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) | |
kannst |
1. v. second-person singular present of können | |
können |
1. v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can. | |
2. v. (auxiliary) | |
Kannst du ihm helfen? - Are you able to help him? | |
Ich hätte das machen können. - I could have done that. | |
Das kann sein, kann aber auch nicht sein. - This may be and may also not be. | |
Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
3. v. to be able to do something implied; can. | |
Nein, ich kann nicht. - No, I can’t. | |
Er hat gekonnt. - He was able to do it. | |
4. v. to know how to do (something); to know; to understand; to be able to do (something); to be capable of; can do (something), to have a specific skill. (w | |
Ich kann Deutsch und Englisch. - I know German and English. | |
Kannst du es? - Can you do it? | |
Das hätte ich nicht gekonnt. - I couldn’t have done that. / I wouldn’t have been capable of that. | |
5. v. to be possible, to make sense | |
Nächstes Jahr is’n Schaltjahr. – Das kann nich’. Letztes Jahr war doch Schaltjahr! - Next year is a leap year. – That’s not possible. Last year w | |
6. v. (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may. | |
Kann ich mitkommen? - May I come along? | |
Er hat nicht ins Kino gehen können. - He was not allowed to go to the cinema. | |
7. v. (auxiliary) to be in the legal situation of being able to realize a legal effect even if it be legally disallowed | |
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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 | |
nicht |
1. adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb) | |
Bitte nicht stören! - Please do not disturb! | |
Das ist nicht wahr. - That is not true. | |
2. interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
Du bist sicher die Claudia, nicht? - You must be Claudia, aren't you? | |
zufällig |
1. adj. random, by chance or stochastic | |
2. adj. accidental or coincidental | |
3. adv. accidentally | |
4. adv. by (any) chance | |
deinen |
1. det. (possessive) masculine accusative singular of dein | |
2. det. (possessive) dative plural of dein | |
Anspitzer |
1. n-m. sharpener, pencil sharpener | |
leihen |
1. v. to borrow | |
2. v. to lend, loan | |