ihm |
1. pron. personal dative of er; him, to him (indirect object); for him (in some cases). | |
Könntest du ihm deinen Stift geben? - Could you give him your pen? | |
Schnell! Gib ihm das! - Quickly! Give this to him! | |
2. pron. personal dative of es; to it (indirect object); for it (in some cases). | |
ist |
1. v. third-person singular present of sein | |
sein |
1. 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. | |
2. 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. | |
3. 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. | |
4. v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs | |
Er ist alt geworden. - He has become old. | |
5. 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. | |
6. 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. | |
7. 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. | |
8. 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. | |
9. 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 | |
10. det. (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so. | |
Der kostet so seine zweihundert Euro. - That one costs around two hundred euros. | |
11. det. one's | |
Man muss seinem Herzen folgen. - One must follow one’s heart. | |
plötzlich |
1. adj. sudden | |
2. adj. abrupt | |
3. adj. brusque | |
4. adv. suddenly | |
aufgegangen |
1. Participle. past participle of aufgehen | |
aufgehen |
1. v. to open, come undone | |
Die Schnürsenkel gehen immer auf. - The shoelaces always come undone. | |
Die Tür ging auf. - The door opened. | |
2. v. to rise, expand (of dough etc.) | |
Der Teig muss erst aufgehen. - The dough needs to rise first. | |
3. v. to rise, come up (of a celestial body) | |
Der Mond geht auf. - The moon is rising. | |
4. v. to work out | |
der Plan geht nicht auf - the plan doesn't work | |
5. v. (maths, figurative) to add up, to come out even | |
die Rechnung geht nicht auf - the bill doesn't add up | |
6. v. to sprout, germinate | |
die Saat ist aufgegangen - the seed has sprouted | |
7. v. (with in + dative) to disintegrate; to be integrated into; to be absorbed by; to disappear into | |
in Flammen aufgehen - to go up in flames | |
in der Masse aufgehen - to disappear into the crowd | |
in einem anderen Unternehmen aufgehen - to be absorbed by another company | |
8. v. (of hunting season) to open | |
wie |
1. adv. how | |
Wie groß bist du? - How tall are you? | |
Ich weiß nicht, wie die Katze hereingekommen ist. - I don't know how the cat got in. | |
Wie wunderbar! - How wonderful! | |
2. conj. like | |
Freunde sind wie Sterne in der Nacht. - Friends are like stars in the night. | |
3. conj. as | |
Wie ihr wisst, bin ich in Dortmund aufgewachsen. - As you know, I grew up in Dortmund. | |
Ich bin so schnell wie du. - I’m as fast as you are. | |
4. conj. (colloquial nonstandard) than | |
Der Junge ist größer wie sein Vater. - The boy is taller than his father. | |
5. conj. (chiefly colloquial) when referring to the past | |
Ich hab ihn gesehen, wie ich in Köln war. - I saw him when I was in Cologne. | |
Wie ich zur Tür herauskomme, steht da mein alter Schulfreund. - When I came out the door, my old school-day friend was standing in front of me. | |
die |
1. art. feminine singular of der | |
die Frau - the woman | |
2. art. plural of der | |
die Männer - the men | |
3. pron. feminine singular of der | |
4. pron. plural of der | |
5. pron. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose | |
Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. - I know a woman who can do that. | |
6. pron. (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them | |
die da - that one/she/they there | |
der |
1. art. the | |
2. art. feminine singular of der | |
3. art. genitive plural of der | |
4. pron. who; that; which | |
Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. - I know a man who can do that. | |
5. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that | |
6. pron. (attributive, stressed) that | |
Der Mann war es! - It was that man! | |
7. pron. (indicative) him, he | |
Der hat es getan! - It was him who did it! | |
8. pron. (differential) the one, him | |
Der mit dem Mantel - The one with the coat | |
9. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her | |
Lösung |
1. n-f. solution (answer to a riddle or problem) | |
2. n-f. solution (solvent + solute; action of dissolving) | |
3. n-f. cancellation | |
4. n-f. breaking away | |
Aussehen |
1. n. look, appearance | |
2. v. (copulative) to look, seem (wie/nach like) | |
Du siehst müde aus. - You look tired. | |
3. v. to look good or bad; depending on intonation | |
Das sieht aus! — Ich find schon, dass das aussieht. - That looks terrible! — I actually think it looks nice. | |
4. v. to look for; to watch out for | |
Er saß am Ufer und sah nach den Booten aus. - He sat at the shore and watched out for the boats. | |
5. v. to look for and find; to pick; to select | |
Sieh dir den Besten aus! - Find yourself the best! | |
Muss |
1. n. necessity, a must | |
2. v. first-person singular present of müssen | |
3. v. third-person singular present of müssen | |
müssen |
1. v. (auxiliary) to have to (do something); must; to be obliged (to do something); to need (to do something). | |
Wir müssen es machen. - We must do it. | |
Wir müssen es nicht machen. - We need not do it. / We do not need to do it. | |
Ich musste es machen. - I had to do it. | |
2. v. to have to do something implied; must; to be obliged. | |
Ja, ich muss. - Yes, I must. | |
Ja, ich habe gemusst. - Yes, I had to. | |
3. v. (colloquial euphemism) to need to go to the bathroom. | |