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zeigt
1. v. third-person singular present of zeigen
2. v. second-person plural present of zeigen
3. v. plural imperative of zeigen
zeigen
1. v. to show, make see
2. v. (with auf) to point at
Man zeigt nicht mit dem Finger auf die Leute! - You don’t point your finger at people!
3. v. to exhibit, allow to see
Zeig mir mal deine Briefmarkensammlung! - Please show me your stamp collection!
4. v. to display, manifest
Die Bäume zeigen schon die ersten grünen Blätter. - The trees are already displaying the first green leaves.
5. v. to demonstrate, explain by doing
Kannst du mir mal zeigen, wie das geht? - Could you show me how this is done?
6. v. to go to show, demonstrate, prove
Das zeigt wieder mal, dass du keine Ahnung hast. - This only shows again that you don't have a clue.
7. v. to appear, become apparent, come out, turn out, show up, to be manifested
dagegen
1. adv. against it, against that
2. conj. however, by contrast, on the other hand
(near-syn, hingegen, hergegen, andererseits, wiederum, hinwiederum)
zwar
1. adv. Signals a following contrary clause, which is usually introduced with aber, stressing that the speaker is aware of the contradiction, but that it does not invalidate the statement.
Dieser Rock ist zwar teuer, aber ich kaufe ihn trotzdem. - This skirt is admittedly expensive, but I’ll buy it anyway.
Wir hatten zwar viele Probleme, aber letztlich hat es sich auf jeden Fall gelohnt. - We did have a lot of problems, but in the end it was definitely worth it.
2. adv. namely; (only in the form und zwar)
Aber dann habe ich mir doch eins gekauft, und zwar das blaue. - But then I bought one anyway, namely the blue one.
Ich habe was Tolles gemacht! Und zwar habe ich geschmacksfreies Eis erfunden. - I did something great! Namely I invented taste-free ice cream.
noch
1. adv. still, yet (up to and including a given time)
Du magst mich noch. - You still like me.
Ich bin noch nicht fertig. - I’m not ready yet.
2. adv. yet, eventually (at an unknown time in the future)
Er wird noch kommen. - He will come eventually.
Das brauche ich später noch. - I'll need that sometime.
3. adv. additionally, in addition, besides, else; (more often expressed in English with) another, more
Da ist noch einer. - There’s another one.
Da sind noch welche. - There are some more.
Ich habe noch Schokolade im Auto. - I have some more chocolate in the car.
Weißt du noch was? - Can you think of anything else?
4. adv. (only) just; barely (by a small margin)
Ich habe es gerade noch geschafft. - I made it just in time.
5. adv. (with comparative) even
Deins ist noch schöner! - Yours is even prettier!
6. conj. (following a negation, especially weder) nor; function word introducing each except the first term or series, indicating none of them is true
Ich mag weder ihn noch dich. - I like neither him nor you.
Er versteht es nicht noch wird er es jemals verstehen. - He doesn’t understand it, nor will he ever understand it.
keine
1. en:not a
2. pron. feminine of kein
Das ist keine Lampe. - That is not a lamp.
3. pron. of kein
Elemente sind Stoffe, die in keine einfacheren Stoffe zerlegt werden können. - Elements are substances that can not be decomposed into any simpler substance.
4. pron. feminine of keiner
uxi, Ich kenne keine, die mir gefällt., I don't know anyone I like.
5. pron. of keiner
Von den Lösungen ist keine korrekt. - Of the solutions, none is correct.
Welt
1. n-f. world
ohne
1. conj. (+ dass or zu clause) without
Viele Jahre sind vergangen, ohne dir zu sagen, was du mir bedeutest. - Many years have gone by without telling you what you mean to me.
2. prep. (+accusative) without
Ohne dich bin ich nichts. - Without you I am nothing.
3. adv. without
Ich mag Fußball, aber ich kann auch ohne leben. - I like soccer, but I could live without.
Gott
1. n. god
2. Proper noun. God
doch
1. part. (in response to a negative question or statement) yes; surely; really; on the contrary
Das darfst du nicht sagen. — Doch! - You can’t say that. — Yes, I can!
