| Entschuldigung |
| 1. n-f. apology (expression of remorse or regret) | |
| 2. n-f. excuse (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment) | |
| 3. n-f. note (written excusal for being late or absent from school) | |
| 4. interj. excuse me, pardon, sorry | |
| 5. interj. excuse me (request for someone's attention) | |
| Ich |
| 1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego | |
| 2. n. self, me, him, etc. | |
| das wahre Ich - the real me | |
| 3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun) | |
| Muss |
| 1. n. necessity, a must | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present of müssen | |
| 3. v. third-person singular present of müssen | |
| müssen |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) to have to (do something); must; to be obliged (to do something); to need (to do something). | |
| Wir müssen es machen. - We must do it. | |
| Wir müssen es nicht machen. - We need not do it. / We do not need to do it. | |
| Ich musste es machen. - I had to do it. | |
| 2. v. to have to do something implied; must; to be obliged. | |
| Ja, ich muss. - Yes, I must. | |
| Ja, ich habe gemusst. - Yes, I had to. | |
| 3. v. (colloquial euphemism) to need to go to the bathroom. | |
| schon |
| 1. adv. already (happening rather early, continuing rather long) | |
| Es ist erst 11 Uhr und schon über 30 Grad im Schatten. - It’s only 11 a.m. and already more than 30 degrees (°C) in the shade. | |
| Er ist schon seit drei Wochen krank. - He’s been sick for three weeks already. | |
| 2. adv. previously, before (at some time in the past; butnot: before a certain event) | |
| Ich erinnere mich, dass wir solche Fälle schon hatten. - I remember that we had such cases before. | |
| 3. adv. expresses that an action has been completed; already (i, but more frequent); yet i, in questions | |
| Wir sind spät dran, aber diesen Stapel haben wir immerhin schon bearbeitet. - We’re running late, but at least we’ve (already) finished this pile. | |
| Hast du dir schon die Zähne geputzt? - Have you brushed your teeth yet? | |
| 4. adv. (modal particle) expresses a weighing of arguments, contrast between two statements, partial agreement, concession; admittedly; sure(ly); definitely; indeed | |
| Man sollte Kinder nicht bestrafen. — Man sollte Kinder schon bestrafen, nur eben sinnvoll. - One shouldn’t punish children. — One should definitely punish children, but wisely. | |
| Niedrige Steuern heben den Konsum. — Das ist schon richtig, aber... - Low taxes increase consumption. — That is admittedly true, but... | |
| Du merkst doch auch, dass ich Recht habe? — Ja, schon. - You do see I’m right, don’t you? — Yeah, I guess. | |
| 5. adv. really (as an intensifier) | |
| Das ist schon etwas merkwürdig. - That's really a little strange. | |
| 6. v. singular imperative of schonen | |
| 7. v. colloquial of | |
| schonen |
| 1. v. to spare (not harm) | |
| 2. v. to rest, to avoid overexertion | |
| den |
| 1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
| 2. art. dative plural of der | |
| 3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
| ganzen |
| 1. adj. form of ganz | |
| ganz |
| 1. adj. entire, whole, complete | |
| Er hat ein ganzes Hähnchen gegessen. - He ate a whole chicken. | |
| 2. adj. (informal) all (with definite article or determiner) | |
| Ich hab meine ganzen Freunde eingeladen. - I’ve invited all my friends. | |
| 3. adj. (colloquial) whole, intact | |
| Ist die Tasse noch ganz? - Is the cup still whole? | |
| 4. adj. (in certain combinations) true; real | |
| uxi, ein ganzer Kerl, a true man | |
| 5. adj. (mathematics) integer (of a number) | |
| 6. adv. quite, rather | |
| 7. adv. very | |
| 8. adv. wholly, entirely, all | |
| Tag |
| 1. n. day (24-hour period) | |
| Tag für Tag - day after day | |
| 2. n. day (period from midnight to the following midnight) | |
| Der Tag fängt um Mitternacht an. - The day begins at midnight. | |
| 3. n. (astronomy) day (rotational period of a planet, moon or any celestial body (especially Earth)) | |
| 4. n. day, daylight (period between sunrise and sunset when there is daylight) | |
| Im Winter sind die Tage kürzer. - During the winter the days are shorter. | |
| Diese kurzen Tage verursachen Depressionen. - These short days cause feelings of depression. | |
| An den irdischen Polen dauert ein Tag sechs Monate. - At the Earth's poles a day lasts about six months. | |
| 5. n. day, daylight, light (light from the Sun) | |
| 6. n. (figurative) light (open view; a visible state or condition) | |
| 7. n. day (part of a day which one spends at work, school, etc.) | |
| Nun, wie war dein Tag? - Well, how was your day? | |
| Überstunden!? Was für ein Tag! - Overtime!? What a day! | |
| 8. n. (figurative) day (specified time or period, considered with reference to the prominence or success (in life or in an an argument or conflict) of a person or thing) | |
