| Ihr |
| 1. det. your (that belongs to you (when formally or politely addressing one or more people)) | |
| Wo ist Ihr Wagen, Frau Wagner? - Where is your car, Mrs. Wagner? | |
| 2. pron. you, ye (plural, familiar) | |
| 3. pron. dative of sie | |
| Hast du ihr das Buch gegeben? - Did you give her the book? | |
| 4. det. her (possessive) | |
| Laura hat mir ihr neues Auto gezeigt. - Laura showed me her new car. | |
| Die Katze spielt oft mit ihren Spielsachen. - The cat often plays with her toys. | |
| 5. det. its (when the owning object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine) | |
| die Sonne und ihre Wärme - the sun and its warmth | |
| 6. det. their | |
| Die Kinder spielen mit ihrem Hund. - The kids are playing with their dog. | |
| die Wolken und ihre Schönheit - the clouds and their beauty | |
| Auftreten |
| 1. n. gerund of auftreten | |
| 2. n. behavior, conduct, demeanor, manner (a person's outward bearing or way of behaving towards others) | |
| ein entschiedenes Auftreten - a determined demeanor | |
| durch sein gewandtes Auftreten beeindrucken - impress with one's eloquent conduct | |
| jemandes großsprecherisches Auftreten abstoßend finden - find someone's big-mouthed manner repelling | |
| 3. n. occurrence (the occurring (of something)); incidence, outbreak | |
| bei Auftreten von Dürre - at the outbreak of droughts. | |
| das Auftreten von Problemen - the occurrence of problems. | |
| das Auftreten von Symptomen - the appearance of symptoms. | |
| 4. n. appearance, performance (instance of playing, or acting, of performing or participating in a public event (as an actor or artist)) | |
| 5. v. to occur, appear, arise (suddenly) | |
| Dieses Problem kann auftreten, wenn Cookies im Browser deaktiviert sind. - This issue may occur if cookies are disabled in the browser. | |
| Die ersten Symptome treten meistens in der späten Jugend auf. - The initial symptoms usually appear in the late teens. | |
| 6. v. to perform, appear, go on stage/onstage | |
| Dieser Künstler tritt überall in Europa auf. - This artist performs all over Europe. | |
| Ich will dich heute Abend singen hören; um wie viel Uhr trittst du auf? - I want to hear you sing tonight; what time do you go on? | |
| China tritt selbstbewusst als neue imperialistische Großmacht auf. - China has entered the arena as a self-confident new imperialist power. | |
| Sie tritt heute auf als Sprecherin der Mehrheit. - She appears today as the spokeswoman for the majority. | |
| 7. v. (theater) to enter the stage | |
| 8. v. to kick open (+aux, haben) | |
| war |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite 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. | |
| 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) | |
| überzeugender |
| 1. adj. comparative of überzeugend | |
| 2. adj. form of überzeugend | |
| Souveränität |
| 1. n-f. sovereignty | |
| 2. n-f. poise, confidence, calmness of emotion | |
| geprägt |
| 1. Participle. past participle of prägen | |
| 2. adj. coined, embossed | |
| 3. adj. shaped, formed, molded, characterized | |
| prägen |
| 1. v. to mint | |
| 2. v. to shape | |
| 3. v. to characterize | |
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