da |
1. adv. (local) there; here | |
Wir fahren nach Hamburg. Meine Frau hat eine Freundin, die da wohnt. - We’re going to Hamburg. My wife has a friend who lives there. | |
Die Gäste sind noch nicht da. - The guests aren’t here yet. | |
2. adv. (temporal) then; so; at that moment | |
Ich war gerade eingeschlafen, und da kam ein Anruf. - I had just fallen asleep, and that’s when someone called. | |
Er hat immer weiter auf mich eingeschrien. Da bin ich einfach gegangen. - He just kept on shouting at me. So I just left. | |
3. adv. (colloquial) (replaces any takes a reflexive pronoun adverb when the context is clear) | |
Ich wollte eigentlich Linsensuppe machen, aber da (= dafür, dazu) hatte ich das Rezept nicht. | |
I was actually going to make lentil soup, but I didn’t have the recipe for it. | |
Wir haben jetzt ein Angebot gekriegt, aber da (= darüber) müssen wir noch diskutieren. | |
We’ve now received an offer, but we’ll still need to have discussion about that. | |
4. conj. since; as; because; given that | |
Da die Stelle mit häufigen Auslandskontakten verbunden ist, sind gute Fremdsprachenkenntnisse unerlässlich. - Since the position involves frequent international contacts, good foreign-language | |
5. conj. (literary, dated) when | |
Am Tag, da die Wahrheit offenbar wird, ist es zur Umkehr zu spät. - On the day when the Truth will become manifest, it will be too late for penitence. | |
im |
1. contraction. contraction of in dem ; in the | |
in |
1. prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building) | |
Es ist in dem Haus. - It is in the house. | |
Ich habe die Schlüssel im (in dem) Kühlschrank gefunden. - I found the keys in the refrigerator. | |
Unsere Kinder sind in der Schule. - Our kids are at school. | |
Er ist in einem Café. - He is at a coffee shop. | |
Letzte Nacht waren sie im (in dem) Club. - They were at the club last night. | |
2. prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to) | |
in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense | |
3. prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time) | |
Er schloss sein Studium im Alter von vierzehn. - He completed his studies at/by the age of fourteen. | |
im Alter - in old age | |
im Mittelalter - during the middle ages | |
in den 1960er Jahren - in the 1960s | |
4. prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of)) | |
Er geht ins Haus. - He goes into the house. | |
Wir gehen in die Schweiz. - We are going to Switzerland. | |
Wir treten in ein neues Zeitalter ein. - We are coming into a new age. | |
5. adj. in, popular (in fashion) | |
dem |
1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
Herbst |
1. n. autumn, fall | |
2. Proper noun. surname, from=Middle High German | |
neue |
1. adj. form of neu | |
neu |
1. adj. new | |
neue Mode - new fashion | |
neueste Mode - latest fashion, latest style | |
was gibt's Neues? - what's the latest news? | |
etwas neu machen - to renovate | |
2. adj. modern, recent, latest | |
die neue Geschichte - modern history, recent history | |
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Beginnen |
1. n. gerund of beginnen | |
2. v. to begin; to commence; to be started | |
Der Vortrag hat begonnen. - The lecture has begun. | |
3. v. (chiefly literary, transitive or with mit) to start something; to begin something | |
Er hat den Vortrag begonnen. - He has started the lecture. | |
Er hat mit dem Vortrag begonnen. - He has started the lecture. | |
sollten |
1. v. first-person plural preterite of sollen | |
2. v. third-person plural preterite of sollen | |
3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of sollen | |
4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of sollen | |
sollen |
1. v. (auxiliary) should; to be obligated (to do something); ought; shall | |
Ich soll das machen. - I should do that. | |
Ich sollte das nicht tun. - I should not do it. | |
2. v. (auxiliary) to be recommended (to do something); to be asked (to do something) | |
3. v. (auxiliary) to be intended (to do something); to be meant (to be something) | |
4. v. (auxiliary) to be said (to do something); reportedly; they say that; I hear that; so they say; rumor has it; supposedly. | |
Es soll da viele Leute geben. - They say that there are many people there. | |
5. v. (auxiliary) would; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates something that would happen in the past but after the time frame of the main clause | |
6. v. (auxiliary) should; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates a hypothetical and unlikely condition for the main clause | |
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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. | |
dahin |
1. adv. there (to or into that place; thither) | |
2. adv. over, gone | |
Das Auto ist leider dahin, da kann man nichts mehr tun. - Unfortunately, the car is broken, there is nothing more that can be done. | |
Dahin ist all die Macht. - All the power is gone. | |
nur |
1. adv. only, just, merely, simply | |
Nur reife Kirschen dürfen auf den Kuchen. - Only ripe cherries may go on the cake. | |
Du musst nur die Werte eingeben und den Rest macht der Computer. - You just have to enter the values and the computer will do the rest. | |
2. adv. ever; at all | |
Ich helfe dir, wo ich nur kann. - I’ll help you wherever I can. | |
3. adv. however, though | |
Wir könnten es versuchen. Nur wären die Risiken sehr hoch. - We could try. The risks would be very high, however. | |
4. conj. (chiefly colloquial) but | |
Ich wär auf jeden Fall dabei, nur ich hab echt keine Zeit. - I’d definitely come along, but I really don’t have the time. | |
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 | |
nötigste |
1. adj. form of nötig | |
nötig |
1. adj. necessary | |
2. adv. urgently | |
Holz |
1. n. wood (material) | |
2. n. a particular kind of wood | |
3. n. a piece of wood, usually small | |
4. n. (literary) grove; woods; small forest | |
einschlagen |
1. v. to smash | |
2. v. to gouge | |
3. v. to strike (of lightning) | |
4. v. (colloquial) to be a hit | |
5. v. to take (a path etc.) | |
6. v. to turn (a vehicle using a steering wheel) | |
7. v. (forestry) to fell | |
8. v. to wrap up (in order to protect it) | |
9. v. to warm up | |