| Gerät |
| 1. n. device, tool, appliance, machine | |
| Bitte schalten Sie Ihre elektronischen Geräte aus. - Please turn off your electronic devices. | |
| einwandfreie Geräte. - faultless devices. | |
| 2. n. equipment, tools | |
| 3. n. (dated) contents, furniture | |
| 4. v. third-person singular present of geraten | |
| geraten |
| 1. v. to turn out, succeed | |
| 2. v. to thrive | |
| 3. v. to come (across, by); to fall (upon) | |
| 4. v. to get (into); to fall (into); to come (to); to fly (into) | |
| 5. Participle. past participle of raten to advise, to recommend, to guess | |
| 6. adj. advisable | |
| 7. adj. guessed; solved | |
| raten |
| 1. v. to advise; to recommend | |
| jemandem etwas zu tun raten - to advise someone to do something | |
| Ich rate dir dazu, die Chance zu ergreifen. - I advise you to take the chance. | |
| 2. v. to guess | |
| Das rätst du nie. - You will never guess that. | |
| Lass mich raten! - Let me guess! | |
| Rate(t) mal! - Guess what! | |
| mit |
| 1. prep. with (in the company of; alongside) | |
| Ich spiele mit meinen Freunden. - I'm playing with my friends. | |
| 2. prep. with, by (using as an instrument; by means of) | |
| Ich schreibe mit einem Bleistift. - I'm writing with a pencil. | |
| Ich fahre mit dem Bus. - I'm going by bus. | |
| 3. prep. with (as an accessory to) | |
| 4. prep. with (having) | |
| 5. prep. at (with the age of) | |
| 6. prep. with, including, with ... included | |
| 7. adv. among; denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group | |
| Hier gibt es mit das beste Essen in der Stadt. - Here they have some of the best food in town. | |
| Ich war mit der erste, der hier war. - I was one of the very first who arrived. | |
| 8. adv. also, too (in addition; besides; as well) | |
| 9. adv. (somewhat, informal) with (something), with it | |
| Ich brauch nicht unbedingt Majonäse zu den Fritten, aber mit sind sie natürlich besser. - I don't necessarily need mayonnaise with the chips, but they taste better with it, of course. | |
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| Zinken |
| 1. n-m. Alternative form of Zinke, t=tine, prong | |
| 2. n-m. (informal) large nose (in this sense only the masculine) | |
| 3. n. plural of Zink | |
| 4. n. plural of Zinke | |
| 5. n. gerund of zinken | |
| 6. adj. (relational) zinc | |
| ein zinkener Eimer, eine zinkene Wanne - a zinc bucket/a bucket made of zinc, a zinc bathtub/a bathtub made of zinc | |
| 7. v. (card games) mark | |
| Falschspieler sind bekannt dafür, ihre Karten zu zinken. - Card sharps are well-known to mark their cards. | |
| Er zinkte Buben und Asse. - He marked jacks and aces. | |
| 8. v. (slang) mark (something, someone) by giving a sign/signal/hint/tip-off and thus give away (sb. or sth. to sb.) | |
| Die Sache kam ans Licht, weil einer von ihnen gezinkt hatte. - The affair came to light because one of them had given them or information, etc. away. | |
| Zinke |
| 1. n-f. prong | |
| 2. n-f. tine | |
| 3. n-f. tenon | |
| zum |
| 1. contraction. to or for the (contraction of zu + dem) | |
| 2. contraction. to or for a (contraction of zu + einem) | |
| zu |
| 1. prep. to, towards (indicates directionality) | |
| zum Bahnhof - to the train station | |
| 2. prep. with respect to; regarding | |
| Zu Punkt 1 möchte ich bemerken, dass... - With respect to item 1, let me remark that... | |
| 3. prep. along with; with (accompanying (the main thing in question)) | |
| Wasser zum Essen trinken - to drink water with one’s meal | |
| 4. prep. at, on (indicates location) | |
| zu Hause - at home | |
| 5. prep. at (indicates time) | |
| zur richtigen Zeit - at the right time | |
| zu Beginn - at the beginning | |
| 6. prep. by, in, on, at (indicates mode (of transportation, speech, etc.)) | |
| zu Pferd - on horseback | |
| 7. prep. (with a verb) for; (with a noun) as, by way of (for the purpose of) | |
| 8. prep. for (in honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of) | |
| 9. prep. into (indicates transition into another form or substance) | |
| 10. prep. as, for, to be (to take on the role of) | |
| 11. prep. to (used to indicate ratios) | |
| 12. prep. at (denotes a price or rate) | |
| 13. part. (with infinitives of verbs) to | |
| etwas zu essen - something to eat | |
| 14. adv. (with adjectives and adverbs) too (excessively) | |
| zu schnell - too fast | |
| 15. adv. (by extension, slang) (An intensifier.) | |
| Dieses Essen ist zu lecker! - This food tastes so good! | |
| 16. adv. towards; at | |
| 17. adv. (somewhat, informal) shut; closed; locked | |
| 18. adv. ahead, on (along, forwards (continuing an action)) | |
| 19. adj. (somewhat, informal) shut, closed (made inaccessible or impassable; not open) | |
| Das Geschäft war zu. - The shop was closed. | |
| Die Tür muss aus Brandschutzgründen immer zu sein. - This door must be shut at all times for reasons of fire safety. | |
| Die Tür ist zu, ich komm nicht rein. - The door is locked, I can’t get in there. | |
| 20. adj. closed (not operating or conducting trade) | |
| 21. adj. done up (fastened) | |
| 22. adj. (slang) hammered; very drunk | |
| dem |
| 1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
| ausrichten |
| 1. v. to align | |
| 2. v. to justify or orient | |
| 3. v. to rectify; to achieve (something by changing a situation) | |
| 4. v. to pass on (a message) | |
| Nein, Herr Müller ist nicht hier, soll ich ihm etwas ausrichten? - No, Mr Müller isn't here. Would you like me to pass on a message? | |
| 5. v. (South Germany, Austria) to badmouth; to make negative comments about (somebody) | |
| 6. v. (Switzerland) to pay out (a pension etc.) | |
| 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? | |
| Säubern |
| 1. n-n. (gerund of säubern) | |
| 2. v. to clean, to cleanse | |
| von |
| 1. prep. from | |
| Ich fahre von Köln nach Hamburg. - I'm travelling from Cologne to Hamburg. | |
| Ich hab’s von meiner Schwester gehört. - I heard it from my sister. | |
| 2. prep. of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below) | |
| das Auto meines Vaters - - = uxi = uxi, das Auto von meinem Vater, my father’s car / the car of my father | |
| 3. prep. by (with passive voice) | |
| Das Hotel wird von der Firma bezahlt. - The hotel is paid for by the company. | |
| 4. prep. about, of (a topic) | |
| Er hat von seiner Jugend erzählt. - He told about his youth. | |
| 5. prep. on, with (a resource) | |
| Von welchem Geld soll ich als Arbeitsloser in Urlaub fahren? - Being unemployed, on what money should I go on holidays? | |
| Man kann nicht nur von Luft und Liebe leben. - You can’t live on air and love alone. (proverb) | |
| Haaren |
| 1. n. dative plural of Haar | |
| 2. v. to moult | |
| 3. v. to lose one’s hair | |
| Haar |
| 1. n. hair | |
