Peter |
1. Proper noun. given name, male, f=Petra | |
2. Proper noun. A common surname. | |
Habe |
1. n. belongings, possession | |
2. v. first-person singular present of haben | |
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of haben | |
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of haben | |
5. v. singular imperative of haben | |
haben |
1. v. (auxiliary) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses) | |
Das habe ich nicht gesagt. - I haven't said that. | |
2. v. to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic) | |
3. v. to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself) | |
Glaub und hab keine Angst. - Believe and don't be afraid or Believe and have no fear. | |
4. v. to have, get (to obtain, acquire) | |
5. v. to get (to receive) | |
6. v. to have (to be scheduled to attend) | |
7. v. to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from) | |
8. v. to contain, be composed of, equal | |
Ein Meter hat 100 Zentimeter. - One metre has 100 centimetres. | |
9. v. (impersonal, dialectal, with es) there be, there is, there are | |
Es hat zwei Bücher. - There are two books. | |
10. v. to make a fuss | |
Hab dich nicht so! - Don't make such a fuss! | |
11. v. (colloquial with es and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into | |
Ich hab's nich so mit Hunden. - I don't have it that much with dogs. | |
12. v. (colloquial with es and von or über) to talk about | |
Wir hatten's grad von dir und deiner Freundin. - We just had it about you and your girlfriend. | |
Ich |
1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego | |
2. n. self, me, him, etc. | |
das wahre Ich - the real me | |
3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun) | |
übrigens |
1. adv. (informal) by the way | |
auf |
1. prep. (with dative) on, upon (positioned at the top of) | |
Das Buch liegt auf dem Tisch. - The book is lying on the table. | |
2. prep. (with accusative) on, onto, up (moving to the top of) | |
Ich lege das Buch auf den Tisch. - I’m putting the book on the table. | |
3. prep. (with accusative) on (indicating responsibility) | |
Das erste Getränk geht aufs Haus. - The first drink is on the house. | |
Das fällt nicht auf dich zurück, sondern auf mich. Ich hab's vermasselt. - That's not on you but on me. I messed up. | |
4. prep. (with dative) in, at; used with certain nouns instead of bei or in | |
Niemand auf der Welt hätte das voraussehen können. - No one in the world could have predicted that. | |
auf dem Stadtplatz - in the town square | |
Das Schiff ist auf See - The ship is at sea. | |
auf der Kirmes - at the fun fair | |
auf der Post - at the post office (also: bei der Post) | |
5. prep. (with accusative) to; used with certain nouns instead of zu or in | |
auf die Kirmes - to the fun fair | |
auf die Post - to the post office (also: zur Post) | |
6. prep. (with a language name) in (see usage note below) | |
Was heißt das auf Deutsch? - What’s this in German? | |
7. prep. (linguistics) in (of a word: ending with some sound or syllable) | |
Wörter auf -heit sind weiblich. - Words in -heit are feminine. | |
Du kannst doch auf (’n) Sonntag nich’ den Rasen mähen! - You can’t mow the lawn on a Sunday! | |
8. prep. (with accusative) for (during the continuation of) | |
auf Jahre hinaus - for years to come | |
9. prep. (with accusative) to, for (indicating purpose, goal or wish) | |
Lasst uns auf deine Gesundheit drinken! - Let's drink to your health! | |
Sie spielen auf Zeit. - They are playing for time. | |
10. prep. (with accusative) by (used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something) | |
X auf Y Meter groß | |
11. adv. (somewhat, informal) open | |
Die Tür ist auf. - The door is open. | |
12. adv. (colloquial) finished; gone (food) | |
Hast du deine Suppe auf? - Have you finished your soup? | |
Die Milch is’ auf. - The milk is gone. (consumed) | |
