| Er |
| 1. n. a person or animal of male gender, a male | |
| Was möchte Er von mir? - What does he want from me? | |
| 2. pron. (personal) he. | |
| audio, De-wo ist klaus.ogg De-wo ist klaus.ogg uxi - Where is Klaus? Where is he? | |
| audio, De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg uxi - This is my dog. His name is Waldi. | |
| 3. pron. (personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der)). | |
| audio, De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg uxi - There stands a tree. It is more than 100 years old. | |
| 4. pron. (personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der)). | |
| Im Frauengefängnis versuchte ein Häftling zu flüchten, aber er kam nicht weit. - In the women’s prison, an inmate tried to escape, but she didn’t get very far. | |
| 5. pron. (personal, archaic) Alternative spelling of Er, tr=you (polite) | |
| erzählt |
| 1. Participle. past participle of erzählen | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present of erzählen | |
| 3. v. second-person plural present of erzählen | |
| 4. v. plural imperative of erzählen | |
| erzählen |
| 1. v. (ditransitive) to tell, to narrate, to recount (for example a story, to someone) | |
| Erzähl mir ein Märchen. - Tell me a fairytale. | |
| Sie erzählte mir von ihrer Kindheit. - She told me about her childhood. | |
| 2. v. (with dative object, and dass) to tell, to say (that something occurred) | |
| Ich habe dir erzählt, dass meine Mutter gestorben ist. - I told you that my mother had died. | |
| 3. v. (somewhat, informal, perhaps regional) to talk a lot; to tell nonsense; to gabble | |
| Wir haben den ganzen Nachmittag erzählt. - We talked the whole afternoon. | |
| Der erzählt hier wieder einen! (strong stress on “erzählen”) - This guy’s talking some bullshit again today! | |
| erz |
| 1. v. singular imperative of erzen | |
| 2. v. colloquial of | |
| den |
| 1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
| 2. art. dative plural of der | |
| 3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
| Lieben |
| 1. n. plural of Liebe | |
| 2. n. plural of Lieber | |
| 3. v. (usually transitive sometimes intransitive) to love, to have a strong affection for (someone or something) | |
| Ich liebe dich. - I love you. | |
| Ich liebe die französische Sprache. - I love the French language. | |
| 4. v. to love one another | |
| 5. v. to make love, to have sex | |
| 6. adj. form of lieb | |
| langen |
| 1. v. (colloquial southern) to reach for something, to grab | |
| 2. v. (colloquial southern) to pass, to hand something to someone | |
| 3. v. (colloquial southern) to suffice, to be enough | |
| Mir langt's. - I've had enough | |
| 4. adj. form of lang | |
| 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 | |
| Nichts |
| 1. n. nothingness, void | |
| 2. pron. nothing | |
| Ich weiß, dass ich nichts weiß. - I know that I know nothing. | |
| Als |
| 1. n. creek, drainage channel | |
| 2. conj. (subordinating, referring to time of occurrence) at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as | |
| Als er ankam, öffnete sie die Tür. - When he arrived, she opened the door. | |
| Als wir jung waren, spielten wir im Wald. - We played in the forest when we were young. | |
| 3. conj. (used with a comparison or as an exception) than | |
| Zwei ist größer als eins. - Two is greater than one. | |
| Die Kopie sieht anders aus als das Original. - The copy looks different than the original. | |
| Er sagt nichts anderes als die Wahrheit. - He tells nothing other than the truth. | |
| 4. conj. as; like; in the function of; in the form of | |
| Als Polizist muss ich es tun. - As a policeman, I must do it. | |
| Wir sind Feinde, aber im Moment müssen wir uns als Freunde verhalten. - We are enemies, but for now we must act like friends. | |
| Sie verkleidete sich als Krankenschwester, um das Krankenhaus zu betreten. - She disguised herself as a nurse to enter the hospital. | |
| 5. conj. as if | |
| 6. conj. (after negative pronoun) but, other than | |
| großen |
| 1. adj. form of groß | |
| groß |
| 1. adj. big, large, large-scale | |
| Das ist ein großes Problem. - That is a big problem. | |
| Ich lebe in einem großen Haus. - I live in a large house. | |
| 2. adj. great, grand | |
| 3. adj. (of a person) tall | |
| 4. adj. (childish) pertaining to defecation | |
| Ich muss groß. - I need to poo. | |
| Käse |
| 1. n. cheese | |
| 2. n. (informal) nonsense | |
