Obst |
1. n. fruit (food) | |
Heute esse ich nur Obst. - Today I only eat fruit. | |
2. n. cocaine | |
3. v. second-person present of obsen | |
4. v. third-person singular present of obsen | |
5. v. plural imperative of obsen | |
obsen |
1. v. (jargon) to keep (somebody, something) under surveillance, to surveil | |
ist |
1. v. third-person singular present of sein | |
sein |
1. v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be | |
Das ist schön. - That is beautiful. | |
Das ist ein Auto. - That is a car. | |
2. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition) | |
Usage: In this sense sein 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. For example: "Mir i | |
Ist dir kalt? - Are you cold? | |
Mir ist schlecht. - I'm sick. | |
Dem Mann ist schwindelig. - The man feels dizzy. | |
Den Kindern ist langweilig. - The children are bored. | |
3. v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for | |
Usage: As in the previous sense sein takes a Dative noun and is always conjugated according to the impersonal subject es, although it is usually omitted. | |
Uns ist nach einem Film zumute. - We feel like watching a movie. | |
Mir ist nicht danach. - I don't feel like it. | |
4. v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs | |
Er ist alt geworden. - He has become old. | |
5. v. to exist; there to be; to be alive | |
Was nicht ist, kann noch werden. (a common proverb) - That which does not exist now, may come into existence. | |
Wenn ich nicht mehr bin, erbst du das Haus. - When I am no more, you'll inherit the house. | |
6. v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.) | |
Du bist. - It’s your turn. | |
Du bist nach mir. - Your turn is after mine. | |
7. v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag | |
Du bist! - You're it! | |
Ich bin nicht mehr. - I'm not it anymore. | |
8. det. his | |
Daniel schickt seiner Schwester eine SMS. - Daniel is sending a text to his sister. | |
Der Kater spielt oft mit seinen Spielsachen. - The cat often plays with his toys. | |
9. det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun) | |
der Mond und sein Licht - the moon and its light | |
das Schaf und seine Lämmer - the sheep and its lambs | |
10. det. (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so. | |
Der kostet so seine zweihundert Euro. - That one costs around two hundred euros. | |
11. det. one's | |
Man muss seinem Herzen folgen. - One must follow one’s heart. | |
Gut |
1. n. commodity, property, possession, good | |
2. n. a large farmstead, estate related to agriculture. | |
3. adj. good (acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral) | |
Wir müssen gut sein, um uns gut zu fühlen. - We must be good to feel good. | |
4. adj. good (effective; useful) | |
5. adj. good (fortunate) | |
6. adj. good (having a particularly pleasant taste) | |
7. adj. all right, fair, proper (satisfactory) | |
8. adj. good (full; entire; at least as much as) | |
9. adv. well (accurately, competently, satisfactorily) | |
Die Mannschaft hat gut gespielt. - The team played well. | |
10. adv. a little more than (with measurements) | |
Ich wohne seit gut zwanzig Jahren in Berlin. - I've lived in Berlin for over twenty years/for a good twenty years. | |
Das Bett ist gut zwei Meter lang. - The bed is a little over two meters long. | |
11. adv. easily, likely | |
Dieser Gegenstand ist gut zu finden. - That item is easily found. | |
Es kann gut sein, dass du nächstes Jahr verheiratet bist. - You may well be married next year. | |
12. interj. okay, all right, now then | |
Gut, dann fangen wir mal an. - All right, then let's get started. | |
Als |
1. n. creek, drainage channel | |
2. conj. (subordinating, referring to time of occurrence) at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as | |
Als er ankam, öffnete sie die Tür. - When he arrived, she opened the door. | |
Als wir jung waren, spielten wir im Wald. - We played in the forest when we were young. | |
3. conj. (used with a comparison or as an exception) than | |
Zwei ist größer als eins. - Two is greater than one. | |
Die Kopie sieht anders aus als das Original. - The copy looks different than the original. | |
Er sagt nichts anderes als die Wahrheit. - He tells nothing other than the truth. | |
4. conj. as; like; in the function of; in the form of | |
Als Polizist muss ich es tun. - As a policeman, I must do it. | |
Wir sind Feinde, aber im Moment müssen wir uns als Freunde verhalten. - We are enemies, but for now we must act like friends. | |
Sie verkleidete sich als Krankenschwester, um das Krankenhaus zu betreten. - She disguised herself as a nurse to enter the hospital. | |
5. conj. as if | |
6. conj. (after negative pronoun) but, other than | |
Ernährung |
1. n. nutrition | |
Die Ernährung ist ein wichtiger Faktor für die Gestaltung der Darmmikrobiota und kann dazu genutzt werden, die abweichende Zusammensetzung des Darmmikrobioms zu verändern. - Diet is an importan | |
für |
1. prep. for | |
Das Geschenk ist für dich. - The present is for you. | |
2. prep. in favor of, in support of | |
Ich bin für die erste Option. - I'm in favor of the first option. | |
3. prep. by the standards of | |
Für einen Ausländer sprichst du sehr gut Deutsch. - For a foreigner, you speak German very well. | |
4. prep. on behalf of | |
Mein Anwalt wird das für mich beantworten. - My lawyer will answer to that on my behalf. | |
5. prep. kind / type of | |
Was für ein Kuchen ist das? - What kind of cake is this? | |
6. prep. (informal) instead of | |
Für die Hose hab ich jetzt den Rock genommen. - Instead of the trousers which I chose not to buy, I took the skirt. | |
7. prep. (colloquial nonstandard) in order to (with zu and infinitive) | |
Der Papa holt das Werkzeug, für die Waschmaschine zu reparieren. - Daddy is getting his tools in order to repair the washing machine. | |
zwischendurch |
1. adv. between times, in between (during some period of time, dividing it into intervals) | |
Macht zwischendurch auch mal Pause! - Do take a break sometime in between! | |
2. adv. in the meanwhile, interim (during an intermediate period) | |
Die Lage hatte sich zwischendurch stabilisiert, geriet dann aber wieder außer Kontrolle. - The situation had stabilized in the meanwhile, but then got out of control again. | |
3. adv. now and then, on the side (occasionally when there is time to spare) | |
Das mache ich so zwischendurch. - I'll do that on the side. | |
4. adv. (rare) in between, right in/through the middle | |
Das ist unser Land und zwischendurch soll jetzt die Autobahn verlaufen. - This is our land and now the motorway is going to pass right through. | |