vor |
1. prep. in front of, ahead of (relative location in space) | |
2. prep. before, prior to, ahead of (relative location in time) | |
3. prep. ago (location in the past relative to the present) | |
vor drei Tagen - three days ago | |
vor einiger Zeit - a while ago | |
4. prep. from, against (a threat or negative outcome) | |
Er konnte vor dem Tsunami nicht mehr fliehen. - He couldn't escape (from) the tsunami. | |
Du hast mich vorm Ertrinken gerettet. - You saved me from drowning. | |
vor Verlusten schützen - to protect against losses | |
sich vor jemandem verstecken - to hide from somebody | |
5. prep. (what) with, (out) of (stating cause) | |
vor Freude weinen - to cry with joy | |
Ich sterbe vor Durst. - I'm dying of thirst. | |
Ich kann dich vor all dem Rauch gar nicht sehen. - I can't even see you, what with all the smoke. | |
Vor lauter Angst traute sich keiner im Raum mehr zu atmen. - Nobody in the room dared to breathe out of sheer fright. | |
allem |
1. pron. Dative singular masculine and neutral gender forms of alles ("all"). | |
vor allem |
1. adv. above all (of prime importance), especially | |
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 | |
Fusion |
1. n-f. (economics) merger (legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity) | |
2. n-f. more generally, fusion in some other technical contexts | |
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) | |
leichten |
1. adj. form of leicht | |
leicht |
1. adj. light (not heavy) | |
Nur leichte Autos sollten diese Brücke befahren. - Only light cars should drive on this bridge. | |
2. adj. easy (not difficult) | |
eine leichte Aufgabe - an easy task | |
3. adj. light, lite, diet (of food which is low in calories) | |
Usage note: normally the english term light is used, e.g. in Light-Produkte = food with low sugar or calories | |
4. adj. slight | |
ein leichter Unterschied - a slight difference | |
5. adv. slightly | |
Wasserstoffkernen |
1. n. dative plural of Wasserstoffkern | |
Wasserstoffkern |
1. n. hydrogen nucleus, proton | |
erzeugt |
1. Participle. past participle of erzeugen | |
2. adj. produced, generated | |
3. v. third-person singular present of erzeugen | |
4. v. second-person plural present of erzeugen | |
5. v. plural imperative of erzeugen | |
erzeugen |
1. v. to produce | |
Die Endstücke werden aus Metall oder Plastik erzeugt. - Endings can be made of plastic or metal | |
2. v. to generate | |
Stimmung erzeugen. - to generate the (right) mood. | |
Elektrizität erzeugen. - to generate electricity. | |
3. v. to cause | |
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 | |
Sonne |
1. Proper noun. (astronomy) the Sun | |
Die Sonne ist eine Lichtquelle. - The Sun is a light source. | |
2. n-f. (astronomy) a sun (a star, especially when being the center of a solar system) | |
3. n-f. sunshine, sunlight (the light and warmth we receive on Earth from the sun) | |
Wir hatten den ganzen Tag Sonne. - We had sunshine all day. | |
Geh mir aus der Sonne! - Move for me out of the sunshine!) | |
Laut Wetterbericht wird es morgen Sonne geben. - According to the weather forecast there will be sunshine tomorrow. | |
4. pron. (colloquial)contraction of so eine (such a) (so, ein) | |
5. pron. Ungrammatical synonym of solch in plural. | |
Wer macht denn sonne Sachen? - Who would do such things? | |
6. v. first-person singular present of sonnen | |
7. v. first-person singular subjunctive of sonnen | |
8. v. third-person singular subjunctive of sonnen | |
9. v. singular imperative of sonnen | |
Energie |
1. n-f. energy | |