13. adv. (colloquial) up; awake; out of bed | |
Ich war um sechs Uhr auf. - I was up at six o'clock. | |
14. interj. carry on (continue or proceed as before) | |
15. interj. have a go | |
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 | |
Hochzeit |
1. n-f. wedding, marriage (a ceremony in which people are married and/or a celebration thereof) | |
Die Hochzeit der Oscar-Preisträgerin war tagelang Hauptthema in der Klatschpresse. - The Oscar award winner’s wedding was the main topic of the yellow press for days. | |
2. n-f. (card games, in Doppelkopf) the state of having been dealt both queens of clubs; used in a player’s announcement that they were dealt these and that the first player to win a non-trump trick will join | |
Ich hab Hochzeit. Der erste Fehl geht mit. - I have both queens of clubs. The first non-trump joins me. | |
3. n-f. heyday, height | |
Es war die Hochzeit der Azteken. - It was the heyday of the Aztecs. | |
getroffen |
1. Participle. past participle of treffen | |
2. adj. hit, struck, met | |
3. adj. taken, made (decision etc.) | |
triefen |
1. v. to drip heavily | |
2. v. to be sopping wet | |
treffen |
1. v. to meet; to encounter | |
Wir treffen uns morgen. - See you tomorrow. (Lit. "We'll meet each other tomorrow".) | |
2. v. to hit; to strike | |
3. v. to affect; to concern | |
4. v. to hit the mark, to suit, to be convenient or fortunate | |
Das trifft sich schlecht. - That’s unfortunate. | |
Es trifft sich ausgezeichnet, dass... - It is entirely fitting that... | |
5. v. to cause the action implied by an abstract noun to take place, thus making the sentence passive or less direct; to effect the action | |
Ich treffe eine Entscheidung. - I'm making a decision. | |
Ich treffe Maßnahmen. - I'm taking measures. | |
Ich treffe eine Vereinbarung. - I'm reaching an agreement. | |
Ich treffe Vorbereitungen. - I'm making preparations. | |
Ich treffe Vorsorge. - I'm taking precautions. | |
Ich treffe Vorkehrungen. - I'm making arrangements. | |
Ich treffe eine Wahl. - I am making a choice. | |
Ich treffe eine Aussage. - I'm making a statement. | |
Er |
1. n. a person or animal of male gender, a male | |
Was möchte Er von mir? - What does he want from me? | |
2. pron. (personal) he. | |
audio, De-wo ist klaus.ogg De-wo ist klaus.ogg uxi - Where is Klaus? Where is he? | |
audio, De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg uxi - This is my dog. His name is Waldi. | |
3. pron. (personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der)). | |
audio, De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg uxi - There stands a tree. It is more than 100 years old. | |
4. pron. (personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der)). | |
Im Frauengefängnis versuchte ein Häftling zu flüchten, aber er kam nicht weit. - In the women’s prison, an inmate tried to escape, but she didn’t get very far. | |
5. pron. (personal, archaic) Alternative spelling of Er, tr=you (polite) | |
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. | |
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.) | |
Cousin |
1. n. male cousin | |
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 | |
Braut |
1. n. bride; a woman taking part in a marriage | |
2. n. (informal) a girlfriend, young woman, broad | |
3. v. third-person singular present of brauen | |
4. v. second-person plural present of brauen | |
5. v. plural imperative of brauen | |
Ich |
1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego | |
2. n. self, me, him, etc. | |
das wahre Ich - the real me | |
3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun) | |
Weiß |
1. n. white, whiteness | |
2. n. powder, face powder | |
3. n. (slang) cocaine | |
4. Proper noun. surname, common, from=nicknames | |
5. adj. white | |
6. v. first-person singular present of wissen | |
ich - Ich weiß das bereits. | |
ich - Ich weiß nicht. | |
