Heute |
1. n. today | |
2. adv. today | |
gibt |
1. v. third-person singular present of geben | |
geben |
1. v. (ditransitive) to give (changing ownership) | |
Meine Frau hat mir eine neue Uhr gegeben. - My wife gave me a new watch. | |
2. v. (ditransitive) to hand, to pass, to put within reach | |
Gib mir das! - Give me that! | |
Gib mir deine Hand. - Give me your hand (to hold). | |
Könnten Sie mir den Stift geben? - Could you hand me that pen? | |
3. v. (impersonal, transitive) Used to indicate that something exists (often with a certain property and/or in a certain location). Usually translated as there be or there exist | |
Gibt es gute Schulen in der Nähe? - Are there good schools in the neighborhood? | |
Es gibt kein Wasser in dieser Wüste. - There is no water in this desert. | |
Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
4. v. (ditransitive, transitive) to communicate (helpful information such as a hint or advice), to signal (in a certain way such as a sign) | |
Darf ich dir einen Rat geben? - May I give you some advice? | |
Der Spieler gab ein Signal, dass er eingewechselt werden wollte. - The player gave a signal that he wanted to be substituted. | |
5. v. to present; to put | |
6. v. to result in | |
Es |
1. n. (music) E-flat | |
2. n. (psychoanalysis) id | |
3. pron. Nominative and accusative neuter third-person singular personal pronoun | |
Wo ist das Buch? Es liegt auf dem Tisch. - Where's the book? It’s on the table. | |
Wo ist das Kind? Ich habe es. - Where is the child? I have it. | |
Welche Farbe hat das Pferd? Es ist weiß. - What color is the horse? It is white. | |
Ich bemerkte ein merkwürdiges bärtiges Individuum und beschloss, es im Auge zu behalten. - I remarked a strange bearded individual and decided to keep an eye on him. | |
Das Mädchen wusste nicht, dass es beobachtet wurde. - The girl didn’t know that she was being observed. | |
Jedes Vorstandsmitglied kann das Wort ergreifen, wenn es dies wünscht. - Any board member may take the floor if they so wish. | |
4. pron. (Impersonal pronoun used to refer to statements, activities, the environment etc., or as a placeholder/dummy pronoun) — it | |
Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
Sie begann zu laufen, und ich tat es auch. - She began to run, and I did it also. | |
Es war einmal eine schöne Prinzessin. - There was once a beautiful princess. | |
Es ist gut zu leben! - It's good to be alive! | |
Es regnet. - It’s raining. | |
Es ist sicher, dass morgen die Sonne scheinen wird. - It's certain that the sun will shine tomorrow. | |
Wie geht es dir? - How are you doing? | |
Ich bin es, Michael. - It's me, Michael. | |
Es spielt das Fernsehorchester. - The television orchestra is playing. | |
Sie wird es noch weit bringen. - She is going to go far. | |
5. art. (regional, colloquial) alt form-lite, das | |
Soll ich es Fenster zumachen? - Should I close the window? | |
Kaninchen |
1. n-n. rabbit | |
über |
1. prep. (accusative, or dative) above, over (spatially) | |
Über dem Wald ist der Himmel blau. - Over the forest, the sky is blue. | |
Die Vögel flogen über den Wald. - The birds flew over the forest. | |
2. prep. about, concerning, over, at (in reference to) | |
Die ganze Klasse lachte über ihren Witz. - The entire class laughed at her joke. | |
3. prep. (accusative) via, through, by way of | |
Der Zug fährt über den Hauptbahnhof. - The train goes via the main station. | |
Ich kaufe alles über das Internet. - I buy everything through the internet. | |
4. prep. (accusative) across | |
Ich fahre mit der Fähre über die Ostsee. - I travel on the ferry across the Baltic Sea. | |
5. prep. (accusative) during, for, over a time period | |
Es regnete über das Wochenende. - It rained over the weekend. | |
Er hat uns über Jahre belogen. - He's lied to us for years. | |
6. prep. (accusative) about | |
Ich schreibe ein Buch über Goethes Leben. - I'm writing a book about Goethe's life. | |
7. prep. around, among | |
8. prep. over, more than, above (a quantity) | |
9. prep. beyond | |
Die technischen Probleme in der Welt von heute gehen weit über den Rahmen des Technischen hinaus. - The technological problems in today's world extend far beyond the scope of technology. | |
10. prep. at (when 'over' or 'about' could roughly be substituted) | |
11. adj. (tlb, colloquial) left over, remaining, (replaces übrig in all its predicative instances, including those lexicalized as verb prefixoids.) | |
überbleiben - to be left over, to remain | |
Hier sind noch zwei Gurken über. Willst du die haben? - Here there are two gherkins left. Wanna have em? | |
12. adv. over (in certain select phrases) | |
über und über - over and over | |
13. post. (following accusative) throughout | |
Den ganzen Tag über. - Throughout the entire day. | |
Nacht |
1. n. night | |
Die Nacht war lang und frostig. - The night was long and chilly. | |
2. n. darkness | |
Sie wurden von der Nacht verschlungen. - They were engulfed by the darkness (of the night). | |
über Nacht |
1. adv. overnight (for a single night) | |
2. adv. (idiomatic, less common) overnight (within a short period of time) | |
eingelegt |
1. Participle. past participle of einlegen | |
2. adj. pickled, soused | |
einlegen |
1. v. to insert | |
2. v. to put in | |
3. v. to inlay | |
4. v. (a break) to have | |
5. v. (a protest or appeal) to file | |
6. v. (cooking) to pickle | |
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) | |
Rotwein |
1. n. (beverage) red wine (red-coloured wine made mostly from black grapes, including the skin) | |
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. | |
Thymian |
1. n. thyme | |
Majoran |
1. n-m. marjoram, Origanum majorana | |
Lorbeerblättern |
1. n. dative plural of Lorbeerblatt | |
Lorbeerblatt |
1. n. bay leaf | |
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? | |
Knoblauch |
1. n. garlic | |