| darf |
| 1. v. first-person present of dürfen | |
| 2. v. third-person present of dürfen | |
| dürfen |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may | |
| Darf ich gehen? - May I go? | |
| Ich habe gehen dürfen. - I was allowed to go. | |
| 2. v. to be allowed or permitted to do something implied or previously stated; may | |
| Ja, du darfst. - Yes, you may. | |
| Ich habe es gedurft. - I was allowed to do it. | |
| 3. v. (subjunctive ii, auxiliary) Expresses a prediction with mild doubt, that something is estimated or probable. | |
| Der Zug dürfte in ein paar Minuten ankommen. - The train should (will probably) be here in a few minutes. | |
| 4. v. (colloquial) to must, to have to | |
| Und ich darf dann wieder hinter euch aufräumen. - And I can clean up after you once again then. | |
| 5. v. (obsolete, transitive, with genitive) to need, to require | |
| 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) | |
| Ihnen |
| 1. pron. personal dative of Sie: you, to you i;indirect object; addressing politely or formally one person | |
| 2. pron. personal dative of sie; them, to them. | |
| meine |
| 1. pron. feminine singular of meiner | |
| 2. pron. plural of meiner | |
| 3. det. feminine singular of mein | |
| 4. det. plural of mein | |
| 5. v. first-person singular present of meinen | |
| 6. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of meinen | |
| 7. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of meinen | |
| 8. v. singular imperative of meinen | |
| mein |
| 1. det. (possessive) my | |
| meinen |
| 1. v. to opine, to think; to believe; to suppose | |
| Ich meine, das war letztes oder vorletztes Jahr. - I think it was last year or the year before. | |
| 2. v. to say; to utter; (not used with nouns; not used in the imperative and rarely in the infinitive) | |
| Entschuldige, was meintest du gerade? - Sorry, what did you just say? | |
| 3. v. to mean; to be convinced or sincere about something | |
| Das sagt er nicht nur, das meint er auch. - He doesn’t just say it, he means it. | |
| 4. v. to mean; to have in mind; to convey | |
| Was meintest du damit? - What did you mean by that? | |
| Meinst du das rote oder das gelbe Haus? - Do you mean the red or the yellow house? | |
| 5. v. (now rare) to mean; to signify | |
| Was meint dieses Wort? - What does this word mean? | |
| 6. det. (possessive) masculine accusative singular of mein | |
| 7. det. (possessive) dative plural of mein | |
| Frau |
| 1. n-f. woman (adult female human) | |
| 2. n-f. wife (married woman, especially in relation to her spouse) | |
| Maria ist meine Frau. - Mary is my wife. | |
| 3. n-f. a title of courtesy, equivalent to Mrs/Ms, (n-g, which has nearly replaced Fräulein in the function of) Miss | |
| Sehr geehrte Frau Schmidt - Dear Miss/Ms./Mrs. Schmidt | |
| 4. n-f. madam (non-gloss, (polite form of address for a woman or lady)) | |
| Frau Bundeskanzlerin - Madam Chancellor | |
| 5. n-f. lady; noblewoman (woman of breeding or higher class) | |
| Unsere Liebe Frau - Our Lady | |
| Gnädige Frau (polite address to an unknown woman or to a noblewoman) - Gracious lady | |
| Frau des Hauses - Mistress of the house | |
| 6. pron. (indefinite, informal, slang) one, they (indefinite third-person singular pronoun) | |
| vorstellen |
| 1. v. to introduce (someone), to present | |
| 2. v. to introduce oneself | |
| 3. v. to imagine | |
| Ich kann's mir nicht vorstellen! - I can't imagine this! | |
| Ehrlich gesagt, habe ich es mir schlimmer vorgestellet. - Honestly, I imagined it would be worse. | |
| als du dir vorstellen kannst. - (more) than you can imagine. | |
| 4. v. to represent; to mean | |
| 5. v. to move (something) forward | |
| 6. v. to put (the clocks) forward | |