7. v. third-person singular present of wissen | |
er - Er weiß das bereits. | |
er - Er weiß nicht. | |
wissen |
1. 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 | |
2. v. to remember (with noch) | |
gar |
1. adj. cooked, done (of food such as meat or vegetables: ready for consumption) | |
2. adj. (of a metal) refined | |
3. adv. (negative polarity) at all; even | |
Sie hat gar kein Geld. - She has no money at all. | |
Er ist gar nicht gekommen. - He didn't even show up. / He didn't show up at all. | |
4. adv. (chiefly formal, or literary) even; expressing a climax | |
Ist er ein Dieb? Ein Räuber? Oder gar ein Mörder? - Is he a thief? A robber? Or even a murderer? | |
5. adv. (chiefly formal, or literary, with zu) all | |
Wenn er gar zu frech wird, geben Sie ihm eine kräftige Ohrfeige. - If he becomes all too impertinent, give him a sturdy slap. | |
6. adv. (Austria, Switzerland, otherwise archaic, poetic) very; quite; really | |
Das war gar frech von dir! - That was quite impertinent of you! | |
nicht |
1. adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb) | |
Bitte nicht stören! - Please do not disturb! | |
Das ist nicht wahr. - That is not true. | |
2. interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
Du bist sicher die Claudia, nicht? - You must be Claudia, aren't you? | |
gar nicht |
1. adv. not at all | |
2. adv. not one bit | |
3. adv. no way | |
4. adv. never | |
5. adv. in no manner | |
Recht |
1. n. a right, privilege | |
Sie haben nicht das Recht, über irgendetwas belogen zu werden. - You do not have the right to be lied to about anything. | |
2. n. a title, claim | |
3. n. the law | |
4. adj. right (direction) | |
5. adj. proper, correct | |
6. adj. true, real | |
7. adj. just, lawful | |
8. adv. very, quite, rather, pretty, fairly | |
Es ist recht warm heute Abend. - It's quite warm tonight. | |
recht klein - smallish | |
9. adv. well, right | |
ganz recht - that's right | |
10. adv. exactly | |
von |
1. prep. from | |
Ich fahre von Köln nach Hamburg. - I'm travelling from Cologne to Hamburg. | |
Ich hab’s von meiner Schwester gehört. - I heard it from my sister. | |
2. prep. of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below) | |
das Auto meines Vaters - - = uxi = uxi, das Auto von meinem Vater, my father’s car / the car of my father | |
3. prep. by (with passive voice) | |
Das Hotel wird von der Firma bezahlt. - The hotel is paid for by the company. | |
4. prep. about, of (a topic) | |
Er hat von seiner Jugend erzählt. - He told about his youth. | |
5. prep. on, with (a resource) | |
Von welchem Geld soll ich als Arbeitsloser in Urlaub fahren? - Being unemployed, on what money should I go on holidays? | |
Man kann nicht nur von Luft und Liebe leben. - You can’t live on air and love alone. (proverb) | |
welcher |
1. det. (interrogative) which; what | |
Welche Farbe hat dein Kleid? - What colour is your dress? | |
Welches Buch in diesem Regal hast du am öftesten gelesen? - Which book on this shelf have you read most often? | |
2. det. (relative, literary) which | |
Er vergaß, die letzte Kugel aus dem Lauf zu nehmen, welcher Fehler ihn das Leben kosten würde. - He forgot to remove the last bullet from the barrel, which mistake would cost him his life. | |
3. pron. (interrogative) which (one) | |
Hier sind zwei Jacken, welche ist deine? - There are two jackets here, which one is yours? | |
4. pron. (relative, literary) that; which; who; whom | |
Der Mann, welchen sie als ihren Nachbarn erkannte, lag tot auf dem Bürgersteig. - The man, whom she recognized to be her neighbour, was lying dead on the pavement. | |
Seite |
1. n-f. (geometry, and in general) side (a bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape) | |
Ein Dreieck hat drei Seiten. - A triangle has three sides. | |
2. n-f. (geometry) face, side, surface of any three-dimensional object | |
