Du |
1. pron. alternative case form of du you (singular) (especially when used as a direct address in letters) | |
2. n. (literally) the thou, the you (singular) | |
jemandem das Du anbieten - to offer somebody the thou | |
3. pron. you (thou, singular familiar) | |
bist |
1. v. second-person singular present of sein | |
Du bist nicht mein Sohn. - You are not my son. | |
sein |
1. v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be | |
Das ist schön. - That is beautiful. | |
Das ist ein Auto. - That is a car. | |
2. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition) | |
Usage: In this sense sein 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. For example: "Mir i | |
Ist dir kalt? - Are you cold? | |
Mir ist schlecht. - I'm sick. | |
Dem Mann ist schwindelig. - The man feels dizzy. | |
Den Kindern ist langweilig. - The children are bored. | |
3. v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for | |
Usage: As in the previous sense sein takes a Dative noun and is always conjugated according to the impersonal subject es, although it is usually omitted. | |
Uns ist nach einem Film zumute. - We feel like watching a movie. | |
Mir ist nicht danach. - I don't feel like it. | |
4. v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs | |
Er ist alt geworden. - He has become old. | |
5. v. to exist; there to be; to be alive | |
Was nicht ist, kann noch werden. (a common proverb) - That which does not exist now, may come into existence. | |
Wenn ich nicht mehr bin, erbst du das Haus. - When I am no more, you'll inherit the house. | |
6. v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.) | |
Du bist. - It’s your turn. | |
Du bist nach mir. - Your turn is after mine. | |
7. v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag | |
Du bist! - You're it! | |
Ich bin nicht mehr. - I'm not it anymore. | |
8. det. his | |
Daniel schickt seiner Schwester eine SMS. - Daniel is sending a text to his sister. | |
Der Kater spielt oft mit seinen Spielsachen. - The cat often plays with his toys. | |
9. det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun) | |
der Mond und sein Licht - the moon and its light | |
das Schaf und seine Lämmer - the sheep and its lambs | |
10. det. (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so. | |
Der kostet so seine zweihundert Euro. - That one costs around two hundred euros. | |
11. det. one's | |
Man muss seinem Herzen folgen. - One must follow one’s heart. | |
mir |
1. pron. personal dative of ich: me, to me: | |
Er gab es mir. - He gave it to me. | |
2. pron. (dialectal, or colloquial) Alternative form of wir, t=we | |
vielleicht |
1. adv. perhaps, maybe | |
Vielleicht hat er einen Unfall gehabt. - Maybe he’s had an accident. | |
2. adv. frequently replaces bitte in polite questions | |
Könnten Sie vielleicht das Fenster aufmachen? - Could you perhaps open the window? | |
3. adv. (colloquial) expresses amazement or excitement, particularly at something negative | |
Das is’ vielleicht ’ne Geldverschwendung da! - Now, that’s some waste of money! | |
ein |
1. art. a, an | |
ein Mann - a man | |
eine Frau - a woman | |
ein Kind - a child | |
2. adv. (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something | |
ein und aus gehen, weder ein noch aus wissen | |
darein, derein, feldein, feldein, hafenein, hafenein, herein, herein, hierein, hierein, hinein, hinein, jahrein, jahrein, waldein, waldein (older spellings include Wald-ein), worein, wor | |
3. adj. (predicative) on | |
Ist der Schalter ein oder aus? (d. h., Ist der Schalter ein- oder ausgeschaltet?) - Is the switch on or off. (i.e., Is the switch switched on or off.) | |
Lümmel |
1. n-m. (original) farmer, peasant | |
2. n-m. (colloquial) boy or man with bad, rude manners | |
3. n-m. (colloquial positive) scamp | |
4. n-m. (slang) penis | |
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 | |
geh |
1. v. singular imperative of gehen | |
gehen |
1. v. to go, to walk | |
Lass uns beide mit dem Hund gehen. - Let's walk the dog together. | |
Ich sah die Kinder über die Straße gehen. - I saw the children walk/go across the street. | |
Mein Baby beginnt schon zu gehen. - My baby is already starting to walk. | |
2. v. to leave | |
Ich gehe jetzt. - I’m leaving now. | |
3. v. to leave, to take off (aeroplane, train) | |
Wann geht dein Zug? - When is your train leaving? | |
4. v. (impersonal, intransitive) to be going; to be all right; indicates how the dative object fares | |
Wie geht es dir? - How are you doing? | |
Es geht mir gut. - I’m doing well. (Literally, “It goes well for me.”) | |
Es geht. - It’s all right. | |
5. v. (slightly, informal, intransitive, often, impersonal) to be possible | |
Das würde vielleicht gehen. - That might be possible. | |
Ich zeige dir, wie es geht. - I'll show you how it's possible. | |
6. v. (colloquial intransitive) to work, to function (of a machine, method or the like) | |
Der Kaffeeautomat geht nicht. - The coffee dispenser doesn't work. | |
7. v. (colloquial intransitive) to last, to go for, to go on, to be in progress | |
Das ging für eine halbe Stunde oder so. - This went on for half an hour or so. | |
Die Sitzung geht bis ein Uhr. - The session is scheduled until one o’clock. | |
8. v. to sit, to rise, to expand (of dough etc.) | |
Teig drei Stunden gehen lassen. - Let dough sit for three hours. | |
9. v. (colloquial intransitive) to be (on) (to pay) | |
Die Getränke gehen auf mich. - Drinks are on me. | |
10. v. (regional, or dated, impersonal, intransitive) to approach; to be going (on some one) + auf (object) = time | |
Es geht auf 8 Uhr. - It’s going on 8 o’clock. | |
11. v. (with genitive, only in combination with Weg) to go one's way, to make one's way (of a path, destination), to go separate ways | |
nachher |
1. adv. afterwards, later | |
rüber |
1. adv. (colloquial) over here | |
Komm mal rüber! - Come over here! | |
2. adv. (colloquial) over there | |
Ich geh mal rüber. - I'm going over there. | |
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? | |
entschuldige |
1. v. first-person singular present of entschuldigen | |
2. v. singular imperative of entschuldigen | |
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of entschuldigen | |
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of entschuldigen | |
entschuldigen |
1. v. to excuse | |
2. v. to excuse/forgive something | |
3. v. to apologize, to apologise | |
dich |
1. pron. personal accusative of du; you, thee direct object. | |
Ich liebe dich nicht, wenn du mich nicht liebst. - I don't love you if you don't love me. | |
2. pron. accusative of du; yourself, thee direct object. | |