Jetzt |
1. n. the present; now | |
2. adv. now (at this moment, right now) | |
Ich bin jetzt da. - I’m here now. | |
Jetzt gibt es sowas gar nicht mehr. - Such things don’t exist anymore now. | |
Jetzt gab es ein lautes Geräusch. - Just then there was a loud noise. | |
3. adv. now, then (expressing a logical or temporal consequence) | |
Wir haben abgewaschen, jetzt müssen wir noch abtrocknen. - We've washed up, now we must dry the dishes. | |
Was bedeuten jetzt die geschilderten Entwicklungen für unser Land? - Now what do the aforementioned developments mean for our country? | |
4. adv. now (unstressed and expletive, used for minor emphasis) | |
Was soll das jetzt heißen? - What's that supposed to mean now? | |
in |
1. prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building) | |
Es ist in dem Haus. - It is in the house. | |
Ich habe die Schlüssel im (in dem) Kühlschrank gefunden. - I found the keys in the refrigerator. | |
Unsere Kinder sind in der Schule. - Our kids are at school. | |
Er ist in einem Café. - He is at a coffee shop. | |
Letzte Nacht waren sie im (in dem) Club. - They were at the club last night. | |
2. prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to) | |
in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense | |
3. prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time) | |
Er schloss sein Studium im Alter von vierzehn. - He completed his studies at/by the age of fourteen. | |
im Alter - in old age | |
im Mittelalter - during the middle ages | |
in den 1960er Jahren - in the 1960s | |
4. prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of)) | |
Er geht ins Haus. - He goes into the house. | |
Wir gehen in die Schweiz. - We are going to Switzerland. | |
Wir treten in ein neues Zeitalter ein. - We are coming into a new age. | |
5. adj. in, popular (in fashion) | |
Optimismus |
1. n. optimism | |
oder |
1. conj. or | |
Danach alles gestr. oder noch 1–2 Wörter? - Is everything after that crossed out or are there one or two more words? | |
2. part. (tag question) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
Es ist kalt heute, oder? - It’s cold today, isn’t it? | |
Das war keine so gute Idee, oder? - That wasn’t such a good idea, was it? | |
Du kommst aus Deutschland, oder? - You’re from Germany, aren’t you? | |
gar |
1. adj. cooked, done (of food such as meat or vegetables: ready for consumption) | |
2. adj. (of a metal) refined | |
3. adv. (negative polarity) at all; even | |
Sie hat gar kein Geld. - She has no money at all. | |
Er ist gar nicht gekommen. - He didn't even show up. / He didn't show up at all. | |
4. adv. (chiefly formal, or literary) even; expressing a climax | |
Ist er ein Dieb? Ein Räuber? Oder gar ein Mörder? - Is he a thief? A robber? Or even a murderer? | |
5. adv. (chiefly formal, or literary, with zu) all | |
Wenn er gar zu frech wird, geben Sie ihm eine kräftige Ohrfeige. - If he becomes all too impertinent, give him a sturdy slap. | |
6. adv. (Austria, Switzerland, otherwise archaic, poetic) very; quite; really | |
Das war gar frech von dir! - That was quite impertinent of you! | |
Euphorie |
1. n-f. euphoria (an excited state of joy) | |
auszubrechen |
1. v. de-zu-infinitive of ausbrechen | |
wäre |
1. v. first-person singular subjunctive of sein | |
2. v. third-person singular subjunctive 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. | |
falsch |
1. adj. false, unfactual, untrue | |
eine falsche Beschuldigung - a false accusation | |
2. adj. wrong (incorrect) | |
eine falsche Antwort - a wrong answer | |
3. adj. wrong (disadvantageous) | |
eine falsche Entscheidung - a wrong decision | |
4. adj. (chiefly predicative) wrong (immoral) | |
Es ist falsch, sowas zu tun. - It is wrong to do such a thing. | |
5. adj. fake, forged | |
ein falscher Geldschein - a counterfeit banknote | |
eine falsche Blondine - a fake blonde | |
6. adj. untruthful, perfidious | |
sein falsches Getue - his perfidious ways | |
doch |
1. part. (in response to a negative question or statement) yes; surely; really; on the contrary | |
Das darfst du nicht sagen. — Doch! - You can’t say that. — Yes, I can! | |
Du wirst nicht kommen? — Doch! - You're not going to come? — Yes, I am! | |
2. conj. though; yet; but; however; nevertheless | |
3. conj. for all that; after all; but | |
4. adv. after all; yet; however; nevertheless | |
5. adv. really; just | |
6. adv. indicates proposal Why don't you/we | |
Komm doch mal mit. - Why don't you just come with us? | |
vorsichtige |
1. adj. form of vorsichtig | |
vorsichtig |
1. adj. deliberate (not hasty or sudden); careful, cautious, wary, circumspect | |
vorsichtige Schätzung - conservative/modest estimate | |
2. adv. carefully | |
Hoffnungen |
1. n. plural of Hoffnung | |
Hoffnung |
1. n-f. hope, the belief or expectation that something wished for can or will really happen. | |
Ich habe immer noch die Hoffnung diesen Arbeitsplatz zu bekommen. - I still have hope that I can get this job. | |
Es gab keine Hoffnung mehr die Vermissten zu finden. - There was no longer any hope of finding the missing persons. | |
In diesem Moment kommt Hoffnung auf, es könnte für ihn besser werden. - At that moment, there is hope that things could get better for him. | |
in der Hoffnung auf... - in the hope of... | |
2. n-f. (inanimate) hope, the actual thing wished for | |
Das ist unsere einzige Hoffnung. - This is our only hope. | |
3. n-f. (animate) hope, a person or thing that is a source of hope | |
Du bist unsere letzte Hoffnung. - You are our last hope. | |
darf |
1. v. first-person present of dürfen | |
2. v. third-person present of dürfen | |
dürfen |
1. v. (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may | |
Darf ich gehen? - May I go? | |
Ich habe gehen dürfen. - I was allowed to go. | |
2. v. to be allowed or permitted to do something implied or previously stated; may | |
Ja, du darfst. - Yes, you may. | |
Ich habe es gedurft. - I was allowed to do it. | |
3. v. (subjunctive ii, auxiliary) Expresses a prediction with mild doubt, that something is estimated or probable. | |
Der Zug dürfte in ein paar Minuten ankommen. - The train should (will probably) be here in a few minutes. | |
4. v. (colloquial) to must, to have to | |
Und ich darf dann wieder hinter euch aufräumen. - And I can clean up after you once again then. | |
5. v. (obsolete, transitive, with genitive) to need, to require | |
man |
1. pron. one, you (indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular) | |
Man kann nicht immer kriegen, was man will. - You can’t always get what you want. | |
Manchmal muss man Kompromisse machen. - Sometimes one must compromise. | |
2. pron. they, people (people in general) | |
Zumindest sagt man das so... - At least that’s what they say... | |
3. pron. someone, somebody (some unspecified person) | |
4. pron. they (some unspecified group of people) | |
5. adv. (colloquial regional northern Germany) just; only | |
Komm man hier rüber! - Just come over here! | |
Das sind man dreißig Stück oder so. - These are only thirty or so. | |
erstmals |
1. adv. for the first time | |
Hegen |
1. n. nurture | |
2. v. to cherish | |
3. v. to harbor, to have, to hold (e.g., doubts, a grudge, grievances) | |