| nach |
| 1. prep. after, past (later in time) | |
| Viertel nach sechs (a quarter past six) | |
| nach einer Woche (after a week) | |
| 2. prep. after, behind (in sequence) | |
| B kommt nach A. (B comes after A.) | |
| 3. prep. to, towards (with geographical names; see usage notes below) | |
| die Flucht nach Ägypten (the flight into Egypt) | |
| 4. prep. according to; guided by | |
| 5. prep. by the authority of; following | |
| die Analyse nach Marx (the analysis following Marx) | |
| 6. prep. (with verbs of sensual perception) like (see usage notes below) | |
| Das riecht nach Knoblauch. - This smells like garlic. | |
| 7. prep. for (qual, indicating desire for an object) | |
| nach etwas greifen - to reach for something | |
| nach etwas streben - to strive for/after something | |
| nach etwas suchen - to search for something | |
| 8. post. according to | |
| meiner Meinung nach - in my opinion | |
| meinem Urteil nach - in my judgement | |
| 9. adv. (in compound verbs) after, behind, later, next to | |
| Meine Uhr geht nach. - My watch is slow. | |
| dem |
| 1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
| Brennen |
| 1. n. gerund of brennen | |
| 2. v. to burn; to light on fire | |
| Ich beobachtete, wie das Haus brannte. - I watched the house burn. | |
| Es brennt! - There is a fire! | |
| 3. v. to burn; to be on fire | |
| Mein Haus brennt! - My house is on fire! | |
| Trockenes Holz brennt am besten. - Dry wood burns best. | |
| 4. v. to have a strong affection for; to be affectionate | |
| Ich brenne darauf sie zu besuchen! - I would really like to visit her. | |
| 5. v. to be lit, to be on (of a light or lamp) | |
| Das Licht in der Küche brannte noch immer. - The light in the kitchen was still on. | |
| 6. v. to irritate; to induce pain or another painful sensation; to bite; to sting | |
| Die Zwiebeln brennen in meinen Augen! - The onions sting in my eyes! | |
| Dieser Senf brennt wie Teufel auf meiner Zunge! - This mustard bites my tongue like hell! | |
| 7. v. to smart; to sting (a sore or wound) | |
| 8. v. to fire; to bake; to kiln (tiles and pottery) | |
| Dachziegel werden im Brennofen gebrannt. - Tiles are baked in a kiln. | |
| Nach drei Tagen kann die Vase gebrannt werden. - The vase can be fired after three days. | |
| Keramikwaren müssen gebrannt werden, bevor sie genutzt werden können. - Pottery needs to be fired before one can use it. | |
| 9. v. to distil (alcoholic beverages such as schnapps) | |
| 10. v. to burn; to archive data on a storage medium. (such as CDs, DVDs, etc.) | |
| Kannst du mir 'Das weiße Album' von den Beatles brennen? - Can you burn 'The White Album' from The Beatles for me? | |
| 11. v. to emit heat | |
| Die Sonne brannte auf sie herab. - The sun was shining upon them with great heat. | |
| 12. v. to roast | |
| 13. v. to bream (clean a ship etc. by fire and scraping) | |
| 14. v. (Austria, informal) to fork out, to shell out | |
| wird |
| 1. v. third-person singular present of werden | |
| werden |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense | |
| Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - I will go home. | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice | |
| Das Buch wird gerade gelesen. (present tense) - The book is being read. | |
| Ich wurde in Europa geboren. (preterite tense) - I was born in Europe. | |
| Er war geschlagen worden. (past perfect tense) - He had been beaten. | |
| 4. v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn | |
| Es wird heißer. - It's getting hotter. | |
| 5. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition) | |
| Usage: In this sense werden is always conjugated in the third person singular and takes a dative noun. The impersonal subject es may be present, but is often taken as implied. (See the usage no | |
| Wird dir kalt? - Are you getting cold? | |
| Den Kindern wird langweilig. - The children are getting bored. | |
| Von Mayonnaise wird mir schlecht. - Mayonnaise makes me sick. (Literally: From mayonnaise I become sick.) | |
| 6. v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future) | |
| Wir werden zusammen glücklich. - We will be happy together. | |
| Was wird aus mir? - What will become of me? | |
| 7. v. (colloquial) to be going to work | |
| Das wird so nichts. - It will not work like that. | |
| 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 | |
| Kalk |
| 1. n. lime (general term for inorganic materials containing calcium) | |
| 2. n. limescale, scale (calcium deposit) | |
| 3. n. (Geology) chalk | |
| 4. n. limestone (calcium rock) | |
| 5. v. singular imperative of kalken | |
| gelöscht |
| 1. Participle. past participle of löschen | |
| 2. adj. deleted, erased, blanked | |
| 3. adj. extinguished, quenched | |
| löschen |
| 1. v. to quench (fire, thirst, or lime) | |
| Durst löschen - to quench the thirst | |
| Feuer löschen - to extinguish the fire | |
| 2. v. to delete, to erase (remembrance, memory, data) | |
| Dateien löschen - to erase data | |
| 3. v. (nautical) to unload (goods from a ship) | |
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