| 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.) | |
| Bügel |
| 1. n-m. bow | |
| 2. n-m. handle, hanger | |
| 3. n-m. stirrup | |
| 4. n-m. iron (for ironing) | |
| 5. v. first-person singular present of bügeln | |
| 6. v. singular imperative of bügeln | |
| meiner |
| 1. pron. mine (substantival possessive) | |
| 2. pron. genitive of ich | |
| 3. det. feminine singular of mein | |
| 4. det. genitive plural of mein | |
| Brille |
| 1. n-f. (pair of) glasses, spectacles (frames bearing two lenses worn in front of the eyes to correct vision) | |
| 2. n-f. (pair of) goggles (protective eyewear set in a flexible frame to fit snugly against the face) | |
| 3. n-f. (toilet) seat (hinged, contoured seat with a hole in the middle, of a toilet) | |
| 4. n-f. (medical) nasal canulla for oxygen (clear plastic tubes for the delivery of oxygen to the nose) | |
| ist |
| 1. v. third-person singular present of sein | |
| 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. | |
| abgebrochen |
| 1. Participle. past participle of abbrechen | |
| 2. adj. broken | |
| abgebrochene Ast. - broken branch. | |
| abbrechen |
| 1. v. to break off (remove by breaking) | |
| Der Sturm brach die Spitzen und Äste vieler Bäume ab. - The storm broke off the tops and branches of many trees. | |
| 2. v. to be broken off | |
| Der Tassengriff bricht ab. - The cup handle is breaking off. | |
| 3. v. to terminate, to end, to stop (especially suddenly or unexpectedly) | |
| Der Athlet musste das Training wegen einer Verletzung abbrechen. - The athlete had to stop training because of an injury. | |
| 4. v. to pull down (demolish) | |
| die Brücken hinter sich abbrechen - to burn your bridges behind you | |
| 5. v. to discard (throw away) | |
