Ich |
1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego | |
2. n. self, me, him, etc. | |
das wahre Ich - the real me | |
3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun) | |
hole |
1. v. first-person singular present of holen | |
2. v. first-person singular subjunctive of holen | |
3. v. third-person singular subjunctive of holen | |
4. v. singular imperative of holen | |
holen |
1. v. to (go) get, to fetch (to go somewhere and take something) | |
Hol noch einen Stuhl! - Go get another chair! | |
2. v. to get (to acquire, buy) | |
Ich hole mir morgen ’n neuen Fernseher. - I’m getting a new TV tomorrow. | |
Mal |
1. n. time (as in the first time; many times) | |
2. n. occasion, case, occurrence | |
3. n. a mark on the body, e.g. a scar, mole, etc. | |
4. n. (chiefly in compounds) mark, sign in the landscape, e.g. a milestone | |
5. n. (ball games) base | |
6. adv. times (indicating multiplication of two numbers) | |
sechs mal sieben ist zweiundvierzig - six times seven is forty-two | |
7. adv. (informal) Alternative form of einmal, , sometime, ever, once, may serve to introduce a new information. | |
Wenn du in Köln bist, musst du mal bei deiner Tante anrufen. - When you’re in Cologne, you must call your aunt sometime. | |
Ich geh mal zum Kaffeestand. - I’m off to the coffee stall. | |
8. adv. (informal) Softening a sentence, thus making a request or command more polite. By extension, indicating a command or request. | |
Haben Sie mal Feuer? - Do you have a lighter please? | |
Haste Feuer? - D'ya have fire? | |
Du musst mal deine Tante anrufen. - You have to call your aunt. | |
9. v. singular imperative of malen | |
10. v. colloquial of | |
malen |
1. v. to paint (do paintwork) | |
2. v. to paint (create a painting) | |
3. v. (loosely) to draw, depict (with a pencil, computer program, etc.) | |
eben |
1. adj. flat, smooth, even (of a surface) | |
2. adv. (modal particle) so, just, simply, indicating that something is generally known, or cannot be changed, or the like; often untranslatable | |
Er ist eben ein Idiot... - So he's an idiot... | |
Dann müssen wir eben härter arbeiten. - Then we'll just have to work harder. | |
3. adv. (modal particle) just, quickly, indicating that something is done fast or without much complication | |
Ich geh mal eben zur Theke. - I'll just go to the bar. | |
Könnten Sie mir vielleicht eben helfen? - Could you maybe help me out really quickly? | |
4. adv. just; a moment ago | |
Wo ist denn dein Mann? Der saß doch eben noch hier. - Where's your husband? He was sitting here just a minute ago. | |
5. adv. (literary, with dieser) exactly, very | |
Es sollte eben diese Entscheidung sein, die ihn in den Bankrott treiben würde. - It would be this very decision that drove him into bankruptcy. | |
Etwas |
1. n. thing, being | |
2. n. a quality or talent that is hard to pin down | |
Sie hat dieses gewisse Etwas. (She has this certain something.) | |
3. pron. something | |
4. adv. somewhat, slightly | |
5. adv. a little, a bit | |
6. det. (with unor plural noun) some, a bit of | |
Hab etwas Respekt vor den Toten. - Have some respect for the dead. | |
vom |
1. contraction. from the, of the; about the (contraction of von + dem) | |
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) | |
dem |
1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
Boden |
1. n. ground, soil | |
heiliger Boden - hallowed ground | |
2. n. sea bottom (typically called Meeresboden) | |
3. n. any defined type of soil | |
4. n. floor | |
5. n. attic, garret, loft | |
6. n. (colloquial) flooring, floor cover (often used in this sense in compound nouns: Teppichboden, Parkettboden) | |