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Speck
1. n. bacon, fatty cellular tissue under the porkrind
2. n. (colloquial) adipose tissue, bodyfat
kommt
1. v. third-person singular of kommen
2. v. second-person plural of kommen
3. v. plural imperative of kommen
kommen
1. v. to come; to arrive
Er kam letzte Nacht sehr spät nach Hause. - He came home very late last night.
Als ich nach Wuppertal kam, hatte es gerade geschneit - When I arrived in Wuppertal, it had just snowed.
2. v. to come to; to come over (go somewhere so as to join someone else)
Bleib sitzen! Ich komme zu dir. - Keep your seat! I’m coming over to you.
Und viele kamen zu ihm und sprachen... - And many resorted unto him and said... (John 10:41)
3. v. to get; to make it (go somewhere in a way that implies an obstacle or difficulty to be overcome)
Ich komme nicht über die Mauer. - I can’t get over this wall.
Wenn er den Zug verpasst, kommt er heute nicht nach Nürnberg. - If he misses the train, he won’t make it to Nuremberg today.
4. v. to go to; to be put in (go somewhere in a way that is predetermined or prearranged)
Hartnäckige Sünder kommen in die Hölle. - Persistant sinners will go to hell.
Die Gruppensieger kommen ins Halbfinale. - The group winners will go to the semifinals.
5. v. to come on (Used to encourage someone to do something.)
Ach komm, das wird so schlimm nicht werden. - Aw, come on, it won’t be so bad.
Kommt, deckt schon mal den Tisch! - Come on, just set the table already.
6. v. to occur; to happen; to come to be
Dann kam, was alle befürchtet hatten. - Then happened that which everybody had feared.
Wie kommt es, dass...? - Why is it that ...? How come that...?
7. v. (impersonal) to be played (of a song or film)
Eben kam mein Lieblingslied. - They just played my favourite song.
8. v. to be due to; to be the result of
Das kommt alles von deiner Faulheit. - All of that is due to your laziness.
9. v. to come from (to have a social or geographic background) (+preo, aus, dative)
Sie kommt aus der Schweiz. - She comes from Switzerland.
Sie kommt aus einer Diplomatenfamilie. - She comes from a family of diplomats.
10. v. to orgasm; to cum
Ich komme gleich! - I’m about to cum!
Mir kommt's gleich! - I’m about to cum!
11. v. to be statistically equivalent to; to be there for (+preo, auf, accusative)
Auf jeden Verkehrstoten kommen zwanzig Verletzte. - For each traffic fatality there are twenty injured people.
12. v. to obtain (a solution or result) (+preo, auf, accusative)
Die Werte wurden frisiert, um auf das gewünschte Ergebnis zu kommen. - The values were manipulated in order to obtain the desired result.
13. v. to get an idea; to think of; to remember; to imagine (+preo, auf, accusative)
Ich komme im Moment nicht drauf, aber ich sag’s dir später. - I can’t think of it right now, but I’ll tell you later.
Ich weiß wirklich nicht, wie du immer auf diese Einfälle kommst. - I really don’t know how you always get all those ideas.
14. v. to lose; to forfeit; not to get (+preo, um)
Er hat Angst, dass er um seinen Anteil kommt. - He fears that he won’t get his share.
15. v. to touch inadvertently
Pass auf, dass du nicht an die frische Farbe kommst. - Be careful not to touch the wet paint.
16. v. to manage to reach (something high up etc.) (+preo, an, accusative)
Hilf ihm mal, er kommt nicht an den Griff. - Help him, he can't reach the handle.
17. v. (colloquial copulative with gut or in Ordnung) to turn out (well)
Am Ende kommt hoffentlich alles gut. - In the end, hopefully all will turn out well.
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?
geht
1. v. second-person plural present of gehen
2. v. third-person singular present of gehen
3. v. plural imperative of gehen
gehen
1. v. to go, to walk
Lass uns beide mit dem Hund gehen. - Let's walk the dog together.
Ich sah die Kinder über die Straße gehen. - I saw the children walk/go across the street.
Mein Baby beginnt schon zu gehen. - My baby is already starting to walk.
2. v. to leave
Ich gehe jetzt. - I’m leaving now.
3. v. to leave, to take off (aeroplane, train)
Wann geht dein Zug? - When is your train leaving?
4. v. (impersonal, intransitive) to be going; to be all right; indicates how the dative object fares
Wie geht es dir? - How are you doing?
Es geht mir gut. - I’m doing well. (Literally, “It goes well for me.”)
Es geht. - It’s all right.
5. v. (slightly, informal, intransitive, often, impersonal) to be possible
Das würde vielleicht gehen. - That might be possible.
Ich zeige dir, wie es geht. - I'll show you how it's possible.
6. v. (colloquial intransitive) to work, to function (of a machine, method or the like)
Der Kaffeeautomat geht nicht. - The coffee dispenser doesn't work.
7. v. (colloquial intransitive) to last, to go for, to go on, to be in progress
Das ging für eine halbe Stunde oder so. - This went on for half an hour or so.
Die Sitzung geht bis ein Uhr. - The session is scheduled until one o’clock.
8. v. to sit, to rise, to expand (of dough etc.)
Teig drei Stunden gehen lassen. - Let dough sit for three hours.
9. v. (colloquial intransitive) to be (on) (to pay)
Die Getränke gehen auf mich. - Drinks are on me.
10. v. (regional, or dated, impersonal, intransitive) to approach; to be going (on some one) + auf (object) = time
Es geht auf 8 Uhr. - It’s going on 8 o’clock.
11. v. (with genitive, only in combination with Weg) to go one's way, to make one's way (of a path, destination), to go separate ways

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