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.) | |
Gefrierschrank |
1. n. freezer (container or room keeping things frozen) | |
spart |
1. v. third-person singular present of sparen | |
2. v. second-person plural present of sparen | |
3. v. plural imperative of sparen | |
sparen |
1. v. to save up; to accumulate, to put aside (for a specific purpose) | |
Ich spare mein Geld für ein neues Auto. - I'm saving my money for a new car. | |
2. v. to save, to conserve (for example energy) | |
Die Heizung herunterdrehen, um Energie zu sparen. - Turn the heat down to save energy. | |
3. v. to save, be able to save (as unnecessary or useless), keep something to oneself | |
Du kannst dir den Atem sparen, er hört nicht auf dich. - You can save your breath, he's not listening to you. | |
Spar dir dein Gesülze! - Keep your smooth-talk to yourself! | |
4. v. (ditransitive) to save, to spare (from effort, an unpleasant or unnecessary task) | |
Danke für den Zucker, du sparst mir einen Besuch im Laden. - Thanks for the sugar, you're sparing me a visit to the store. | |
Zeit |
1. n-f. time (as a concept) | |
2. n-f. time of day ((clipping of Uhrzeit)) | |
3. n-f. period, era (time in the past) | |
4. n-f. stint (e.g. in the army) | |
5. n-f. (grammar) tense | |
6. prep. (solemn) for the entire time of, during | |
Zeit ihrer Beziehung haben sie sich nie gestritten. - They never argued once during their relationship. | |
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? | |
Geld |
1. n. money | |