| 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 | |
| Fluss |
| 1. n. river | |
| 2. n. flow | |
| seiner |
| 1. pron. his (substantival possessive) | |
| 2. pron. genitive of er | |
| 3. pron. genitive of es | |
| 4. det. feminine singular of sein | |
| 5. det. genitive plural of sein | |
| Rede |
| 1. n-f. speech, address | |
| Das ist nicht der Rede wert. - That is nothing to speak of. | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present of reden | |
| 3. v. singular imperative of reden | |
| 4. v. first-person singular subjunctive of reden | |
| 5. v. third-person singular subjunctive of reden | |
| 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. | |
| jäh |
| 1. adj. abrupt, sudden | |
| 2. adj. steep, sheer | |
| 3. adj. precipitous, hasty | |
| unterbrochen |
| 1. Participle. past participle of unterbrechen | |
| unterbrechen |
| 1. v. to interrupt | |
| Mein Plan hätte funktioniert, aber ich wurde unterbrochen. - My plan would have worked, but I was interrupted. | |
