| 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) | |
| spreche |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of sprechen | |
| 2. v. first-person singular subjunctive of sprechen | |
| 3. v. third-person singular subjunctive of sprechen | |
| sprechen |
| 1. v. to speak (some language, the truth, etc.) | |
| Ich spreche Deutsch. - I speak German. | |
| Sprich die Wahrheit oder bleib still. - Speak the truth or remain silent. | |
| Klartext sprechen - to speak plainly | |
| 2. v. to speak, to talk, to give a speech | |
| Sprechen Sie bitte langsam. - Speak slowly please. | |
| 3. v. to say, to speak (a word, phrase, sentence, prayer, etc.) | |
| Was? Du hast kein Wort darüber gesprochen. - What? You haven't spoken a word about it. | |
| 4. v. to have a pronunciation; to be pronounced (some way) | |
| Wie spricht sich das? - How do you pronounce this? | |
| 5. v. to pronounce (a judgment, a verdict, etc.) | |
| Die Geschichte wird das endgültige Urteil über sein Werk sprechen. - History will pronounce the final judgement on his work. | |
| 6. v. to say (something) | |
| 7. v. (Swiss, transitive, officialese) to grant, approve (a loan, funding, etc.) | |
| Zwei |
| 1. n-f. two (digit or figure) | |
| Die Zwei ist die einzige gerade Primzahl. - Two is the only even prime number. | |
| Die Zahl 22 besteht aus zwei Zweien. - The number 22 consists of two 2s. | |
| Ich werf' dauernd Zweien! - I’m always throwing twos! (in dice) | |
| 2. n-f. (Germany) an academic grade indicating "good", corresponding roughly to a B in English-speaking countries | |
| Die gute Nachricht: Ich habe eine Zwei in Englisch! - The good news: I got a B in English! | |
| 3. num. (cardinal) two (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 2; or describing a set with two components) | |
| Fremdsprachen |
| 1. n. plural of Fremdsprache | |
| Fremdsprache |
| 1. n-f. foreign language | |
| fließend |
| 1. Participle. present participle of fließen | |
| 2. adj. fluent (in language proficiency, etc.) | |
| 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? | |
| 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. | |
| Akzent |
| 1. n. accent (modulation of the voice) | |
| 2. n. (typography) accent (stress mark) | |
