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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.)
Bisschen
     1. n-n. diminutive of Biss, t=bite
     2. adv. (often with ein) (a) bit; (a) little
           Er spricht nur ein bisschen Englisch. - He only speaks a little English.
     3. adv. (with kein) (not a) bit
Optimismus
     1. n. optimism
Würde
     1. n-f. dignity
     2. v. first-person singular subjunctive of werden
     3. v. third-person singular subjunctive of werden
     werden
          1. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense
                Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - I will go home.
          2. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs
          3. v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice
                Das Buch wird gerade gelesen. (present tense) - The book is being read.
                Ich wurde in Europa geboren. (preterite tense) - I was born in Europe.
                Er war geschlagen worden. (past perfect tense) - He had been beaten.
          4. v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn
                Es wird heißer. - It's getting hotter.
          5. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition)
                Usage: In this sense werden 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. (See the usage no
                Wird dir kalt? - Are you getting cold?
                Den Kindern wird langweilig. - The children are getting bored.
                Von Mayonnaise wird mir schlecht. - Mayonnaise makes me sick. (Literally: From mayonnaise I become sick.)
          6. v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future)
                Wir werden zusammen glücklich. - We will be happy together.
                Was wird aus mir? - What will become of me?
          7. v. (colloquial) to be going to work
                Das wird so nichts. - It will not work like that.
unserer
     1. pron. feminine singular of unser
     2. pron. genitive plural of unser
     unser
          1. pron. genitive of wir
          2. det. our
Sache
     1. n-f. matter, affair, case, question, issue
           beschlossene Sache - done deal
           Die Polizei untersuchte die Sache ohne Ergebnis. - The police investigated the matter with no result.
     2. n-f. thing, object
           Da ist noch eine Sache. - There's one more thing (for me to say).
     3. n-f. (law) thing: corporeal object
     4. n-f. cause, action
     5. n-f. subject, matter, business
           Das ist Privatsache. - That's a private matter.
     6. n-f. (chiefly in colloquial) kilometers per hour
           Er raste mit hundert Sachen um die Ecke. - He raced around the corner at 100 per.
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?
Schaden
     1. n. damage; harm
           Das Auto hat einen Schaden. - The car is damaged.
           Er hat seiner Frau nie Schaden zugefügt. - He has never done any harm to his wife.
     2. n. (colloquial informal) mental problem (in the sense of “crazy”)
           Der hat doch ’n Schaden. - He must be out of his mind.
     3. v. to hurt, to be harmful
           Es kann nicht schaden, es mal zu versuchen. - It can't hurt to give it a try.
     4. v. (with dative object) to damage, to harm, to hurt
           Der Fehler hat seinem Ruf geschadet. - The mistake harmed his reputation.
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