| Lebensmittel |
| 1. n-n. any item or substance intended for human consumption (excluding drugs other than alcohol), food, comestible | |
| 2. n-n. (in the plural) groceries; roughly, though not usually including housewares | |
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| Lebens |
| 1. n. genitive singular of Leben | |
| Leben |
| 1. n-n. (gerund of leben): living | |
| Die Kunst des Lebens - The art of living. | |
| 2. n-n. life; being alive | |
| 3. n-n. (biology) a state in which organic entities such as animals, plants and bacteria have properties like metabolism, adaption and replication | |
| Das Leben ist nicht an das geistige Bewusstsein gebunden. - Life is not dependent on mental consciousness. | |
| 4. n-n. (biology) the entirety of those who are in this state | |
| Die Erde quillt über vor Leben. - Earth is full of life. | |
| 5. n-n. the time period in which one is in this state; the time between birth and death | |
| Das Leben beginnt mit der Geburt und endet mit dem Tod. - Life begins with birth and ends with death. | |
| Sowas habe ich mein Leben lang noch nicht getan. - I have never done such a thing in my life. | |
| 6. n-n. (religion, philosophy) a state of being in touch or in line with certain metaphysical forces and principles by which biological life is governed | |
| Nicht jeder, der atmet, ist auch wirklich am Leben. - Not everyone who breathes is really alive. | |
| 7. n-n. life; way of life (a particular manner of behaving and passing one’s time, whether real or ideal, and whether self-chosen or not) | |
| Lebensstandard - quality of life | |
| ein angenehmes Leben - a comfortable life | |
| ein christliches Leben - a Christian life | |
| 8. n-n. biography; life; life story (an account of a person’s life, whether real or virtual) | |
| Das Leben der Edelgard. - The life of Edelgard. | |
| Sein Leben weist viele Höhen und Tiefen auf. - There are many ups and downs in his biography. | |
| Das ist ein Buch vom Leben berühmter Musiker. - This is a book about the lives of famous musicians. | |
| 9. n-n. (usually) existence; life (a position one has created for oneself, often manifested in success, prosperity, and standing) | |
| Frau Schmidt hat sich in all diesen Jahren ein bewundernswertes Leben aufgebaut. - Mrs Schmidt has built up an admirable life in all these years. | |
| 10. n-n. (usually) life; precious or beloved thing that someone considers fundamental to their existence | |
| Sie ist mein Ein und Alles, mein Leben! - She is my one and only, my life! | |
| 11. n-n. (video games) a measure of successful play | |
| 12. n-n. life; numbers of times a game can be played | |
| Du hast nur noch drei Leben übrig. - You only have three lives left. | |
| 13. n-n. health; hit points | |
| 14. n-n. (youth slang) used as the object of certain verbs, often ones that are per se intransitive, for emphasis | |
| Chill ma’ dein Leben! - Just chill your life! | |
| 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? | |
| Genussmittel |
| 1. n-n. a foodstuff or beverage consumed mainly for enjoyment, such as alcohol, coffee, chocolate, spices, usually also including tobacco and comparable non-mind-altering substances for smoking, chewing, etc. | |
| das |
| 1. art. singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. singular of der | |
| 3. pron. (relative) who, that, which | |
| Ich kenne ein Mädchen, das das kann. - I know a girl who can do that. | |
| Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
| 4. pron. (demonstrative) this, that, it | |
| Das ist mein Haus. - This is my house. | |
| er - Er wissen | |
| Ich hab das nicht. - I don’t have it. (i.e. the thing mentioned) | |
| 5. pron. (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb) | |
| Das regnet schon wieder. - It’s raining again. | |
| Wissen Sie, wie spät das ist? - Do you know what time it is? | |
| 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 | |
| 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) | |
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| Als |
| 1. n. creek, drainage channel | |
| 2. conj. (subordinating, referring to time of occurrence) at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as | |
| Als er ankam, öffnete sie die Tür. - When he arrived, she opened the door. | |
| Als wir jung waren, spielten wir im Wald. - We played in the forest when we were young. | |
| 3. conj. (used with a comparison or as an exception) than | |
| Zwei ist größer als eins. - Two is greater than one. | |
| Die Kopie sieht anders aus als das Original. - The copy looks different than the original. | |
| Er sagt nichts anderes als die Wahrheit. - He tells nothing other than the truth. | |
| 4. conj. as; like; in the function of; in the form of | |
| Als Polizist muss ich es tun. - As a policeman, I must do it. | |
| Wir sind Feinde, aber im Moment müssen wir uns als Freunde verhalten. - We are enemies, but for now we must act like friends. | |
