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meine
     1. pron. feminine singular of meiner
     2. pron. plural of meiner
     3. det. feminine singular of mein
     4. det. plural of mein
     5. v. first-person singular present of meinen
     6. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of meinen
     7. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of meinen
     8. v. singular imperative of meinen
     mein
          1. det. (possessive) my
     meinen
          1. v. to opine, to think; to believe; to suppose
                Ich meine, das war letztes oder vorletztes Jahr. - I think it was last year or the year before.
          2. v. to say; to utter; (not used with nouns; not used in the imperative and rarely in the infinitive)
                Entschuldige, was meintest du gerade? - Sorry, what did you just say?
          3. v. to mean; to be convinced or sincere about something
                Das sagt er nicht nur, das meint er auch. - He doesn’t just say it, he means it.
          4. v. to mean; to have in mind; to convey
                Was meintest du damit? - What did you mean by that?
                Meinst du das rote oder das gelbe Haus? - Do you mean the red or the yellow house?
          5. v. (now rare) to mean; to signify
                Was meint dieses Wort? - What does this word mean?
          6. det. (possessive) masculine accusative singular of mein
          7. det. (possessive) dative plural of mein
Tante
     1. n-f. aunt
     2. n-f. (colloquial) woman, broad
Martha
     1. Proper noun. Martha (biblical figure)
     2. Proper noun. given name, female
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
älteste
     1. adj. form of alt
     alt
          1. adj. old
                Wie alt bist du? - How old are you?
          2. adj. ancient
          3. adj. elderly (inflected in the comparative)
                ältere Menschen - the elderly
Schwester
     1. n-f. sister
           Meine Schwester kommt morgen. - My sister is coming tomorrow.
     2. n-f. (chiefly colloquial, short for Krankenschwester) nurse; by extension used to refer to any medical staff that is not a doctor (usually, but not necessarily, confined to female staff)
     3. n-f. nurse; used as a title of address for nurses
     4. n-f. (Christianity) sister; nun; used particularly, but not only, as a title of address
meiner
     1. pron. mine (substantival possessive)
     2. pron. genitive of ich
     3. det. feminine singular of mein
     4. det. genitive plural of mein
Mutter
     1. n. mother
     2. Proper noun. Mother; Mum; Mom: one's mother
     3. n-f. nut (for a bolt)
kommt
     1. v. third-person singular of kommen
     2. v. second-person plural of kommen
     3. v. plural imperative of kommen
     kommen
          1. v. to come; to arrive
                Er kam letzte Nacht sehr spät nach Hause. - He came home very late last night.
                Als ich nach Wuppertal kam, hatte es gerade geschneit - When I arrived in Wuppertal, it had just snowed.
          2. v. to come to; to come over (go somewhere so as to join someone else)
                Bleib sitzen! Ich komme zu dir. - Keep your seat! I’m coming over to you.
                Und viele kamen zu ihm und sprachen... - And many resorted unto him and said... (John 10:41)
          3. v. to get; to make it (go somewhere in a way that implies an obstacle or difficulty to be overcome)
                Ich komme nicht über die Mauer. - I can’t get over this wall.
                Wenn er den Zug verpasst, kommt er heute nicht nach Nürnberg. - If he misses the train, he won’t make it to Nuremberg today.
          4. v. to go to; to be put in (go somewhere in a way that is predetermined or prearranged)
                Hartnäckige Sünder kommen in die Hölle. - Persistant sinners will go to hell.
                Die Gruppensieger kommen ins Halbfinale. - The group winners will go to the semifinals.
          5. v. to come on (Used to encourage someone to do something.)
                Ach komm, das wird so schlimm nicht werden. - Aw, come on, it won’t be so bad.
                Kommt, deckt schon mal den Tisch! - Come on, just set the table already.
          6. v. to occur; to happen; to come to be
                Dann kam, was alle befürchtet hatten. - Then happened that which everybody had feared.
                Wie kommt es, dass...? - Why is it that ...? How come that...?
          7. v. (impersonal) to be played (of a song or film)
                Eben kam mein Lieblingslied. - They just played my favourite song.
          8. v. to be due to; to be the result of
                Das kommt alles von deiner Faulheit. - All of that is due to your laziness.
          9. v. to come from (to have a social or geographic background) (+preo, aus, dative)
                Sie kommt aus der Schweiz. - She comes from Switzerland.
                Sie kommt aus einer Diplomatenfamilie. - She comes from a family of diplomats.
          10. v. to orgasm; to cum
                Ich komme gleich! - I’m about to cum!
                Mir kommt's gleich! - I’m about to cum!
          11. v. to be statistically equivalent to; to be there for (+preo, auf, accusative)
                Auf jeden Verkehrstoten kommen zwanzig Verletzte. - For each traffic fatality there are twenty injured people.
          12. v. to obtain (a solution or result) (+preo, auf, accusative)
                Die Werte wurden frisiert, um auf das gewünschte Ergebnis zu kommen. - The values were manipulated in order to obtain the desired result.
          13. v. to get an idea; to think of; to remember; to imagine (+preo, auf, accusative)
                Ich komme im Moment nicht drauf, aber ich sag’s dir später. - I can’t think of it right now, but I’ll tell you later.
                Ich weiß wirklich nicht, wie du immer auf diese Einfälle kommst. - I really don’t know how you always get all those ideas.
          14. v. to lose; to forfeit; not to get (+preo, um)
                Er hat Angst, dass er um seinen Anteil kommt. - He fears that he won’t get his share.
          15. v. to touch inadvertently
                Pass auf, dass du nicht an die frische Farbe kommst. - Be careful not to touch the wet paint.
          16. v. to manage to reach (something high up etc.) (+preo, an, accusative)
                Hilf ihm mal, er kommt nicht an den Griff. - Help him, he can't reach the handle.
          17. v. (colloquial copulative with gut or in Ordnung) to turn out (well)
                Am Ende kommt hoffentlich alles gut. - In the end, hopefully all will turn out well.
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
kommen zu
     1. v. first-person plural present of zukommen
     2. v. third-person plural present of zukommen
     3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of zukommen
     4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of zukommen
Besuch
     1. n. visit, call
     2. n. (in the singular) visitor or visitors
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary