| Ofen |
| 1. n. oven ((clipping of Backofen)) | |
| 2. n. stove | |
| 3. n. furnace | |
| 4. n. kiln ((clipping of Brennofen)) | |
| 5. Proper noun. (chiefly Austria) Buda, the western part of the Hungarian capital Budapest. | |
| eine |
| 1. num. feminine singular of ein | |
| 2. art. feminine singular of ein: a, an | |
| 3. pron. feminine singular of einer | |
| 4. pron. masculine nominative singular of einer | |
| 5. pron. singular of einer | |
| Kammer |
| 1. n-f. chamber | |
| oder |
| 1. conj. or | |
| Danach alles gestr. oder noch 1–2 Wörter? - Is everything after that crossed out or are there one or two more words? | |
| 2. part. (tag question) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
| Es ist kalt heute, oder? - It’s cold today, isn’t it? | |
| Das war keine so gute Idee, oder? - That wasn’t such a good idea, was it? | |
| Du kommst aus Deutschland, oder? - You’re from Germany, aren’t you? | |
| 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.) | |
| geschlossenes |
| 1. adj. form of geschlossen | |
| geschlossen |
| 1. Participle. past participle of schließen | |
| 2. adj. shut; closed; locked | |
| 3. adj. (of a party, society) private, non-public | |
| 4. adj. (of a community, group, team) cohesive; solidary | |
| Fach |
| 1. n. compartment | |
| 2. n. drawer | |
| 3. n. subject | |
| 4. v. singular imperative of fachen | |
| in |
| 1. prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building) | |
| Es ist in dem Haus. - It is in the house. | |
| Ich habe die Schlüssel im (in dem) Kühlschrank gefunden. - I found the keys in the refrigerator. | |
| Unsere Kinder sind in der Schule. - Our kids are at school. | |
| Er ist in einem Café. - He is at a coffee shop. | |
| Letzte Nacht waren sie im (in dem) Club. - They were at the club last night. | |
| 2. prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to) | |
| in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense | |
| 3. prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time) | |
| Er schloss sein Studium im Alter von vierzehn. - He completed his studies at/by the age of fourteen. | |
| im Alter - in old age | |
| im Mittelalter - during the middle ages | |
| in den 1960er Jahren - in the 1960s | |
| 4. prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of)) | |
| Er geht ins Haus. - He goes into the house. | |
| Wir gehen in die Schweiz. - We are going to Switzerland. | |
| Wir treten in ein neues Zeitalter ein. - We are coming into a new age. | |
| 5. adj. in, popular (in fashion) | |
| dem |
| 1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
| Speisen |
| 1. n. gerund of speisen | |
| 2. n. plural of Speise | |
| 3. v. to dine (to eat; to eat dinner or supper) | |
| 4. v. to feed (to supply) | |
| Speise |
| 1. n-f. meal, fare (food) | |
| Speisen und Getränken. - food and drinks. | |
| 2. n-f. , translation=Philipp soon started refusing drink and food,… | |
| erhitzt |
| 1. Participle. past participle of erhitzen | |
| 2. adj. heated | |
| 3. adj. igneous | |
| erhitzen |
| 1. v. to heat (to cause an increase in temperature of an object or space); to warm; to inflame | |
| 2. v. to grow hot or warm; to become heated; to fly into a passion | |
| gebacken |
| 1. Participle. past participle of backen | |
| backen |
| 1. v. to bake; to roast | |
| Der Bäcker backt jeden Morgen 30 Laib Brot. - The baker bakes 30 loaves of bread every morning. | |
| Ist der Kuchen schon gebacken? - Is the cake baked yet? | |
| 2. v. to fry | |
| 3. v. to fire | |
| Die Tonfigur muss mindestens zwei Stunden im Ofen backen. - The clay piece must be fired in the oven for at least two hours. | |
| 4. v. to stick together; to cake. | |
| Der Schnee backte gestern besser. - The snow caked better yesterday. | |
| Der Schnee backt an meinen Schuhen. - My shoes are caked with snow. | |
| 5. v. to stick (something to something else). | |
| oder |
| 1. conj. or | |
| Danach alles gestr. oder noch 1–2 Wörter? - Is everything after that crossed out or are there one or two more words? | |
| 2. part. (tag question) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
| Es ist kalt heute, oder? - It’s cold today, isn’t it? | |
| Das war keine so gute Idee, oder? - That wasn’t such a good idea, was it? | |
| Du kommst aus Deutschland, oder? - You’re from Germany, aren’t you? | |
| gebraten |
| 1. Participle. past participle of braten | |
| 2. adj. roast, fried | |
| braten |
| 1. v. to pan-fry | |
| 2. v. to roast; to grill; to broil | |
| Werden |
| 1. n. (gerund of werden); becoming (coming into being) | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense | |
| Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - I will go home. | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs | |
| 4. 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. | |
| 5. v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn | |
| Es wird heißer. - It's getting hotter. | |
| 6. 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.) | |
| 7. 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? | |
| 8. v. (colloquial) to be going to work | |
| Das wird so nichts. - It will not work like that. | |
| Können |
| 1. n. (gerund of können); skill, ability | |
| 2. v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can. | |
| 3. 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. | |
| 4. 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. | |
| 5. 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. | |
| 6. 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 | |
| 7. 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. | |
