seine |
1. pron. feminine singular of seiner | |
2. pron. plural of seiner | |
3. det. feminine singular of sein | |
4. det. plural 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. | |
Neigung |
1. n-f. propensity | |
2. n-f. inclination | |
3. n-f. tilt, slant | |
4. n-f. affinity | |
gilt |
1. v. third-person singular present of gelten | |
2. v. singular imperative of gelten | |
gelten |
1. v. to be valid; to count; to hold true | |
2. v. to be effective; to be in force | |
3. v. to be worth | |
4. v. to be for/of (+ dative) | |
5. v. to be regarded (as something); to pass (for something) | |
6. v. (impersonal) to be necessary | |
7. v. to pass; to go; (Often translated with lassen as a unit into allow, endure, permit, accept, etc.) | |
Das will ich ausnahmsweise mal gelten lassen. - I will let that pass allow, concede, endure, permit, accept that as an exception. | |
besonders |
1. adv. especially, particularly | |
Ich mag Musik, besonders Rock. - I love music, especially rock. | |
2. adv. (emphatic) very, especially | |
besonders gut - very good | |
Sei besonders leise. - Be very quiet. | |
3. adv. exceptionally, separately | |
besonders behandeln - to treat separately | |
Italien |
1. Proper noun. Italy (a country in Southern Europe) | |