Du wirst nicht kommen? — Doch! - You're not going to come? — Yes, I am!
2. conj. though; yet; but; however; nevertheless
3. conj. for all that; after all; but
4. adv. after all; yet; however; nevertheless
5. adv. really; just
6. adv. indicates proposal Why don't you/we
Komm doch mal mit. - Why don't you just come with us?
scheint
1. v. third-person singular present of scheinen
2. v. second-person plural present of scheinen
3. v. plural imperative of scheinen
scheinen
1. v. to shine; to gleam
2. v. (copulative) to seem; to appear; to look
Es scheint mir, dass … - It seems to me that …
Du scheinst erschöpft. - You seem exhausted.
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
erzürnte
1. v. first-person singular preterite of erzürnen
2. v. third-person singular preterite of erzürnen
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of erzürnen
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of erzürnen
Schöpfer
1. n-m. creator
2. n-m. (religion, Christianity, no plural) Creator
Komm, Schöpfer Geist - Come Creator (holy) Spirit
3. n-m. ladle (deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle)
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
Blitz
1. n-m. (meteorology) a bolt of lightning
Ein Blitz erhellte die Nacht. - A bolt of lightning lit the night.
2. n-m. (photography) flash
Zurück
1. n. going back (in existential clauses, negated)
Jetzt gab es kein Zurück mehr. - Now there was no going back any more.
2. adv. back, backward, backwards, to the rear.
3. interj. stand back!
4. interj. get back!
in
1. prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building)
Es ist in dem Haus. - It is in the house.
Ich habe die Schlüssel im (in dem) Kühlschrank gefunden. - I found the keys in the refrigerator.
Unsere Kinder sind in der Schule. - Our kids are at school.
Er ist in einem Café. - He is at a coffee shop.
Letzte Nacht waren sie im (in dem) Club. - They were at the club last night.
2. prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to)
in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense
3. prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time)
Er schloss sein Studium im Alter von vierzehn. - He completed his studies at/by the age of fourteen.
im Alter - in old age
im Mittelalter - during the middle ages
in den 1960er Jahren - in the 1960s
4. prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of))
Er geht ins Haus. - He goes into the house.
Wir gehen in die Schweiz. - We are going to Switzerland.
Wir treten in ein neues Zeitalter ein. - We are coming into a new age.
5. adj. in, popular (in fashion)
den
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der
2. art. dative plural of der
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der
Himmel
1. n-m. sky
2. n-m. heaven
3. n-m. (bed) canopy
4. n-m. (automotive) headliner (interior fabric covering the roof of a vehicle)
5. v. first-person singular present of himmeln
6. v. singular imperative of himmeln
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?
in
1. prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building)
Es ist in dem Haus. - It is in the house.
Ich habe die Schlüssel im (in dem) Kühlschrank gefunden. - I found the keys in the refrigerator.
Unsere Kinder sind in der Schule. - Our kids are at school.
Er ist in einem Café. - He is at a coffee shop.
Letzte Nacht waren sie im (in dem) Club. - They were at the club last night.
2. prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to)
in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense
3. prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time)
Er schloss sein Studium im Alter von vierzehn. - He completed his studies at/by the age of fourteen.
im Alter - in old age
im Mittelalter - during the middle ages
in den 1960er Jahren - in the 1960s
4. prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of))
Er geht ins Haus. - He goes into the house.
Wir gehen in die Schweiz. - We are going to Switzerland.
Wir treten in ein neues Zeitalter ein. - We are coming into a new age.
5. adj. in, popular (in fashion)
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
Natur
1. n-f. nature (the natural world)
Wissenschaft ist das Studium der Natur. - Science is the study of nature.
2. n-f. wilderness, the wild, natural scenery
3. n-f. disposition, constitution, essence
4. n-f. temperament, temper, frame of mind
verbannt
1. Participle. past participle of verbannen
2. adj. banned, banished
3. v. second-person plural present of verbannen
4. v. third-person singular present of verbannen
5. v. plural imperative of verbannen
verbannen
1. v. to banish, to exile
2. v. to ban

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