| Laute |
| 1. n-f. lute | |
| 2. n. plural of Laut | |
| 3. adj. form of laut | |
| 4. v. first-person singular present of lauten | |
| 5. v. first-person singular subjunctive of lauten | |
| 6. v. third-person singular subjunctive of lauten | |
| 7. v. singular imperative of lauten | |
| Laut |
| 1. n. sound | |
| 2. n. noise | |
| lauten |
| 1. v. to read (have a certain content or wording) | |
| Wie lautet Ihre Adresse? - What is your address? | |
| Der Brief lautet: Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich setze Sie hiermit in Kenntnis, dass... - The letter reads: Dear Sir or Madam, I hereby notify you that... | |
| Das Urteil lautete (auf) Freispruch. - The verdict was an acquittal. | |
| 2. v. (obsolete) to sound, ring | |
| 3. adj. form of laut | |
| Worte |
| 1. n. plural of Wort | |
| Wort |
| 1. n. (plural Wörter) word as an isolated unit | |
| Im Deutschen gibt es wenig Wörter, die mit y geschrieben werden. - In German there are few words spelt with y. | |
| 2. n. (plural Worte) utterance, word with context | |
| Er erklärte das Problem mit wenigen Worten. - He explained the problem in few words. | |
| Keiner wagte dem Wort des Königs zu widersprechen. - No one dared contradict the king's word. | |
| 3. n. speech, speaking, (figuratively) floor | |
| Er beherrscht unsere Sprache in Wort und Schrift. - He masters our language in speech and writing. | |
| Der Präsident erteilte dem Abgeordneten das Wort. - The president gave the delegate the floor. | |
| 4. n. promise, (figuratively) word | |
| Ich gebe dir mein Wort, dass ich pünktlich da bin. - I give you my word that I shall be there on time. | |
| 5. n. (Christianity) the Word (epithet for Christ, the Second Person of the Trinity) | |
| 6. n. (Bible) the Word of God, Scripture, the scriptures (collectively) | |
| 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? | |
| Sätze |
| 1. n. plural of Satz "sentences"/"sets" | |
| Satz |
| 1. n. (mathematics) proposition, theorem | |
| 2. n. set (matching collection of similar things) | |
| 3. n. (music) movement | |
| 4. n. (tennis) set | |
| 5. n. jump, leap | |
| 6. n. sediment, grounds (something that has precipitated from a liquid) | |
| 7. n. typesetting | |
| So |
| 1. n. (nonstandard) abbreviation of Sonntag, t=Sunday Alternative form of So. | |
| 2. adv. so, such, that | |
| Die Leute sind so nett. - People are so nice. | |
| Dieser Hammer ist nicht so gut. - This hammer is not that good. | |
| Das ist so eine gute Idee! - That is such a good idea! | |
| so und so - such and such | |
| 3. adv. as (followed by an adjective or adverb plus wie in a statement of equality) | |
| Er rennt so schnell wie der Blitz. - He runs as fast as lightning. | |
| 4. adv. thus, like this/that, in this/that way, in this/that manner | |
| Wenn du den Ball so wirfst, triffst du die Zielscheibe. - If you throw the ball like this, you'll hit the target. | |
| 5. adv. then (in that case) | |
| Wirst du wieder gesund, so freue ich mich. - If you get healthy again, then I'll be happy. | |
| 6. adv. (colloquial) expletive; sometimes intensifying, sometimes with no noticeable meaning | |
| Wir sind runtergegangen und haben uns hier so hingesetzt. - We went downstairs and, like, sat down here. | |
| 7. conj. (coordinating) thus, so, pursuant to the aforementioned premises | |
| 8. conj. (subordinating, chiefly archaic, sometimes legal and regional) an, if | |
| So es Euch beliebt. - If it pleases you. | |
| 9. part. (colloquial) (quotative particle, somewhat similar to be like but also combinable with other verbs) | |
| Ich so: "Mach mal dalli!", und er dann so: "Ich bin ja schon dabei!" - I was like, "Hurry up!" and he was like, "I'm already on it!". | |
| Ich dachte mir nur so: "Ja komm, lass stecken." - All I thought to myself at that moment was, "Yeah whatever, forget about it.". | |