| 8. 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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| beispielsweise |
| 1. adv. for example | |
| 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 | |
| Teil |
| 1. n. part, piece (of a whole, often in relation to living things or an abstract concept) | |
| zum großen Teil. - largely. | |
| 2. n. fraction of a whole | |
| 3. n. part, piece (a physical object which is used in a greater one, often in relation to inanimate objects) | |
| 4. n. (colloquial) thing (any object, not limited to those which are part of a greater object) | |
| 5. n. (colloquial) piece of clothing | |
| 6. n. (slang) penis (see U.S. slang usage of thing) | |
| 7. v. singular imperative of teilen | |
| eines |
| 1. num. genitive singular of ein | |
| 2. art. genitive singular of ein: a, an | |
| 3. pron. singular of einer | |
| 4. pron. genitive singular of einer | |
| Herdes |
| 1. n. genitive singular of Herd | |
| Herd |
| 1. n. cooker; stove | |
| Der Herd besteht aus einem Ofen und vier Herdplatten. - The cooker consists of an oven and four rings. | |
| 2. n. (by restriction) hob; cooktop | |
| Der Ofen ist aus, aber der Herd ist noch an. - The oven is off, but the hob is still on. | |
| Eine Sekunde! Ich hab was auf dem Herd. - One second! I have something cooking on the hob. | |
| 3. n. (dated, except in Herdfeuer) fireplace, hearth | |
| Abends saßen sie alle am Herd und wärmten ihre Glieder. - In the evening they all sat by the hearth and warmed their limbs. | |
| 4. n. (figuratively) the household as the traditional workplace of women | |
| Frauen gehören an den Herd. - Women belong in the household. | |
| 5. n. (figuratively) hotbed, place where something (negative) spreads from | |
| Diese Region ist ein Herd der Unruhe. - This region is a hotbed of unrest. | |
| oder |
| 1. conj. or | |
| Danach alles gestr. oder noch 1–2 Wörter? - Is everything after that crossed out or are there one or two more words? | |
| 2. part. (tag question) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
| Es ist kalt heute, oder? - It’s cold today, isn’t it? | |
| Das war keine so gute Idee, oder? - That wasn’t such a good idea, was it? | |
| Du kommst aus Deutschland, oder? - You’re from Germany, aren’t you? | |
| in |
| 1. prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building) | |
| Es ist in dem Haus. - It is in the house. | |
| Ich habe die Schlüssel im (in dem) Kühlschrank gefunden. - I found the keys in the refrigerator. | |
| Unsere Kinder sind in der Schule. - Our kids are at school. | |
| Er ist in einem Café. - He is at a coffee shop. | |
| Letzte Nacht waren sie im (in dem) Club. - They were at the club last night. | |
| 2. prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to) | |
| in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense | |
| 3. prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time) | |
| Er schloss sein Studium im Alter von vierzehn. - He completed his studies at/by the age of fourteen. | |
| im Alter - in old age | |
| im Mittelalter - during the middle ages | |
| in den 1960er Jahren - in the 1960s | |
| 4. prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of)) | |
| Er geht ins Haus. - He goes into the house. | |
| Wir gehen in die Schweiz. - We are going to Switzerland. | |
| Wir treten in ein neues Zeitalter ein. - We are coming into a new age. | |
| 5. adj. in, popular (in fashion) | |
| dem |
| 1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
| man |
| 1. pron. one, you (indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular) | |
| Man kann nicht immer kriegen, was man will. - You can’t always get what you want. | |
| Manchmal muss man Kompromisse machen. - Sometimes one must compromise. | |
| 2. pron. they, people (people in general) | |
| Zumindest sagt man das so... - At least that’s what they say... | |
| 3. pron. someone, somebody (some unspecified person) | |
| 4. pron. they (some unspecified group of people) | |
| 5. adv. (colloquial regional northern Germany) just; only | |
| Komm man hier rüber! - Just come over here! | |
| Das sind man dreißig Stück oder so. - These are only thirty or so. | |
| Backen |
| 1. n. plural of Backe | |
| 2. n. Substantivised form of backen: baking | |
| 3. v. to bake; to roast | |
| Der Bäcker backt jeden Morgen 30 Laib Brot. - The baker bakes 30 loaves of bread every morning. | |
| Ist der Kuchen schon gebacken? - Is the cake baked yet? | |
| 4. v. to fry | |
| 5. v. to fire | |
| Die Tonfigur muss mindestens zwei Stunden im Ofen backen. - The clay piece must be fired in the oven for at least two hours. | |
| 6. v. to stick together; to cake. | |
| Der Schnee backte gestern besser. - The snow caked better yesterday. | |
| Der Schnee backt an meinen Schuhen. - My shoes are caked with snow. | |
| 7. v. to stick (something to something else). | |
| oder |
| 1. conj. or | |
| Danach alles gestr. oder noch 1–2 Wörter? - Is everything after that crossed out or are there one or two more words? | |
| 2. part. (tag question) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
| Es ist kalt heute, oder? - It’s cold today, isn’t it? | |
| Das war keine so gute Idee, oder? - That wasn’t such a good idea, was it? | |
| Du kommst aus Deutschland, oder? - You’re from Germany, aren’t you? | |
| 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) | |
| Trocknen |
| 1. n. gerund of trocknen | |
| 2. v. to dry | |
| 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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