mit |
1. prep. with (in the company of; alongside) | |
Ich spiele mit meinen Freunden. - I'm playing with my friends. | |
2. prep. with, by (using as an instrument; by means of) | |
Ich schreibe mit einem Bleistift. - I'm writing with a pencil. | |
Ich fahre mit dem Bus. - I'm going by bus. | |
3. prep. with (as an accessory to) | |
4. prep. with (having) | |
5. prep. at (with the age of) | |
6. prep. with, including, with ... included | |
7. adv. among; denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group | |
Hier gibt es mit das beste Essen in der Stadt. - Here they have some of the best food in town. | |
Ich war mit der erste, der hier war. - I was one of the very first who arrived. | |
8. adv. also, too (in addition; besides; as well) | |
9. adv. (somewhat, informal) with (something), with it | |
Ich brauch nicht unbedingt Majonäse zu den Fritten, aber mit sind sie natürlich besser. - I don't necessarily need mayonnaise with the chips, but they taste better with it, of course. | |
dem |
1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
Arm |
1. n. (anatomy) an arm | |
2. n. (figurative) anything that resembles an arm | |
3. n. (textiles, technical use, or informal) a sleeve | |
mit langem Arm - long-sleeved (technical) | |
sich die Arme hochkrempeln - to roll up one's sleeves (informal) | |
4. n. a long protusion on a device or machine, e.g. a lever | |
5. n. a branch, a section of a structure | |
6. n. (geography) an arm of a creek or a river | |
7. n. influence, might | |
8. adj. poor (having little money) | |
9. adj. poor (to be pitied) | |
arm dran sein - to have bad luck | |
lieber arm dran als Arm ab - better to have bad luck than to lose an arm (the play on words is lost in translation) | |
10. adj. low (having a small amount) | |
kann |
1. v. first-person singular present of können | |
2. v. third-person singular present of können | |
können |
1. v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can. | |
2. v. (auxiliary) | |
Kannst du ihm helfen? - Are you able to help him? | |
Ich hätte das machen können. - I could have done that. | |
Das kann sein, kann aber auch nicht sein. - This may be and may also not be. | |
Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
3. v. to be able to do something implied; can. | |
Nein, ich kann nicht. - No, I can’t. | |
Er hat gekonnt. - He was able to do it. | |
4. v. to know how to do (something); to know; to understand; to be able to do (something); to be capable of; can do (something), to have a specific skill. (w | |
Ich kann Deutsch und Englisch. - I know German and English. | |
Kannst du es? - Can you do it? | |
Das hätte ich nicht gekonnt. - I couldn’t have done that. / I wouldn’t have been capable of that. | |
5. v. to be possible, to make sense | |
Nächstes Jahr is’n Schaltjahr. – Das kann nich’. Letztes Jahr war doch Schaltjahr! - Next year is a leap year. – That’s not possible. Last year w | |
6. v. (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may. | |
Kann ich mitkommen? - May I come along? | |
Er hat nicht ins Kino gehen können. - He was not allowed to go to the cinema. | |
7. v. (auxiliary) to be in the legal situation of being able to realize a legal effect even if it be legally disallowed | |
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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 | |
Kran |
1. n. crane (a lifting device) | |
Bei Sturm darf ein Kran nicht umfallen. - A crane must not fall over in the event of a storm. | |
2. n. (regional, western Germany) tap, faucet | |
Der Kran in der Küche tropft. - The tap in the kitchen is dripping. | |
Schwere |
1. n. heaviness | |
2. n. severity | |
3. adj. form of schwer | |
schwer |
1. adj. heavy, weighty | |
2. adj. difficult, hard | |
eine schwere Aufgabe - a difficult task | |
3. adj. serious | |
4. adj. (of food) indigestible | |
Dinge |
1. n. plural of Ding | |
Ding |
1. n. thing | |
Was ist das für ein Ding? - What is that thing? | |
2. n. (mildly disrespectful) thing; girl; boy (young person) | |
3. n. (dated) Thing (historic Germanic council) | |
Heben |
1. n. gerund of heben | |
2. v. to lift; to raise | |
3. v. to heave; to hoist | |
4. v. to rise; to lift | |