| Mittel |
| 1. n-n. agent, appliance | |
| 2. n-n. means | |
| 3. n-n. medicament, remedy | |
| Ein ausgezeichnetes Mittel gegen Arteriosklerose. - An excellent remedy for arteriosclerosis. | |
| 4. n-n. (only plural) funds, capital | |
| 5. n-n. median | |
| 6. n-n. (printing, dated) The middle of the 7 traditional sizes of German type, between Cicero and Tertia, standardized as 14 point and taken as roughly equivalent to "English" type. | |
| 7. adj. (relational, now archaic in the positive, see usage notes) middle, in the middle | |
| in mitt(e)ler Nacht, in mitteler Zeit, zum mittlen (Segen-)Tau | |
| 8. adj. (informal, predicative, invariable) average, middling | |
| Wie ist die Klassenarbeit gelaufen? Na ja, so mittel. | |
| 9. adj. (phonetics) mid | |
| mittlerer Vokal - mid vowel | |
| zum |
| 1. contraction. to or for the (contraction of zu + dem) | |
| 2. contraction. to or for a (contraction of zu + einem) | |
| 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 | |
| dem |
| 1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
| anstreichen |
| 1. v. to paint, to coat with paint | |
| Ich will das Haus weiß anstreichen. - I want to paint the house white. | |
| 2. v. to mark | |
| Alle Fehler wurden rot angestrichen. - All errors have been marked in red. | |
| 3. v. to light; to strike | |
| Färben |
| 1. n. (gerund of färben); dyeing | |
| Färben und Entfärben - dyeing and bleaching | |
| das Färben von Textilgeweben - the dyeing of textile fabrics | |
| das Färben von Wollgeweben - the dyeing of woollen fabrics | |
| das Waschen, Färben, Bedrucken und Veredeln von Textilien - the washing, dyeing, printing and finishing of textiles | |
| Man kann Ostereier sowohl vor wie nach dem Färben dekorieren. - You can decorate Easter eggs both before and after dyeing. | |
| 2. v. to color | |
| 3. v. to dye | |
| von |
| 1. prep. from | |
| Ich fahre von Köln nach Hamburg. - I'm travelling from Cologne to Hamburg. | |
| Ich hab’s von meiner Schwester gehört. - I heard it from my sister. | |
| 2. prep. of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below) | |
| das Auto meines Vaters - - = uxi = uxi, das Auto von meinem Vater, my father’s car / the car of my father | |
| 3. prep. by (with passive voice) | |
| Das Hotel wird von der Firma bezahlt. - The hotel is paid for by the company. | |
| 4. prep. about, of (a topic) | |
| Er hat von seiner Jugend erzählt. - He told about his youth. | |
| 5. prep. on, with (a resource) | |
| Von welchem Geld soll ich als Arbeitsloser in Urlaub fahren? - Being unemployed, on what money should I go on holidays? | |
| Man kann nicht nur von Luft und Liebe leben. - You can’t live on air and love alone. (proverb) | |
| Oberflächen |
| 1. n. plural of Oberfläche | |
| Oberfläche |
| 1. n-f. surface | |
| und |
| 1. conj. (co-ordinating) and | |
| Kaffee und Kuchen - coffee and cake | |
| Ich kam, sah und siegte. - I came, saw, and conquered. | |
| 2. conj. (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them | |
| Er und Abwaschen? Vielleicht einmal im Jahr! - Him doing the dishes? Maybe once per year! | |
| 3. interj. so?, now?, and? | |
| Und? Wie ist es gelaufen? - So? How did it go? | |
| Stoffen |
| 1. n. dative plural of Stoff | |
| 2. adj. (tlb, now, rare, relational) cloth, textile | |
| 3. v. (tlb, obsolete) to furnish with fabric (later stoffieren, now staffieren) | |
| 4. v. (tlb, bodybuilding slang) to use performance-enhancing substances | |
| Stoff |
| 1. n. stuff, matter, substance | |
| 2. n. (chemistry) substance | |
| 3. n. cloth, fabric, material | |
| 4. n. (slang) dope (narcotic drugs) | |
| 5. n. (bodybuilding, slang) juice, performance-enhancing substances | |
| auf Stoff - on juice | |
