| offenkundiges |
| 1. adj. form of offenkundig | |
| wider |
| 1. prep. (formal, literary) against | |
| Kain, der erste Rebell wider den autoritären Vater-Gott. (Cain, the first to rebel against the authoritarian father God.) | |
| besseres |
| 1. adj. form of gut, eres | |
| gut |
| 1. 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. | |
| 2. adj. good (effective; useful) | |
| 3. adj. good (fortunate) | |
| 4. adj. good (having a particularly pleasant taste) | |
| 5. adj. all right, fair, proper (satisfactory) | |
| 6. adj. good (full; entire; at least as much as) | |
| 7. adv. well (accurately, competently, satisfactorily) | |
| Die Mannschaft hat gut gespielt. - The team played well. | |
| 8. 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. | |
| 9. 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. | |
| 10. interj. okay, all right, now then | |
| Gut, dann fangen wir mal an. - All right, then let's get started. | |
| Wissen |
| 1. n. knowledge | |
| 2. v. to know; to be aware of (a fact) | |
| Ich weiß, wo du bist. - I know where you are. | |
| von etwas wissen - to know about something | |
| 3. v. to remember (with noch) | |
| wider besseres Wissen |
| 1. Phrase. (somewhat, formal) against one's better knowledge; in spite of the fact that one knows better | |
| bestreiten |
| 1. v. to deny (assert to be false) | |
| 2. v. to dispute, contest, controvert (oppose a proposition or call it into question by argument or assertion) | |
| Der Philosoph bestritt die Existenz unveräußerlicher Menschenrechte. - The philosopher disputed the existence of inalienable human rights. | |
| 3. v. to pay for, to sustain financially | |
| Die Firma konnte die hohen Personalkosten nicht mehr bestreiten. - The company became unable to pay its high labour costs. | |
| 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 | |
| unwahr |
| 1. adj. untrue | |
| hinstellen |
| 1. v. to put down | |
| 2. v. to describe | |
| 3. v. to build | |
| 4. v. to stand; to park | |
| 5. v. to present oneself (as), pretend (to be), to make oneself out (to be) | |
