| 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) | |
| verwechselte |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of verwechseln | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of verwechseln | |
| 3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of verwechseln | |
| 4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of verwechseln | |
| verwechseln |
| 1. v. to mix up; to confuse or mistake something for something else | |
| Immer wieder verwechsle ich die Zwillinge, weil sie sich so ähnlich sehen. - Time and again I keep mixing the twins up because they look so much alike. | |
| die |
| 1. art. feminine singular of der | |
| die Frau - the woman | |
| 2. art. plural of der | |
| die Männer - the men | |
| 3. pron. feminine singular of der | |
| 4. pron. plural of der | |
| 5. pron. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose | |
| Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. - I know a woman who can do that. | |
| 6. pron. (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them | |
| die da - that one/she/they there | |
| der |
| 1. art. the | |
| 2. art. feminine singular of der | |
| 3. art. genitive plural of der | |
| 4. pron. who; that; which | |
| Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. - I know a man who can do that. | |
| 5. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that | |
| 6. pron. (attributive, stressed) that | |
| Der Mann war es! - It was that man! | |
| 7. pron. (indicative) him, he | |
| Der hat es getan! - It was him who did it! | |
| 8. pron. (differential) the one, him | |
| Der mit dem Mantel - The one with the coat | |
| 9. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her | |
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| 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? | |
| musste |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of müssen | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of müssen | |
| daher |
| 1. adv. from there | |
| 2. adv. (figuratively) therefore; because of that; hence; thus | |
| 3. adv. (with a verb of motion) along | |
| 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 | |
| wo |
| 1. adv. (interrogative) where (at what place) | |
| Wo bist du? - Where are you? | |
| 2. adv. (relative) where (at or in which place or situation) | |
| Ich kenne einen Laden, wo solche Sachen verkauft werden. - I know a shop where such things are sold. | |
| 3. adv. (relative, somewhat, informal) when, that (on which; at which time) | |
| Das war der Tag, wo wir uns kennen gelernt haben. - That was the day when we got to know each other. | |
| 4. adv. (indefinite, colloquial) somewhere (in or to an uncertain or unspecified location) | |
| Ich wär gern wo, wo's wärmer ist. - I'd like to be somewhere where it's warmer. | |
| 5. conj. (colloquial) when | |
| Wo ich mich umgedreht hab, haut der mir unvermittelt eine rein. - When I turned around, he just abruptly punched me in the face. | |
| 6. pron. (relative, dialectal, nonstandard) who, whom, which, that | |
| Ich bin der, wo das kann. - I'm the one who can do that. | |
| anders |
| 1. adv. different, differently | |
| Natürlich ist jeder Mensch und jede Situation anders. - Of course every person and every situation are different. | |
| 2. adv. else | |
| 3. adv. otherwise | |
| Sitzen |
| 1. n. dative plural of Sitz | |
| 2. v. to sit; to perch | |
| 3. v. to stay (in one place); to remain; to be (in a particular place or state) | |
| Wir saßen fest! - We were stuck! | |
| 4. v. to fit | |
| 5. v. to be (i, e.g. with voller) | |
| Der Schrank sitzt voller Motten. - The cupboard is full of moths. | |
| 6. v. to do time; to spend time in jail | |
| im Gefängnis sitzen. - to be in jail. | |
| 7. v. to hit home; to have a significant effect | |
| 8. v. to sit down | |
