| August |
| 1. n. August (month) | |
| 2. Proper noun. given name, male, eq=Augustus, f=Augusta, f2=Auguste | |
| singt |
| 1. v. third-person singular present of singen | |
| 2. v. second-person plural present of singen | |
| 3. v. plural imperative of singen | |
| singen |
| 1. v. to sing | |
| sehr |
| 1. adv. very | |
| Ich bin sehr glücklich. - I am very happy. | |
| 2. adv. a lot, much | |
| Ich vermisse dich sehr. - I miss you a lot. | |
| gern |
| 1. adv. willingly; gladly; with pleasure; usually expressed verbally in English, with like, enjoy, etc. | |
| Markus fährt gern Fahrrad. - Markus enjoys biking. | |
| 2. adv. (only with mögen) much; a lot | |
| Dieses Lied mag ich gern. - I like this song a lot. | |
| 3. adv. (chiefly informal) easily; often | |
| Mir wird gern mal schlecht im Auto. - I easily feel sick in the car. | |
| 4. adv. Used to indicate a preference. | |
| Ich schlafe gern in meinem eigenen Bett. - I prefer sleeping in my own bed. | |
| 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? | |
| 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. | |
| dadurch |
| 1. adv. through it, through that | |
| 2. adv. thus | |
| bekannt |
| 1. Participle. past participle of bekennen | |
| 2. adj. known, familiar (für + accusative) | |
| Mittelmeerländer sind bekannt für ihre gutes Olivenöl. - Mediterranean countries are known for their olive oil. | |
| Asbest ist dafür bekannt, Krebs zu verursachen. - Asbestos is known to cause cancer. | |
| bekennen |
| 1. v. to confess, to admit | |
| 2. v. to bear witness, to avow | |
| Farbe bekennen - to show one's true colors | |
| 3. v. to pledge oneself (to), to commit (to), to declare one's affiliation (with), to take a stand (on) | |
| sich zu einer Religion bekennen - to profess / to commit to a religion | |
| 4. v. to plead | |
| Der Beklagte bekannte sich schuldig. - The defendant pleaded guilty. | |
