| Plural |
| 1. n-m. (grammar) plural | |
| 2. adj. pluralistic | |
| selten |
| 1. adj. rare, infrequent, uncommon, scarce | |
| 2. adj. unusual, curious | |
| 3. adv. seldom; rarely | |
| Er ist selten unfreundlich. - He’s rarely ever unfriendly. | |
| 4. adv. (chiefly informal, with adjective) unusually; extremely | |
| Der Typ war ja selten unfreundlich! - That guy was extremely unfriendly! | |
| Das ist selten dämlich. - That’s peculiarly stupid. | |
| Gastronomie |
| 1. n. gastronomy | |
| Küche |
| 1. n-f. kitchen (room) | |
| 2. n-f. cuisine (cooking traditions) | |
| meist |
| 1. adj. superlative of viel, t=much; many; most | |
| 2. adv. (formal) mostly, most often, usually | |
| Fettgewebe |
| 1. n. adipose tissue | |
| vom |
| 1. contraction. from the, of the; about the (contraction of von + dem) | |
| 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) | |
| dem |
| 1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
| Schwein |
| 1. n. swine, pig. | |
| 2. n. (pejorative) A dirty, or contemptible person. | |
| 3. n. (often construed with haben) luck, good fortune | |
| welches |
| 1. pron. masculine genitive singular of welcher | |
| 2. pron. singular of welcher | |
| 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. | |
| roh |
| 1. adj. raw (uncooked) | |
| 2. adj. unprocessed, crude, raw | |
| 3. adj. (figuratively) unrefined, rude, brutal | |
| gesalzen |
| 1. Participle. past participle of salzen | |
| 2. adj. salted | |
| salzen |
| 1. v. to salt (something) for flavor; to season | |
| Hast du das Fleisch schon gesalzen? - Have you already salted the meat? | |
| 2. v. to preserve (something) with salt | |
| geräuchert |
| 1. Participle. past participle of räuchern t=to smoke | |
| 2. adj. smoked | |
| räuchern |
| 1. v. to fumigate, cure | |
| r |
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| ausgelassen |
| 1. Participle. past participle of auslassen | |
| 2. adj. exuberant | |
| 3. adj. lively (i, of people) | |
| 4. adj. boisterous (i, of children) | |
| 5. adj. wild (i, of parties) | |
| 6. adj. carefree | |
| auslassen |
| 1. v. to leave out, omit | |
| Sie ließ die Fragen aus, die sie nicht sofort beantworten konnte. - She left out the questions she could not answer immediately. | |
| 2. v. to melt (butter etc.); to render down (bacon, fat etc.) | |
| Butter im Topf auslassen und dann die Zwiebeln hinzugeben. - Melt butter in the pot and then add the onions. | |
| 3. v. to let out (clothes) | |
| Die Hose können wir im Gesäß noch etwas auslassen. - We could let out the trousers a little in the seat. | |
| 4. v. to vent, air (a negative feeling); (with an) to take out on | |
| Schön, dass ich mal meinen ganzen Ärger auslassen konnte. - It was nice that I could vent all my anger for once. | |
| Sie hat ihre Wut am Mobiliar ausgelassen. - She took her rage out on the furniture. | |
| 5. v. to comment, remark on (especially, though not always, in a negative way) | |
| Sie haben sich in der Presse recht abfällig über Ihren Vorgänger ausgelassen. - You have commented rather disparagingly on your predecessor in the press. | |
| 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? | |
| 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 | |
| gegessen |
| 1. Participle. past participle of essen | |
| essen |
| 1. v. to eat | |
| Er isst gern Schokolade. - He likes eating chocolate. | |
| Ich esse einen Apfel. - I am eating an apple. | |
| 2. v. to eat; to dine | |
| Wir haben noch nicht gegessen. - We have not eaten yet. | |
| Sie haben immer vor 9 Uhr abends gegessen. - They always ate before 9 o’clock in the evening. | |
| 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. | |
| 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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| welches |
| 1. pron. masculine genitive singular of welcher | |
| 2. pron. singular of welcher | |
| 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. | |
| 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) | |
| 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 | |
| Küche |
| 1. n-f. kitchen (room) | |
| 2. n-f. cuisine (cooking traditions) | |
| 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.) | |
| wichtiger |
| 1. adj. comparative of wichtig | |
| 2. adj. form of wichtig | |
| Lieferant |
| 1. n. supplier, provider, deliverer | |
| 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) | |
| Fett |
| 1. n. fat, grease | |
| 2. n. lipid | |
| 3. adj. fat | |
| Fette Menschen sind oft ungesund. - Fat people are often unhealthy. | |
| 4. adj. (of food) rich, containing a lot of fat | |
| 5. adj. (typography) bold | |
| In diesem Satz ist nur das Wort „fett“ fett geschrieben. - In this sentence, only the word “bold” is written in bold. | |
| 6. adj. (colloquial) awesome, phat | |
| Das war echt fett. - This was really awesome. | |
| Sie hat 'nen fetten Vertrag an Land gezogen. - She got a very profitable contract. | |
| 7. adj. (Austria, colloquial) drunk | |
| 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. | |
| verschiedene |
| 1. adj. form of verschieden | |
| verschieden |
| 1. Participle. past participle of verscheiden | |
| 2. adj. (dated) deceased | |
| 3. adj. different (von: from) | |
| 4. adj. several, various | |
| 5. adv. differently | |
| 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,… | |
| 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. | |