| Der Tag gehört uns. Gut gemacht, Männer! - It's our day, now. Well done, men! | |
| Heute ist einfach nicht mein Tag. - It's just not my day. | |
| 9. n. (dated, now found chiefly in compounds such as Bundestag, Reichstag, Landtag, Sudetendeutscher Tag or Tag der Oberschlesier) convention, congress (formal assembly) | |
| 10. n. see Tage for plural-only senses | |
| 11. interj. (colloquial) hello; (good) day | |
| 12. v. singular imperative of tagen | |
| Niesen |
| 1. n. (gerund of niesen); sneeze | |
| 2. v. to sneeze | |
| Ich |
| 1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego | |
| 2. n. self, me, him, etc. | |
| das wahre Ich - the real me | |
| 3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun) | |
| Habe |
| 1. n. belongings, possession | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present of haben | |
| 3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of haben | |
| 4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of haben | |
| 5. v. singular imperative of haben | |
| haben |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses) | |
| Das habe ich nicht gesagt. - I haven't said that. | |
| 2. v. to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic) | |
| 3. v. to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself) | |
| Glaub und hab keine Angst. - Believe and don't be afraid or Believe and have no fear. | |
| 4. v. to have, get (to obtain, acquire) | |
| 5. v. to get (to receive) | |
| 6. v. to have (to be scheduled to attend) | |
| 7. v. to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from) | |
| 8. v. to contain, be composed of, equal | |
| Ein Meter hat 100 Zentimeter. - One metre has 100 centimetres. | |
| 9. v. (impersonal, dialectal, with es) there be, there is, there are | |
| Es hat zwei Bücher. - There are two books. | |
| 10. v. to make a fuss | |
| Hab dich nicht so! - Don't make such a fuss! | |
| 11. v. (colloquial with es and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into | |
| Ich hab's nich so mit Hunden. - I don't have it that much with dogs. | |
| 12. v. (colloquial with es and von or über) to talk about | |
| Wir hatten's grad von dir und deiner Freundin. - We just had it about you and your girlfriend. | |
| 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 | |
| Wohl |
| 1. n. good | |
| 2. n. weal | |
| 3. n. wealthy | |
| 4. n. welfare | |
| 5. n. well-being | |
| 6. adv. possibly, probably; as I was told (modal particle expressing an assumption, often like (m+ must) + infinitive, or (US) guess + clause) | |
| ux - Er ist wohl schon gegangen., I guess he has left already. | |
| Seine Frau ist wohl irgendeine bekannte Ärztin. - I heard that his wife is some well-known doctor. | |
| Was das wohl zu bedeuten hat? - What does that mean, though? | |
| 7. adv. of course, indeed (modal particle adding stress to the statement to contradict a preceding one, often like (m+, do) + infinitive) | |
| Du warst ja noch nie in Frankreich. − Ich war wohl schon in Frankreich! - "Since you've never been to France..." − "Of course I've been to France!". | |
| Ich kann's dir nicht sagen, weil ich's nicht weiß. − Du weißt es ja wohl! - "I can't tell you because I don't know." − "But you do know!". | |
| 8. adv. (regional, north-western Germany) actually, somehow, quite (modal particle making the statement weaker or expressing a concession) | |
| Was habt ihr denn alle mit der Suppe? Ich find die wohl nicht schlecht. - "Why are you all complaining about the soup? I don't find it all that bad, actually.". | |
| 9. adv. (mostly elevated) well, very well | |
| Ihr habt wohl gesprochen, mein Herr! - "Ye have spoken well, my lord!". | |
| 10. adv. (regional in Austria, South Tyrol, in response to a negative question or statement) yes; surely; really; on the contrary | |
| Das stimmt nicht. — Wohl! - That's not correct. — Yes, it is! | |
| Kommst du heute Abend nicht? — Wohl! - Aren't you coming tonight?? — Yes, I am! | |
| eine |
| 1. num. feminine singular of ein | |
| 2. art. feminine singular of ein: a, an | |
| 3. pron. feminine singular of einer | |
| 4. pron. masculine nominative singular of einer | |
| 5. pron. singular of einer | |
| Erkältung |
| 1. n-f. cold (illness) | |
| zugezogen |
| 1. Participle. past participle of zuziehen | |
| zuziehen |
| 1. v. to move here; to come to a place (from the perspective of those already living there) | |
| die zuziehenden Ausländer - the foreigners who are coming here | |
| 2. v. to draw (together); to shut by pulling | |
| die Vorhänge zuziehen - to draw the curtains | |
| 3. v. to sustain, contract, incur, pick up | |
| sich eine Verletzung zuziehen - to sustain an injury | |
| 4. v. to become cloudy; to cloud over | |
| Es zieht sich zu. - It’s clouding over. | |
