| mein |
| 1. det. (possessive) my | |
| Schwager |
| 1. n. brother-in-law | |
| Ist dieser Schwager der Mann Ihrer Schwester oder der Bruder Ihrer Frau? - Is this brother-in-law your sister’s husband or your wife’s brother? | |
| 2. n. (loosely) in-law; a fairly distant relative by marriage | |
| Das ist irgendein entfernter Schwager von mir. - He’s some distant in-law of mine. | |
| hat |
| 1. v. third-person singular present of haben | |
| haben |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses) | |
| Das habe ich nicht gesagt. - I haven't said that. | |
| 2. v. to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic) | |
| 3. v. to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself) | |
| Glaub und hab keine Angst. - Believe and don't be afraid or Believe and have no fear. | |
| 4. v. to have, get (to obtain, acquire) | |
| 5. v. to get (to receive) | |
| 6. v. to have (to be scheduled to attend) | |
| 7. v. to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from) | |
| 8. v. to contain, be composed of, equal | |
| Ein Meter hat 100 Zentimeter. - One metre has 100 centimetres. | |
| 9. v. (impersonal, dialectal, with es) there be, there is, there are | |
| Es hat zwei Bücher. - There are two books. | |
| 10. v. to make a fuss | |
| Hab dich nicht so! - Don't make such a fuss! | |
| 11. v. (colloquial with es and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into | |
| Ich hab's nich so mit Hunden. - I don't have it that much with dogs. | |
| 12. v. (colloquial with es and von or über) to talk about | |
| Wir hatten's grad von dir und deiner Freundin. - We just had it about you and your girlfriend. | |
| sich |
| 1. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular: herself, himself, itself, oneself (direct or indirect object). | |
| 2. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person plural: themselves (direct or indirect object). | |
| 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? | |
| einen |
| 1. num. masculine accusative singular of ein | |
| 2. art. masculine accusative singular of ein: a, an | |
| 3. pron. masculine accusative singular of einer | |
| 4. pron. singular of einer | |
| 5. pron. plural of einer | |
| 6. v. (higher register, transitive) to unite | |
| Eine Idee, die alle eint. - An idea that unites everybody. | |
| 7. v. (higher register, reflexive) to come to terms | |
| Nach langem Diskutieren haben sie sich endlich geeint. - After discussing for a long time, they have eventually come to an agreement. | |
| ganz |
| 1. adj. entire, whole, complete | |
| Er hat ein ganzes Hähnchen gegessen. - He ate a whole chicken. | |
| 2. adj. (informal) all (with definite article or determiner) | |
| Ich hab meine ganzen Freunde eingeladen. - I’ve invited all my friends. | |
| 3. adj. (colloquial) whole, intact | |
| Ist die Tasse noch ganz? - Is the cup still whole? | |
| 4. adj. (in certain combinations) true; real | |
| uxi, ein ganzer Kerl, a true man | |
| 5. adj. (mathematics) integer (of a number) | |
| 6. adv. quite, rather | |
| 7. adv. very | |
| 8. adv. wholly, entirely, all | |
| heißen |
| 1. v. (copulative) to have a name; to be named; to be called; but implying that one “owns” this name, not necessarily that one goes by it | |
| Wie heißt du? - What is your name? | |
| Ich heiße ... - I’m called ... | |
| Ich werde Lutz genannt, aber ich heiße Ludger. - They call me Lutz, but my name is Ludger. | |
| 2. v. to mean, to signify; to have a meaning | |
| Das heißt, dass wir nur noch wenig Zeit haben. - This means that we have but little time left. | |
| Was or: Wie heißt „Auto“ auf Englisch? - What is ‘Auto’ in English? | |
| 3. v. (impersonal) to say, to be said; to go, run (like) | |
| Es heißt, dass ... - It is said that ...; They say that ... | |
| 4. v. to call (someone something) | |