| Sie verkleidete sich als Krankenschwester, um das Krankenhaus zu betreten. - She disguised herself as a nurse to enter the hospital. | |
| 5. conj. as if | |
| 6. conj. (after negative pronoun) but, other than | |
| Block |
| 1. n. bloc | |
| 2. n. block (thick, roughly cuboid object, e.g. cake of soap, block of ice, wood, etc.) | |
| 3. n. block (large building or group of such) | |
| 4. n. pad (of paper) | |
| 5. v. singular imperative of blocken | |
| 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? | |
| zu |
| 1. prep. to, towards (indicates directionality) | |
| zum Bahnhof - to the train station | |
| 2. prep. with respect to; regarding | |
| Zu Punkt 1 möchte ich bemerken, dass... - With respect to item 1, let me remark that... | |
| 3. prep. along with; with (accompanying (the main thing in question)) | |
| Wasser zum Essen trinken - to drink water with one’s meal | |
| 4. prep. at, on (indicates location) | |
| zu Hause - at home | |
| 5. prep. at (indicates time) | |
| zur richtigen Zeit - at the right time | |
| zu Beginn - at the beginning | |
| 6. prep. by, in, on, at (indicates mode (of transportation, speech, etc.)) | |
| zu Pferd - on horseback | |
| 7. prep. (with a verb) for; (with a noun) as, by way of (for the purpose of) | |
| 8. prep. for (in honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of) | |
| 9. prep. into (indicates transition into another form or substance) | |
| 10. prep. as, for, to be (to take on the role of) | |
| 11. prep. to (used to indicate ratios) | |
| 12. prep. at (denotes a price or rate) | |
| 13. part. (with infinitives of verbs) to | |
| etwas zu essen - something to eat | |
| 14. adv. (with adjectives and adverbs) too (excessively) | |
| zu schnell - too fast | |
| 15. adv. (by extension, slang) (An intensifier.) | |
| Dieses Essen ist zu lecker! - This food tastes so good! | |
| 16. adv. towards; at | |
| 17. adv. (somewhat, informal) shut; closed; locked | |
| 18. adv. ahead, on (along, forwards (continuing an action)) | |
| 19. adj. (somewhat, informal) shut, closed (made inaccessible or impassable; not open) | |
| Das Geschäft war zu. - The shop was closed. | |
| Die Tür muss aus Brandschutzgründen immer zu sein. - This door must be shut at all times for reasons of fire safety. | |
| Die Tür ist zu, ich komm nicht rein. - The door is locked, I can’t get in there. | |
| 20. adj. closed (not operating or conducting trade) | |
| 21. adj. done up (fastened) | |
| 22. adj. (slang) hammered; very drunk | |
| Figuren |
| 1. n. plural of Figur | |
| Figur |
| 1. n-f. figure, figurine | |
| 2. n-f. character (being in a story) | |
| 3. n-f. piece (one of the small objects played in board games) | |
| 4. n-f. figure (a drawing or representation conveying information) | |
| 5. n-f. figure (the shape of human body) | |
| gegossen |
| 1. Participle. past participle of gießen | |
| 2. adj. cast, moulded | |
| 3. adj. poured | |
| gießen |
| 1. v. to pour; (usually only of liquids, especially of large quantities) | |
| Das Öl wird in die Tanks gegossen. - The oil is poured into the tanks. | |
| Bleigießen - lead-pouring | |
| 2. v. to pour; to cast; to found (shape molten metal or glass by pouring) | |
| Die Statue wurde vom Künstler selbst gegossen. - The statue was cast by the artist himself. | |
| Stahlgießen - steel pouring | |
| 3. v. to water | |
| die Blumen gießen - to water the flowers | |
| Gießkanne - watering can | |
| 4. v. (impersonal, intransitive, of rain) to pour down; to rain strongly | |
| Es gießt. - It’s pouring. | |
| Es gießt wie aus Kübeln/Eimern. - It’s pouring as though out of buckets. | |
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| wird |
| 1. v. third-person singular present of werden | |
| werden |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense | |
| Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - I will go home. | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice | |
| Das Buch wird gerade gelesen. (present tense) - The book is being read. | |
| Ich wurde in Europa geboren. (preterite tense) - I was born in Europe. | |
| Er war geschlagen worden. (past perfect tense) - He had been beaten. | |
| 4. v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn | |
| Es wird heißer. - It's getting hotter. | |
| 5. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition) | |
| Usage: In this sense werden 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. (See the usage no | |
| Wird dir kalt? - Are you getting cold? | |
| Den Kindern wird langweilig. - The children are getting bored. | |
| Von Mayonnaise wird mir schlecht. - Mayonnaise makes me sick. (Literally: From mayonnaise I become sick.) | |
| 6. v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future) | |
| Wir werden zusammen glücklich. - We will be happy together. | |
| Was wird aus mir? - What will become of me? | |
| 7. v. (colloquial) to be going to work | |
| Das wird so nichts. - It will not work like that. | |
