| 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 | |
| Ort |
| 1. n. place, location, point, position | |
| vor Ort. - on site. | |
| 2. n. place of abode, settled dwelling, village, town | |
| 3. n. (metonymically) the collective of inhabitants of such a settlement | |
| 4. n. (geometry) locus, point i, plural Örter | |
| 5. n. (Swiss, dated) canton i, plural Orte; also neuter | |
| 6. n. (obsolete) end, limit | |
| 7. n. (mining) end of a shaft or adit | |
| 8. n. (dated, or dialectal) awl | |
| 9. n. (obsolete) point (of a weapon), tip | |
| 10. n. (obsolete, or historical) quarter of various units of measure: | |
| 11. n. (numismatics) of a Reichstaler (coin) | |
| (synonyms, Ortstaler) | |
| 12. n. * 1592, Müntz Spiegel, Das ist: Ein New und Wol außgeführter Bericht von der Müntz, deren anfang, Materia, Form, Korn, Schrot, Wehrt, mannigerley art, S | |
| 13. n. *: (quote, Sonst seyn andere Gülden Real, von Keyser Carlln und jetzigem Könige von Spanien, halbe und heile, die gantzen zu 2. Thalern und ein Ort, die | |
| 14. n. of a Quent (unit of mass) | |
| 15. n. of a Kanne, Pfanne, Maß (unit of volume) | |
| Selbst |
| 1. n. (psychology) the self | |
| 2. part. personally, by oneself | |
| Du hast es selbst zugegeben. - You yourself admitted it. | |
| Der Mann selbst hat uns es gesagt. - The man himself (personally) told us. | |
| 3. adv. even | |
| Selbst du hast es zugegeben. - Even you admitted it. | |
| Aber |
| 1. n. an objection, a but | |
| 2. conj. but; however; though | |
| Ich mag keine Orangen, aber ich mag Äpfel. - I don't like oranges, but I like apples. | |
| 3. adv. (obsolete, except in compounds) again | |
| 4. adv. (qualifier) rather; quite; unusually; used with adjectives to express a surprising degree, whether this surprise be real or for effect | |
| Das ist aber teuer. - That's rather expensive. ≈ That's more expensive than I would’ve thought. | |
| Du bist aber groß geworden! - Look how tall you’ve become! (said to a child) | |
| 5. adv. nonetheless, nevertheless | |
| 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. | |
| Wohl |
| 1. n. good | |
| 2. n. weal | |
| 3. n. wealthy | |
| 4. n. welfare | |
| 5. n. well-being | |
| 6. adv. possibly, probably; as I was told (modal particle expressing an assumption, often like (m+ must) + infinitive, or (US) guess + clause) | |
| ux - Er ist wohl schon gegangen., I guess he has left already. | |
| Seine Frau ist wohl irgendeine bekannte Ärztin. - I heard that his wife is some well-known doctor. | |
| Was das wohl zu bedeuten hat? - What does that mean, though? | |
| 7. adv. of course, indeed (modal particle adding stress to the statement to contradict a preceding one, often like (m+, do) + infinitive) | |
| Du warst ja noch nie in Frankreich. − Ich war wohl schon in Frankreich! - "Since you've never been to France..." − "Of course I've been to France!". | |
| Ich kann's dir nicht sagen, weil ich's nicht weiß. − Du weißt es ja wohl! - "I can't tell you because I don't know." − "But you do know!". | |
| 8. adv. (regional, north-western Germany) actually, somehow, quite (modal particle making the statement weaker or expressing a concession) | |
| Was habt ihr denn alle mit der Suppe? Ich find die wohl nicht schlecht. - "Why are you all complaining about the soup? I don't find it all that bad, actually.". | |
| 9. adv. (mostly elevated) well, very well | |
| Ihr habt wohl gesprochen, mein Herr! - "Ye have spoken well, my lord!". | |
| 10. adv. (regional in Austria, South Tyrol, in response to a negative question or statement) yes; surely; really; on the contrary | |
| Das stimmt nicht. — Wohl! - That's not correct. — Yes, it is! | |
| Kommst du heute Abend nicht? — Wohl! - Aren't you coming tonight?? — Yes, I am! | |
| damals |
| 1. adv. at that time (in the past); at the time, then | |
| wie |
| 1. adv. how | |
| Wie groß bist du? - How tall are you? | |
| Ich weiß nicht, wie die Katze hereingekommen ist. - I don't know how the cat got in. | |
| Wie wunderbar! - How wonderful! | |
| 2. conj. like | |
| Freunde sind wie Sterne in der Nacht. - Friends are like stars in the night. | |
| 3. conj. as | |
| Wie ihr wisst, bin ich in Dortmund aufgewachsen. - As you know, I grew up in Dortmund. | |
| Ich bin so schnell wie du. - I’m as fast as you are. | |
| 4. conj. (colloquial nonstandard) than | |
| Der Junge ist größer wie sein Vater. - The boy is taller than his father. | |
| 5. conj. (chiefly colloquial) when referring to the past | |
| Ich hab ihn gesehen, wie ich in Köln war. - I saw him when I was in Cologne. | |
| Wie ich zur Tür herauskomme, steht da mein alter Schulfreund. - When I came out the door, my old school-day friend was standing in front of me. | |
| Andere |
| 1. n. : the other / different one (female) | |
| 2. adj. form of anderer, e | |
| die andere Hand - the other hand | |
| das andere Geschlecht - the opposite sex | |
| durch |
| 1. prep. by means of; by; through | |
| Das Haus wurde durch ein Feuer zerstört. - The house was destroyed by fire. | |
| 2. prep. through; entering, then exiting | |
| Wir wandern durch den Wald. - We're hiking through the forest. | |
| 3. prep. through (a period of time) | |
| Sie hat mir durch eine schwierige Zeit geholfen. - She helped me through a difficult period. | |
| 4. prep. via | |
| 5. prep. owing to; because of | |
| 6. prep. (mathematics) divided by | |
| 7. adv. during; throughout; through | |
| den ganzen Tag durch - the whole day through | |
| 8. adv. (colloquial with a time) past | |
| Es ist acht Uhr durch. - It is past eight o’clock. | |
| einen |
| 1. num. masculine accusative singular of ein | |
| 2. art. masculine accusative singular of ein: a, an | |
| 3. pron. masculine accusative singular of einer | |
| 4. pron. singular of einer | |
| 5. pron. plural of einer | |
| 6. v. (higher register, transitive) to unite | |
| Eine Idee, die alle eint. - An idea that unites everybody. | |
| 7. v. (higher register, reflexive) to come to terms | |
| Nach langem Diskutieren haben sie sich endlich geeint. - After discussing for a long time, they have eventually come to an agreement. | |
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| Vogt |
| 1. n. (history) steward | |
| 2. Proper noun. surname, from=occupations | |
| regiert |
| 1. Participle. past participle of regieren | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present of regieren | |
| 3. v. second-person plural present of regieren | |
| 4. v. plural imperative of regieren | |
| regieren |
| 1. v. to govern | |
