| Trotz |
| 1. n. defiance | |
| 2. prep. in spite of, despite | |
| Trotz aller Bemühungen ist es uns nicht gelungen, die Ziele des Projekts zu erreichen. - Despite our best efforts, we were unable to succeed in achieving the project's objectives. | |
| intensiver |
| 1. adj. form of intensiv | |
| intensiv |
| 1. adj. intense | |
| 2. adj. acute | |
| 3. adj. intensive | |
| Ermittlungen |
| 1. n. plural of Ermittlung | |
| Ermittlung |
| 1. n-f. investigation, inquiry | |
| 2. n-f. determination, ascertaining | |
| konnte |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of können | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite 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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| die |
| 1. art. feminine singular of der | |
| die Frau - the woman | |
| 2. art. plural of der | |
| die Männer - the men | |
| 3. pron. feminine singular of der | |
| 4. pron. plural of der | |
| 5. pron. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose | |
| Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. - I know a woman who can do that. | |
| 6. pron. (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them | |
| die da - that one/she/they there | |
| 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 | |
| Polizei |
| 1. n-f. (law enforcement) police | |
| Die Polizei erwischte den Taschendieb auf frischer Tat. - The police caught the pickpocket in the act. | |
| den |
| 1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
| 2. art. dative plural of der | |
| 3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
| Täter |
| 1. n-m. (law) perpetrator, delinquent | |
| Die Polizei konnte den Täter festnehmen. - Police were able to arrest the perpetrator. | |
| 2. n-m. (in a general sense rare) doer, one who does | |
| Wir sollen nicht nur Hörer, sondern Täter des Wortes sein. - We are called not to be mere hearers, but doers of the word. | |
| 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? | |
| Greifen |
| 1. n. gerund of greifen | |
| 2. n. plural of Greif | |
| 3. n. genitive singular of Greif | |
| 4. v. to grab; to grasp; to grip (something) | |
| 5. v. to grab; to seize; to snatch (in an aggressive way) | |
| 6. v. to reach; to grab | |
| an etwas greifen - to grab onto something | |
| nach etwas greifen - to reach for something | |
| zu etwas greifen - to reach for something | |
| in etwas greifen - to reach into something | |
| 7. v. to capture (someone) | |
| 8. v. to strike | |
| 9. v. to take hold; to bite | |
| Trotz des schlechten Wetters griffen die Reifen hervorragend - The tires did bite perfectly despite the bad weather. | |
