| diese |
| 1. pron. feminine nominative singular of dieser; "this" | |
| 2. pron. feminine accusative singular of dieser; "this" | |
| Ich will diese Frau - I want this woman. | |
| 3. pron. nominative plural of dieser; "these" | |
| Diese Dinge sind dumm - These things are stupid. | |
| 4. pron. accusative plural of dieser; "these" | |
| dieser |
| 1. pron. this one, this | |
| 2. pron. that one, that | |
| Blaue |
| 1. n. (a/the) (female) blue one | |
| 2. adj. form of blau | |
| blau |
| 1. adj. blue | |
| 2. adj. drunk | |
| 3. adj. bruised | |
| blauer Fleck - bruise (literally, blue spot) | |
| blaues Auge - black eye | |
| Tapete |
| 1. n-f. wallpaper (in the original sense only) | |
| wirkt |
| 1. v. third-person singular present of wirken | |
| 2. v. second-person plural present of wirken | |
| 3. v. plural imperative of wirken | |
| wirken |
| 1. v. to function, to be effective, to work | |
| Das neue Medikament wirkt nicht so gut wie Aspirin. - The new medicine doesn't work as well as aspirin. | |
| Dieser Köder wirkt wie ein Fischmagnet. - This bait works like a fish magnet. | |
| 2. v. (copulative, sometimes impersonal, often with auf + accusative) to appear, to seem | |
| Dieses Essen wirkt etwas fade. - This food seems a little bland. | |
| Es wirkt, als wollten sie das Projekt abbrechen. - It seems like they want to cancel the project. | |
| Du wirkst seltsam auf mich. - You seem strange to me. | |
| Lassen Sie die einzigartige Landschaft auf sich wirken. - Let the unique landscape have its effect on you. | |
| 3. v. to perform (some action), to achieve (some effect), to work (cause to happen), to cast (a spell) | |
| Die Therapie wirkt Wunder bei meiner Arthritis. - The therapy works wonders for my arthritis. | |
| 4. v. to work or be active in a certain field or activity | |
| Ich habe einige Jahre als Architekt gewirkt. - I worked as an architect for several years. | |
| 5. v. to work (toward a goal or for a cause) | |
| Wir wirken für den Frieden und den Schutz der Umwelt. - We work for peace and the protection of the environment. | |
| 6. v. to take effect, to be effective | |
| Die neue Regel wirkt ab sofort. - The new rule is effective immediately. | |
| 7. v. (manufacturing) to knit (with yarn), to brocade | |
| 8. v. (baking) to knead | |
| schlicht |
| 1. adj. plain, simple, artless, natural | |
| 2. v. second-person plural preterite of schleichen | |
| schleichen |
| 1. v. to move in a quiet and inconspicuous manner, hence often slowly and/or ducked: to crawl, to sneak, to steal, to prowl, to creep, to slither (of a snake) | |
| 2. v. to go somewhere in the above manner | |
| 3. v. (informal, intransitive) to move slowly (especially in a car) | |
| Was schleicht der da so? - Why’s that guy driving so slowly? | |
| 4. v. (informal, reflexive) to slink away; to leave meekly or sheepishly | |
| 5. v. (Austria, Bavaria, Southern German, reflexive, colloquial or vulgar, dismissal) to piss off | |
| Schleich dich! - Piss off! | |
| 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? | |
| ergreifend |
| 1. Participle. present participle of ergreifen | |
| 2. adj. moving, stirring, gripping, poignant | |
| kalt |
| 1. adj. cold, chilly; the physical perception of something (objects, weather, body etc.) to have a low temperature | |
| 2. adj. calm, restrained, passionless | |
| 3. adj. cold, frigid (especially when referring to emotions) | |
| 4. adj. (housing) at cost (without utilities, such as heating, included) | |
| 5. adv. (of rent-paying) as base rent; excluding utilities | |
| Ich zahle 550 € kalt für meine Wohnung. - I pay €550 base rent for my apartment. | |
