nur |
1. adv. only, just, merely, simply | |
Nur reife Kirschen dürfen auf den Kuchen. - Only ripe cherries may go on the cake. | |
Du musst nur die Werte eingeben und den Rest macht der Computer. - You just have to enter the values and the computer will do the rest. | |
2. adv. ever; at all | |
Ich helfe dir, wo ich nur kann. - I’ll help you wherever I can. | |
3. adv. however, though | |
Wir könnten es versuchen. Nur wären die Risiken sehr hoch. - We could try. The risks would be very high, however. | |
4. conj. (chiefly colloquial) but | |
Ich wär auf jeden Fall dabei, nur ich hab echt keine Zeit. - I’d definitely come along, but I really don’t have the time. | |
dann |
1. adv. then, after that | |
Ich ziehe mich erst an, dann frühstücke ich. - First I'm getting dressed, then I'll have breakfast. | |
2. adv. then, in that case | |
Wenn du dich anstrengst, dann schaffst du es. - If you make an effort, then you'll be able to do it. | |
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? | |
wann |
1. adv. (interrogative, standard) when | |
Wann kommt er? - When will he arrive? | |
Ich weiß nicht, wann er kommt. - I don’t know when he’ll arrive. | |
2. adv. (indefinite, colloquial) sometime | |
Das sollten wir mal wann besprechen, wenn alle da sind. - We should discuss this sometime that everybody’s present. | |
dann und wann |
1. adv. now and then | |
genehmigt |
1. Participle. past participle of genehmigen | |
2. v. third-person singular present of genehmigen | |
3. v. second-person plural present of genehmigen | |
4. v. plural imperative of genehmigen | |
genehmigen |
1. v. to permit, to sanction, to approve | |
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 | |
Entertainer |
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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). | |
Auch |
1. Proper noun. , common in Southern Germany as an occupational surname for those who watched livestock at night | |
2. adv. also; too; as well (in addition to whatever or whoever has previously been listed) | |
Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “auch”: I too want icecream. | |
Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “Eis”: I want icecream, too. | |
3. adv. Used for emphasis. | |
4. adv. (To confirm a preceding statement by someone else): really, actually, indeed, in fact | |
Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “will”: I do indeed want icecream. | |
Das ist auch so. - Stress on “ist”: It really is like that. | |
Du solltest zur Polizei gehen. ― Mach ich auch. - You should go to the police. ― I will. | |
5. adv. (To ask for confirmation of something one considers necessary.) | |
Hast du das Licht auch ausgemacht? - Did you make sure to turn off the light? | |
6. adv. (To imply that something is unreasonable.) | |
Du bist auch witzig... Wie soll ich das denn ohne Auto alles schaffen?! - You’re oh so ingenious... How am I supposed to get all of this done wit | |
Warum müssen die auch alle ihren Müll hier abladen! - Why do they all have to dump their rubbish here! | |
7. adv. even ((implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality)) | |
Auch wenn das stimmt, ist es noch kein endgültiger Beweis. - Even if this is true, it is no definite proof. | |
Auch ein Professor schreibt schon mal was falsch. - Even a professor may misspell something at times. | |
8. adv. ever (as in whatever, whenever, however, etc.) | |
Was du auch tust, es wird immer einer besser sein. - Whatever you do, someone will always do it better. | |
9. interj. (in answering a yes-no question, used to express that the thing asked about covers part of the truth but not all of it); “yes, and more” | |
Ach, du bist Bauingenieur. Dann baust du Brücken? — Auch. - Oh, you’re a construction engineer. So you build bridges? — Yeah. And other things, too. | |
noch |
1. adv. still, yet (up to and including a given time) | |
Du magst mich noch. - You still like me. | |
Ich bin noch nicht fertig. - I’m not ready yet. | |
2. adv. yet, eventually (at an unknown time in the future) | |
Er wird noch kommen. - He will come eventually. | |
Das brauche ich später noch. - I'll need that sometime. | |
3. adv. additionally, in addition, besides, else; (more often expressed in English with) another, more | |
Da ist noch einer. - There’s another one. | |
Da sind noch welche. - There are some more. | |
Ich habe noch Schokolade im Auto. - I have some more chocolate in the car. | |
Weißt du noch was? - Can you think of anything else? | |
4. adv. (only) just; barely (by a small margin) | |
Ich habe es gerade noch geschafft. - I made it just in time. | |
5. adv. (with comparative) even | |
Deins ist noch schöner! - Yours is even prettier! | |
6. conj. (following a negation, especially weder) nor; function word introducing each except the first term or series, indicating none of them is true | |
Ich mag weder ihn noch dich. - I like neither him nor you. | |
Er versteht es nicht noch wird er es jemals verstehen. - He doesn’t understand it, nor will he ever understand it. | |
ein |
1. art. a, an | |
ein Mann - a man | |
eine Frau - a woman | |
ein Kind - a child | |
2. adv. (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something | |
ein und aus gehen, weder ein noch aus wissen | |
darein, derein, feldein, feldein, hafenein, hafenein, herein, herein, hierein, hierein, hinein, hinein, jahrein, jahrein, waldein, waldein (older spellings include Wald-ein), worein, wor | |
3. adj. (predicative) on | |
Ist der Schalter ein oder aus? (d. h., Ist der Schalter ein- oder ausgeschaltet?) - Is the switch on or off. (i.e., Is the switch switched on or off.) | |
kleines |
1. adj. form of klein | |
klein |
1. adj. small, little, tiny, wee, small-scale | |
2. adj. little, young (in age) | |
3. adj. insignificant | |
extra |
1. adj. (colloquial) Alternative form of extra-, t=extra, special, additional | |
Das is’n ganz extra Rezept von meiner Mutter. - This is a very special recipe of my mother’s. | |
2. adv. specifically (for a given purpose) | |
Das Wrack wurde mit extra entworfenen Bergungskränen gehoben. - The wreck was lifted with specifically designed salvage cranes. | |
3. adv. (colloquial) on purpose | |
Das hab ich doch nich’ extra gemacht! - I didn't do that on purpose! | |
4. adv. (colloquial) aside, apart, separately | |
Können Sie mir die Fritten und die Wurst extra abpacken? - Could you wrap the fries and the sausage separately? | |
5. adv. (colloquial) particularly, very | |
Vorsicht! Der Tee is’ extra heiß! - Be careful! The tea is extra hot! | |
Bonbon |
1. n. hard candy | |
2. n. (regional, including Austria) sweet, candy in general | |