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. | |
nennt |
1. v. third-person singular present of nennen | |
2. v. second-person plural present of nennen | |
3. v. plural imperative of nennen | |
nennen |
1. v. to name (to give a name to) | |
2. v. to call, to describe as (some name, title or description) | |
Nennst du mich einen Dummkopf? - Are you calling me an idiot? | |
Wir nennen den Hund Leo. - We call the dog Leo. | |
3. v. (ditransitive) to mention, to make known, to tell, to give (some piece of information) | |
Nennen Sie mir den Ort des Treffens. - Tell me the location of the meeting. | |
4. v. to say, to speak, to state (a name) | |
Kannst du deinen Namen nennen? - Can you say your name? | |
5. v. to call out; to give (e.g. some request) | |
6. v. to be called; to be named; to go by some name | |
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Auch |
1. Proper noun. , common in Southern Germany as an occupational surname for those who watched livestock at night | |
2. adv. also; too; as well (in addition to whatever or whoever has previously been listed) | |
Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “auch”: I too want icecream. | |
Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “Eis”: I want icecream, too. | |
3. adv. Used for emphasis. | |
4. adv. (To confirm a preceding statement by someone else): really, actually, indeed, in fact | |
Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “will”: I do indeed want icecream. | |
Das ist auch so. - Stress on “ist”: It really is like that. | |
Du solltest zur Polizei gehen. ― Mach ich auch. - You should go to the police. ― I will. | |
5. adv. (To ask for confirmation of something one considers necessary.) | |
Hast du das Licht auch ausgemacht? - Did you make sure to turn off the light? | |
6. adv. (To imply that something is unreasonable.) | |
Du bist auch witzig... Wie soll ich das denn ohne Auto alles schaffen?! - You’re oh so ingenious... How am I supposed to get all of this done wit | |
Warum müssen die auch alle ihren Müll hier abladen! - Why do they all have to dump their rubbish here! | |
7. adv. even ((implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality)) | |
Auch wenn das stimmt, ist es noch kein endgültiger Beweis. - Even if this is true, it is no definite proof. | |
Auch ein Professor schreibt schon mal was falsch. - Even a professor may misspell something at times. | |
8. adv. ever (as in whatever, whenever, however, etc.) | |
Was du auch tust, es wird immer einer besser sein. - Whatever you do, someone will always do it better. | |
9. interj. (in answering a yes-no question, used to express that the thing asked about covers part of the truth but not all of it); “yes, and more” | |
Ach, du bist Bauingenieur. Dann baust du Brücken? — Auch. - Oh, you’re a construction engineer. So you build bridges? — Yeah. And other things, too. | |
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? | |
Land |
1. n. country (territory of a nation) | |
2. n. state, province (political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy) | |
3. n. land (real estate or landed property) | |
4. n. land (part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) | |
5. n. country, countryside (rural area, as opposed to a town or city) | |
wo |
1. adv. (interrogative) where (at what place) | |
Wo bist du? - Where are you? | |
2. adv. (relative) where (at or in which place or situation) | |
Ich kenne einen Laden, wo solche Sachen verkauft werden. - I know a shop where such things are sold. | |
3. adv. (relative, somewhat, informal) when, that (on which; at which time) | |
Das war der Tag, wo wir uns kennen gelernt haben. - That was the day when we got to know each other. | |
4. adv. (indefinite, colloquial) somewhere (in or to an uncertain or unspecified location) | |
Ich wär gern wo, wo's wärmer ist. - I'd like to be somewhere where it's warmer. | |
5. conj. (colloquial) when | |
Wo ich mich umgedreht hab, haut der mir unvermittelt eine rein. - When I turned around, he just abruptly punched me in the face. | |
6. pron. (relative, dialectal, nonstandard) who, whom, which, that | |
Ich bin der, wo das kann. - I'm the one who can do that. | |
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 | |
Zitronen |
1. n. plural of Zitrone "lemons". | |
Zitrone |
1. n-f. lemon (fruit) | |
2. n-f. lemonade (still beverage) | |
Blühen |
1. n. (gerund of blühen); blossoming, blooming | |
2. v. to blossom or bloom | |
3. v. to thrive or flourish | |