| Hilfsverb |
| 1. n. (grammar) auxiliary verb, helping verb | |
| Sein |
| 1. n. existence, being, essence (the state and the conditions of being, existing, occurring) | |
| 2. v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be | |
| Das ist schön. - That is beautiful. | |
| Das ist ein Auto. - That is a car. | |
| 3. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition) | |
| Usage: In this sense sein is always conjugated in the third person singular and takes a Dative noun. The impersonal subject es may be present, but is often taken as implied. For example: "Mir i | |
| Ist dir kalt? - Are you cold? | |
| Mir ist schlecht. - I'm sick. | |
| Dem Mann ist schwindelig. - The man feels dizzy. | |
| Den Kindern ist langweilig. - The children are bored. | |
| 4. v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for | |
| Usage: As in the previous sense sein takes a Dative noun and is always conjugated according to the impersonal subject es, although it is usually omitted. | |
| Uns ist nach einem Film zumute. - We feel like watching a movie. | |
| Mir ist nicht danach. - I don't feel like it. | |
| 5. v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs | |
| Er ist alt geworden. - He has become old. | |
| 6. v. to exist; there to be; to be alive | |
| Was nicht ist, kann noch werden. (a common proverb) - That which does not exist now, may come into existence. | |
| Wenn ich nicht mehr bin, erbst du das Haus. - When I am no more, you'll inherit the house. | |
| 7. v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.) | |
| Du bist. - It’s your turn. | |
| Du bist nach mir. - Your turn is after mine. | |
| 8. v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag | |
| Du bist! - You're it! | |
| Ich bin nicht mehr. - I'm not it anymore. | |
| 9. det. his | |
| Daniel schickt seiner Schwester eine SMS. - Daniel is sending a text to his sister. | |
| Der Kater spielt oft mit seinen Spielsachen. - The cat often plays with his toys. | |
| 10. det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun) | |
| der Mond und sein Licht - the moon and its light | |
| das Schaf und seine Lämmer - the sheep and its lambs | |
| 11. det. (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so. | |
| Der kostet so seine zweihundert Euro. - That one costs around two hundred euros. | |
| 12. det. one's | |
| Man muss seinem Herzen folgen. - One must follow one’s heart. | |
| wenige |
| 1. adj. form of wenig | |
| Schritte |
| 1. n. plural of Schritt | |
| 2. v. first-person singular subjunctive of schreiten | |
| 3. v. third-person singular subjunctive of schreiten | |
| Schritt |
| 1. n. step, footstep (a single instance of walking) | |
| 2. n. walk (slow gait of a horse) | |
| 3. n. crotch (the area between the human legs close to the genitals or comprising them) | |
| 4. n. a pace (any of several obsolete linear measures about as long as a man steps, that is about 70–80 cm) | |
| 5. n. any imaginary measure that is likened in its partitioning to the distance traveled by a leg moving forward in its single footsteps | |
| Er war uns einige Schritte voraus. - He was a few steps ahead of us. | |
| Leg einen Schritt zu! - Faster! | |
| 6. n. step, move, stage (the part of a measure in the sense of an action one takes) | |
| Um dieses Ziel zu erreichen, sind folgende Schritte durchzuführen: - To reach this end, the following steps need to be performed: | |
| beim ersten Schritt. - in the first step. | |
| 7. n. ellipsis of Schrittgeschwindigkeit | |
| Fahren Sie Schritt! - Drive as fast as a pedestrian walks! | |
| Gehen |
| 1. n. (gerund of gehen): "going". | |
| 2. v. to go, to walk | |
| Lass uns beide mit dem Hund gehen. - Let's walk the dog together. | |
| Ich sah die Kinder über die Straße gehen. - I saw the children walk/go across the street. | |
| Mein Baby beginnt schon zu gehen. - My baby is already starting to walk. | |
| 3. v. to leave | |
| Ich gehe jetzt. - I’m leaving now. | |
| 4. v. to leave, to take off (aeroplane, train) | |
| Wann geht dein Zug? - When is your train leaving? | |
| 5. v. (impersonal, intransitive) to be going; to be all right; indicates how the dative object fares | |
| Wie geht es dir? - How are you doing? | |
| Es geht mir gut. - I’m doing well. (Literally, “It goes well for me.”) | |
| Es geht. - It’s all right. | |
| 6. v. (slightly, informal, intransitive, often, impersonal) to be possible | |
| Das würde vielleicht gehen. - That might be possible. | |
| Ich zeige dir, wie es geht. - I'll show you how it's possible. | |
| 7. v. (colloquial intransitive) to work, to function (of a machine, method or the like) | |
| Der Kaffeeautomat geht nicht. - The coffee dispenser doesn't work. | |
| 8. v. (colloquial intransitive) to last, to go for, to go on, to be in progress | |
| Das ging für eine halbe Stunde oder so. - This went on for half an hour or so. | |
| Die Sitzung geht bis ein Uhr. - The session is scheduled until one o’clock. | |
| 9. v. to sit, to rise, to expand (of dough etc.) | |
| Teig drei Stunden gehen lassen. - Let dough sit for three hours. | |
| 10. v. (colloquial intransitive) to be (on) (to pay) | |
| Die Getränke gehen auf mich. - Drinks are on me. | |
| 11. v. (regional, or dated, impersonal, intransitive) to approach; to be going (on some one) + auf (object) = time | |
| Es geht auf 8 Uhr. - It’s going on 8 o’clock. | |
| 12. v. (with genitive, only in combination with Weg) to go one's way, to make one's way (of a path, destination), to go separate ways | |
