbit its star) | |
| 3. n. year (period between set dates that mark a year) | |
| 4. n. year (level or grade in school or college) | |
| bin |
| 1. v. first-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. | |
| Ich |
| 1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego | |
| 2. n. self, me, him, etc. | |
| das wahre Ich - the real me | |
| 3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun) | |
| täglich |
| 1. adj. daily | |
| einmal täglich - once per day | |
| 2. adv. every day, quotidianly | |
| 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) | |
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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 | |
| Bis |
| 1. n. (music) B-sharp | |
| 2. conj. (subordinating, temporal) until | |
| Wir warten hier, bis das Gewitter vorbei ist. - We'll wait here until the thunderstorm is over. | |
| 3. conj. (coordinating) to | |
| Ich arbeite 40 bis 50 Stunden in der Woche. - I work 40 to 50 hours a week. | |
| Ihre Haare sind braun bis dunkelbraun. - Her hair is brown to dark brown. | |
| 4. prep. (temporal) until, to, (US) through | |
| Meine Tochter ist bis zwei Uhr in der Schule. - My daughter is at school until two o'clock. | |
| Ich war von Montag bis Freitag krank. - I was sick from Monday to Friday. | |
| 5. prep. (temporal) by | |
| Die Aufgabe muss bis Donnerstag fertig sein. - The task must be complete by Thursday. | |
| 6. prep. (local) to; all the way to | |
| Der Zug fährt bis Köln. - The train goes to Cologne. | |
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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 | |
| nachts |
| 1. adv. at night, nights | |
| Er arbeitet nachts und schläft tagsüber. - He works at night and sleeps during the day | |
| aufgetreten |
| 1. Participle. past participle of auftreten | |
| auftreten |
| 1. v. to occur, appear, arise (suddenly) | |
| Dieses Problem kann auftreten, wenn Cookies im Browser deaktiviert sind. - This issue may occur if cookies are disabled in the browser. | |
| Die ersten Symptome treten meistens in der späten Jugend auf. - The initial symptoms usually appear in the late teens. | |
| 2. v. to perform, appear, go on stage/onstage | |
| Dieser Künstler tritt überall in Europa auf. - This artist performs all over Europe. | |
| Ich will dich heute Abend singen hören; um wie viel Uhr trittst du auf? - I want to hear you sing tonight; what time do you go on? | |
| China tritt selbstbewusst als neue imperialistische Großmacht auf. - China has entered the arena as a self-confident new imperialist power. | |
| Sie tritt heute auf als Sprecherin der Mehrheit. - She appears today as the spokeswoman for the majority. | |
| 3. v. (theater) to enter the stage | |
| 4. v. to kick open (+aux, haben) | |
