| Haushalt |
| 1. n. household (collectively, all the persons who live in a given home) | |
| Eine moderne Windkraftanlage mit 3 MW Leistung erzeugt soviel Strom, wie 2.000 Haushalte benötigen. - A modern 3 MW wind turbine generates as much electricity as 2.000 households require. | |
| 2. n. (finance, politics) budget (itemized summary of intended expenditure and expected revenue) | |
| Die Haushalte des Bundes und der Länder sind nicht ausgeglichen. - The federal and the state budgets are not balanced. | |
| 3. n. housework (domestic chores) | |
| Meine Frau und ich machen den Haushalt zusammen. - My wife and I do the housework together. | |
| 4. n. (biology) balance (between the production and consumption of a biochemical) | |
| Energiehaushalt - energy balance | |
| Insulinhaushalt - insulin balance | |
| Kohlenhydrathaushalt - carbohydrate balance, carbohydrate metabolism | |
| Küchengerät |
| 1. n. kitchenware tool, kitchen appliance | |
| 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 | |
| Braten |
| 1. n-m. a roast (big portion of meat, usually cooked in the oven) | |
| 2. n. (gerund of braten); roasting | |
| 3. v. to pan-fry | |
| 4. v. to roast; to grill; to broil | |
| 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) | |
| Fisch |
| 1. n. fish (cold-blooded vertebrates living in water) | |
| Wir haben jeder einen Fisch gefangen. - Each one of us has caught a fish. | |
| Ob ein Wal ein Fisch ist, hängt von der Definition ab. - Whether a whale is a fish depends on the definition. | |
| 2. n. fish (food) | |
| Freitags essen viele Leute Fisch. - Many people eat fish on Fridays. | |
| Fleisch |
| 1. n. flesh | |
| 2. n. meat | |
| 3. n. pulp (of fruit) | |
| 4. n. a slab of meat, meat which is not in the form of a sausage | |
| Kartoffeln |
| 1. n. plural of Kartoffel | |
| Kartoffel |
| 1. n-f. potato | |
| 2. n-f. (sometimes derogatory) a German; particularly an ethnic German from the perspective of allochthonous populations in Germany | |
| Nudeln |
| 1. n. plural of Nudel | |
| 2. v. to fatten, to force-feed (of animals, by gavage) | |
| 3. v. , t= | |
| 4. v. to do something tedious or repetitive in a bored manner | |
| 5. v. (colloquial transitive) to make music or sing listlessly | |
| 6. v. to twirl; to move in a flexible manner (in reference to noodles' softness) | |
| 7. v. to empty a battery | |
| 8. v. to cuddle | |
| 9. v. to fuck | |
| Nudel |
| 1. n-f. a noodle, a string or lump of pasta | |
| 2. n-f. (in the plural) pasta | |
| 3. n-f. (in compounds) certain other kinds of pastries | |
| 4. n-f. (informal) a person, usually female, who is funny and cheerful, especially when also having a pleasantly plump, buxom figure | |
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