| 10. pron. (obsolete, relative) that, which, who | |
| Derhalben sind die Christen schuldig, der Obrigkeit unterthan ... zu seyn in Allem, so ohne Sünde geschehen mag. - That do the Christians owe: to be obedient to the authority ... zu seyn in All | |
| 11. interj. (tlb, colloquial) (a discourse marker in the beginning of a sentence indicating a topic having been dealt with and another being tackled) | |
| akustisch |
| 1. adj. acoustic | |
| Gestalten |
| 1. n. gerund of gestalten | |
| 2. n. plural of Gestalt | |
| 3. v. to form, to shape, to create | |
| 4. v. to organise, to structure, to arrange | |
| dass |
| 1. conj. (subordinating) that | |
| Ich habe gehört, dass du krank bist. - I was told that you are sick. | |
| 2. conj. (subordinating, chiefly colloquial) so that | |
| Beeil dich, dass wir bald losfahren können. - Hurry up so that we can take off soon. | |
| diese |
| 1. pron. feminine nominative singular of dieser; "this" | |
| 2. pron. feminine accusative singular of dieser; "this" | |
| Ich will diese Frau - I want this woman. | |
| 3. pron. nominative plural of dieser; "these" | |
| Diese Dinge sind dumm - These things are stupid. | |
| 4. pron. accusative plural of dieser; "these" | |
| dieser |
| 1. pron. this one, this | |
| 2. pron. that one, that | |
| hörbar |
| 1. adj. audible | |
| 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? | |
| je |
| 1. adv. ever | |
| 2. adv. per | |
| 3. adv. (with “desto”, “umso” or “je”) the | |
| je mehr, desto besser - the more the better | |
| je früher, umso besser - the sooner the better | |
| nach |
| 1. prep. after, past (later in time) | |
| Viertel nach sechs (a quarter past six) | |
| nach einer Woche (after a week) | |
| 2. prep. after, behind (in sequence) | |
| B kommt nach A. (B comes after A.) | |
| 3. prep. to, towards (with geographical names; see usage notes below) | |
| die Flucht nach Ägypten (the flight into Egypt) | |
| 4. prep. according to; guided by | |
| 5. prep. by the authority of; following | |
| die Analyse nach Marx (the analysis following Marx) | |
| 6. prep. (with verbs of sensual perception) like (see usage notes below) | |
| Das riecht nach Knoblauch. - This smells like garlic. | |
| 7. prep. for (qual, indicating desire for an object) | |
| nach etwas greifen - to reach for something | |
| nach etwas streben - to strive for/after something | |
| nach etwas suchen - to search for something | |
| 8. post. according to | |
| meiner Meinung nach - in my opinion | |
| meinem Urteil nach - in my judgement | |
| 9. adv. (in compound verbs) after, behind, later, next to | |
| Meine Uhr geht nach. - My watch is slow. | |
| je nach |
| 1. prep. depending on; varying by | |
| Je nach persönlichem Körpergewicht sollte die Dosierung vorsichtig angepasst werden. - Depending on one’s personal body weight, the dosage should be adapted carefully. | |
| Sprache |
| 1. n-f. language (body of words, and set of methods of combining them) | |
| Ist Deutsch eine schwere Sprache zu erlernen? - Is German a difficult language to learn? | |
| Sie lernt sehr gern Sprachen. - She loves to learn languages. | |
| 2. n-f. speech (style of speaking) | |
| jemandem die Sprache verschlagen - to leave somebody speechless | |
| Du benutzt eine sehr gehobene und höfliche Sprache. - Your manner of speech is very elevated and polite. | |
| 3. n-f. speech (faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak) | |
| verständlich |
| 1. adj. understandable, comprehensible | |
| sind |
| 1. v. first-person plural present of sein | |
| Wir sind hier drüben. - We are over here. | |
| 2. v. third-person plural present of sein | |
| Da sind sie. - There they are. | |
| 3. v. second-person plural present of sein | |
| Wo sind Sie? - Where are you? (polite form) | |
| 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. | |