Ein Würfel hat sechs identische Seiten. - A cube has six identical sides. | |
3. n-f. page (single leaf of any manuscript or book) | |
4. n-f. side (one of the two surfaces of a sheet of paper) | |
Du kannst auf beide Seiten des Blattes schreiben. - You can write on both sides of the paper. | |
5. n-f. one side or half of something or someone | |
Auf der rechten Seite findest du nützliche Info. Die andere Seite ist nutzlos. - On the right side you will find useful information. The other side is useless. | |
Beide Seiten sind unleserlich. - Both sides are illegible. | |
Die eine Seite des Gebäudes brannte. - One side of the building was aflame. | |
6. n-f. (figuratively) a certain aspect of a concept | |
Versuch es einmal von der schönen Seite zu betrachten. - Try to look at it from the bright side. | |
Um ein Problem zu lösen muss man den Sachverhalt von allen Seiten betrachten. - To solve a problem, one has to take into account all the specific aspects of the issue. | |
7. n-f. (figuratively) side, faction or group of competitors in a war, game, conflict or any other competitive situation in opposite to their opponents | |
Keine Seite kann diesen Krieg gewinnen. - No faction is able to win this war. | |
Ich bin immer auf der Seite der Verlierer. - I am always on the side of the losers. | |
8. n-f. face of a coin or dice | |
9. n-f. (computing) website | |
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? | |
über |
1. prep. (accusative, or dative) above, over (spatially) | |
Über dem Wald ist der Himmel blau. - Over the forest, the sky is blue. | |
Die Vögel flogen über den Wald. - The birds flew over the forest. | |
2. prep. about, concerning, over, at (in reference to) | |
Die ganze Klasse lachte über ihren Witz. - The entire class laughed at her joke. | |
3. prep. (accusative) via, through, by way of | |
Der Zug fährt über den Hauptbahnhof. - The train goes via the main station. | |
Ich kaufe alles über das Internet. - I buy everything through the internet. | |
4. prep. (accusative) across | |
Ich fahre mit der Fähre über die Ostsee. - I travel on the ferry across the Baltic Sea. | |
5. prep. (accusative) during, for, over a time period | |
Es regnete über das Wochenende. - It rained over the weekend. | |
Er hat uns über Jahre belogen. - He's lied to us for years. | |
6. prep. (accusative) about | |
Ich schreibe ein Buch über Goethes Leben. - I'm writing a book about Goethe's life. | |
7. prep. around, among | |
8. prep. over, more than, above (a quantity) | |
9. prep. beyond | |
Die technischen Probleme in der Welt von heute gehen weit über den Rahmen des Technischen hinaus. - The technological problems in today's world extend far beyond the scope of technology. | |
10. prep. at (when 'over' or 'about' could roughly be substituted) | |
11. adj. (tlb, colloquial) left over, remaining, (replaces übrig in all its predicative instances, including those lexicalized as verb prefixoids.) | |
überbleiben - to be left over, to remain | |
Hier sind noch zwei Gurken über. Willst du die haben? - Here there are two gherkins left. Wanna have em? | |
12. adv. over (in certain select phrases) | |
über und über - over and over | |
13. post. (following accusative) throughout | |
Den ganzen Tag über. - Throughout the entire day. | |
wieviele |
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Ecken |
1. n. plural of Ecke | |
2. n. plural of Eck | |
Ecke |
1. n-f. corner, edge | |
Der Tisch steht in der Ecke. - The table stands in the corner. | |
2. n-f. a roughly triangular or quadrangular piece of something | |
Gib mir mal eine kleine Ecke von dem Kuchen. - Give me a small piece of the cake, please. | |
3. n-f. (chiefly colloquial) region; area; neighbourhood | |
Ihr wohnt ja hier in ’ner ganz netten Ecke. - You guys live in a nice area around here. | |
4. n-f. (graph theory) vertex, node | |
5. n-f. (sports) corner, corner kick | |