| Er hat mich einen Idioten geheißen. - He called me an idiot. | |
| Ich heiße Sie herzlich willkommen! - I call you cordially welcome! | |
| 5. v. to order, to direct, to call to do something | |
| Sie hieß ihn, nach der Schule anzurufen. - She told him to call after school | |
| 6. adj. form of heiß | |
| Ofen |
| 1. n. oven ((clipping of Backofen)) | |
| 2. n. stove | |
| 3. n. furnace | |
| 4. n. kiln ((clipping of Brennofen)) | |
| 5. Proper noun. (chiefly Austria) Buda, the western part of the Hungarian capital Budapest. | |
| zugelegt |
| 1. Participle. past participle of zulegen | |
| zulegen |
| 1. v. to add to, to put on | |
| 2. v. to put on, to gain (some unit of weight) | |
| 3. v. to get (oneself), to acquire | |
| Ich möchte mir ein Buch über Deutsch zulegen. - I want to get a book on German. | |
| 4. v. to put on weight | |
| 5. v. to increase | |
| 6. v. to pick up the pace | |
| eine |
| 1. num. feminine singular of ein | |
| 2. art. feminine singular of ein: a, an | |
| 3. pron. feminine singular of einer | |
| 4. pron. masculine nominative singular of einer | |
| 5. pron. singular of einer | |
| Gut |
| 1. n. commodity, property, possession, good | |
| 2. n. a large farmstead, estate related to agriculture. | |
| 3. adj. good (acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral) | |
| Wir müssen gut sein, um uns gut zu fühlen. - We must be good to feel good. | |
| 4. adj. good (effective; useful) | |
| 5. adj. good (fortunate) | |
| 6. adj. good (having a particularly pleasant taste) | |
| 7. adj. all right, fair, proper (satisfactory) | |
| 8. adj. good (full; entire; at least as much as) | |
| 9. adv. well (accurately, competently, satisfactorily) | |
| Die Mannschaft hat gut gespielt. - The team played well. | |
| 10. adv. a little more than (with measurements) | |
| Ich wohne seit gut zwanzig Jahren in Berlin. - I've lived in Berlin for over twenty years/for a good twenty years. | |
| Das Bett ist gut zwei Meter lang. - The bed is a little over two meters long. | |
| 11. adv. easily, likely | |
| Dieser Gegenstand ist gut zu finden. - That item is easily found. | |
| Es kann gut sein, dass du nächstes Jahr verheiratet bist. - You may well be married next year. | |
| 12. interj. okay, all right, now then | |
| Gut, dann fangen wir mal an. - All right, then let's get started. | |
| erhaltene |
| 1. adj. form of erhalten | |
| erhalten |
| 1. v. to receive (something given, sent, won, etc.) | |
| Ich habe diese Kaffeemaschine als Geschenk erhalten. - I received this coffeemaker as a gift. | |
| Nun haben wir die offizielle Bestätigung dafür erhalten. - We have now received official confirmation of this. | |
| 2. v. to receive (a rebuke, punishment, fine, prison sentence, etc.) | |
| Der Verbrecher erhielt eine Strafe von zwei Jahren. - The criminal received a two year sentence. | |
| 3. v. to receive (an injury, etc.) | |
| Ich erhielt einen elektrischen Schlag, als ich die Kaffeemaschine anfasste. - I received an electrical shock when I touched the coffeemaker. | |
| 4. v. to receive (information, instructions, a message, etc.) | |
| Wir haben gerade eine dringende Nachricht vom Präsidenten erhalten. - We've just received an urgent message from the President. | |
| 5. v. to receive, to win (support, votes, an award, rights, a contract) | |
| Der Gesetzentwurf erhielt die Mehrheit der Stimmen im Senat. - The bill received the majority of votes in the Senate. | |
| 6. v. to maintain, to keep (in a certain state) | |
| Bis jetzt hat mich die Medizin am Leben erhalten. - So far the medicine has kept me alive. | |
| 7. v. to save | |
| Gott erhalte den Kaiser! - God save the Emperor! | |
| 8. Participle. past participle of erhalten: obtained, received etc | |
| 9. adj. surviving, extant | |
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