| 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. | |
| setzte ... ein |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of einsetzen | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of einsetzen | |
| 3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of einsetzen | |
| 4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of einsetzen | |
| einsetzen |
| 1. v. to put in; set in; insert | |
| 2. v. (medicine) to implant | |
| 3. v. to use; employ | |
| 4. v. to appoint | |
| Wir sollten ihn als Leiter der Kommission einsetzen. - We should appoint him (as) head of the commission. | |
| 5. v. to risk | |
| Für die Rettung der anderen setzte er sein Leben ein. - He risked his life to save the others. | |
| 6. v. to stake | |
| 7. v. to start; begin | |
| 8. v. to speak up for; to dedicate considerable mental or physical energy in pursuit of a goal | |
| Wir werden uns nachdrücklich dafür einsetzen. - We will do all we can to achieve this goal. | |
| sich weiterhin dafür einsetzen. - to continue to advocate. | |
| mehrere |
| 1. pron. multiple, several; more than one; a number of | |
| Bagger |
| 1. n-m. excavator (vehicle), digger (gloss, machinery) | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present of baggern | |
| 3. v. singular imperative of baggern | |
| 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) | |
| dem |
| 1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
| verschlammten |
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| Hafen |
| 1. n. harbour/harbor; port; haven | |
| 2. n. (regional, Southern Germany) pot | |
