| für |
| 1. prep. for | |
| Das Geschenk ist für dich. - The present is for you. | |
| 2. prep. in favor of, in support of | |
| Ich bin für die erste Option. - I'm in favor of the first option. | |
| 3. prep. by the standards of | |
| Für einen Ausländer sprichst du sehr gut Deutsch. - For a foreigner, you speak German very well. | |
| 4. prep. on behalf of | |
| Mein Anwalt wird das für mich beantworten. - My lawyer will answer to that on my behalf. | |
| 5. prep. kind / type of | |
| Was für ein Kuchen ist das? - What kind of cake is this? | |
| 6. prep. (informal) instead of | |
| Für die Hose hab ich jetzt den Rock genommen. - Instead of the trousers which I chose not to buy, I took the skirt. | |
| 7. prep. (colloquial nonstandard) in order to (with zu and infinitive) | |
| Der Papa holt das Werkzeug, für die Waschmaschine zu reparieren. - Daddy is getting his tools in order to repair the washing machine. | |
| 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 | |
| Schrank |
| 1. n. cabinet (storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall), or (specifically): | |
| 2. n. cupboard (cabinet, often built into a wall, with shelves intended for storage) | |
| 3. n. wardrobe, closet (cupboard or cabinet designed for storing clothes) | |
| 4. n. bookcase (piece of furniture for the storage and display of books) | |
| 5. n. locker (storage compartment with a lock) | |
| braucht |
| 1. v. third-person singular present of brauchen | |
| 2. v. second-person plural present of brauchen | |
| 3. v. plural imperative of brauchen | |
| brauchen |
| 1. v. to need, to be in need of, to require | |
| Ich brauche deine Hilfe. - I need your help. | |
| Ich brauche nie lang. - I never need long. | |
| Dafür brauchen wir dringend eine politische Lösung. - For this, we urgently need a political solution. | |
| 2. v. to need to, to have to (in negation or with the adverb nur) | |
| Du brauchst nicht auf mich (zu) warten. - You don’t need to wait for me. | |
| Sie braucht mich nur an(zu)rufen. - She just needs to call me. | |
| man |
| 1. pron. one, you (indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular) | |
| Man kann nicht immer kriegen, was man will. - You can’t always get what you want. | |
| Manchmal muss man Kompromisse machen. - Sometimes one must compromise. | |
| 2. pron. they, people (people in general) | |
| Zumindest sagt man das so... - At least that’s what they say... | |
| 3. pron. someone, somebody (some unspecified person) | |
| 4. pron. they (some unspecified group of people) | |
| 5. adv. (colloquial regional northern Germany) just; only | |
| Komm man hier rüber! - Just come over here! | |
| Das sind man dreißig Stück oder so. - These are only thirty or so. | |
| nur |
| 1. adv. only, just, merely, simply | |
| Nur reife Kirschen dürfen auf den Kuchen. - Only ripe cherries may go on the cake. | |
| Du musst nur die Werte eingeben und den Rest macht der Computer. - You just have to enter the values and the computer will do the rest. | |
| 2. adv. ever; at all | |
| Ich helfe dir, wo ich nur kann. - I’ll help you wherever I can. | |
| 3. adv. however, though | |
| Wir könnten es versuchen. Nur wären die Risiken sehr hoch. - We could try. The risks would be very high, however. | |
| 4. conj. (chiefly colloquial) but | |
| Ich wär auf jeden Fall dabei, nur ich hab echt keine Zeit. - I’d definitely come along, but I really don’t have the time. | |
| Acht |
| 1. n-f. the natural number eight | |
| 2. n-f. the numeral sign 8 | |
| 3. n-f. a playing card with the value eight | |
| 4. n-f. a figure eight shape; a bicycle wheel bent out of shape | |
| 5. n. (in idioms and derivatives, otherwise archaic) attention; regard; heed | |
| 6. n. (historical) outlawry; banishment (declaration that someone is no longer protected by law) | |
| 7. n. (poetic) sworn enmity; declaration of vendetta | |
| 8. n-f. (obsolete, found in western German toponyms) land belonging to a mansion or monastery | |
| 9. num. (cardinal) eight (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 8; or describing a set with eight elements) | |
| Schrauben |
| 1. n. plural of Schraube | |
| 2. v. to screw | |
| 3. v. to design or move in a helical movement | |
| 4. v. (obsolete, transitive) to put the screws on, to screw | |
| 5. v. (obsolete, transitive) to jibe, to jeer | |
| Schraube |
| 1. n-f. screw | |
| 2. n-f. most iconically, a screw in the sense of a fluted fastener | |
| ux, Solange das deutsche Reich besteht, wird die Schraube nach rechts gedreht., For as long as the German empire exists, we turn the screw to th | |
| 3. n-f. a propeller advancing by helical movement | |
| 4. n-f. the simple machine called screw | |
| 5. n-f. the abstracted form things may acquire called helix | |
| 6. n-f. a spiral movement, a spin around the longitudinal axis | |
| 7. n-f. # a spiral movement around the longitudinal axis formalized in athletics | |
