| Wenn |
| 1. n. (informal) if | |
| 2. conj. when | |
| Sag bitte Bescheid, wenn du fertig bist! (Tell me when you're done!) | |
| 3. conj. if (on the condition that) | |
| Was tun, wenn ich nicht weiß, ob sie mich liebt? (What (to do) if I don't know if she loves me?) | |
| immer |
| 1. adv. always | |
| 2. adv. at all times without exception | |
| Irgendwo scheint immer die Sonne. - The sun is always shining somewhere. | |
| 3. adv. very often; all the time; constantly | |
| Er will immer nur fernsehen. - He just wants to watch telly all the time. | |
| 4. adv. every time; whenever some precondition is given | |
| Er erzählt immer dieselbe Geschichte. - He always tells that same story. | |
| 5. adv. (with) to a greater degree over time, more and more | |
| Es wird immer kälter. - It's getting colder and colder. | |
| 6. adv. (colloquial unstressed) used to emphasize another adverb of time, which itself is stressed | |
| Er kommt immer nie pünktlich. - He’s never on time. | |
| Ich bin oft immer sehr vergesslich. - I’m often very forgetful. | |
| Manchmal hab ich immer das Gefühl, dass... - Sometimes I get the feeling that... | |
| Mehr |
| 1. n. increase, excess | |
| ein Mehr an Arbeit, Steuern, Unkosten, ... - an excess of work, taxes, costs, ... | |
| 2. n. majority, more than half (50%) of some group | |
| Der Gesetzesentwurf der Volksinitiative scheiterte am Volksmehr. | |
| 3. pron. something more | |
| sich für mehr halten - to think one is something more | |
| Mehr will er nicht bezahlen. - He doesn't want to pay more. | |
| Er sieht mehr als ich. - He sees more than I see. | |
| 4. det. comparative of viel; more | |
| Willst du mehr Essen? - Do you want more food? | |
| mit mehr oder weniger Erfolg - with a greater or lesser degree of success | |
| Ich habe mehr Haare als du. - I have more hair than you. | |
| zwei Kilo mehr - two more kilos | |
| 5. adv. more | |
| immer mehr - more and more | |
| 6. adv. (with negation) no longer, never again, nothing more, not anymore | |
| Er ist kein Kind mehr - He is no longer a child. | |
| Ich mag dich nicht mehr. - I don't like you anymore. | |
| nicht mehr lange - not much longer | |
| nichts mehr - nothing more, nothing left | |
| nie mehr - never again | |
| Geschäfte |
| 1. n. plural of Geschäft | |
| Geschäft |
| 1. n. shop; store | |
| 2. n. business | |
| 3. n. business activity | |
| 4. n. transaction | |
| Schließen |
| 1. n. gerund of schließen | |
| 2. v. to shut; to close; to shut down | |
| Das Geschäft schließt um 18.00 Uhr. - The store will close at 6 p.m. | |
| 3. v. to lock | |
| 4. v. to conclude; to end; to close | |
| 5. v. to come to (an agreement); to enter into (a relationship); to reach (a settlement) | |
| 6. v. to gather; to conclude; to come to realize | |
| verkommt |
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| verkommen |
| 1. v. to go bad, to decay | |
| 2. Participle. past participle of verkommen | |
| 3. adj. debauched, deprived | |
| 4. adj. reprobate | |
| 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 | |
| Fußgängerzone |
| 1. n-f. pedestrian zone | |
| zur |
| 1. contraction. contraction of zu der | |
| zu |
| 1. prep. to, towards (indicates directionality) | |
| zum Bahnhof - to the train station | |
| 2. prep. with respect to; regarding | |
| Zu Punkt 1 möchte ich bemerken, dass... - With respect to item 1, let me remark that... | |
| 3. prep. along with; with (accompanying (the main thing in question)) | |
| Wasser zum Essen trinken - to drink water with one’s meal | |
| 4. prep. at, on (indicates location) | |
| zu Hause - at home | |
| 5. prep. at (indicates time) | |
| zur richtigen Zeit - at the right time | |
| zu Beginn - at the beginning | |
| 6. prep. by, in, on, at (indicates mode (of transportation, speech, etc.)) | |
| zu Pferd - on horseback | |
| 7. prep. (with a verb) for; (with a noun) as, by way of (for the purpose of) | |
| 8. prep. for (in honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of) | |
| 9. prep. into (indicates transition into another form or substance) | |
| 10. prep. as, for, to be (to take on the role of) | |
| 11. prep. to (used to indicate ratios) | |
| 12. prep. at (denotes a price or rate) | |
| 13. part. (with infinitives of verbs) to | |
| etwas zu essen - something to eat | |
| 14. adv. (with adjectives and adverbs) too (excessively) | |
| zu schnell - too fast | |
| 15. adv. (by extension, slang) (An intensifier.) | |
| Dieses Essen ist zu lecker! - This food tastes so good! | |
| 16. adv. towards; at | |
| 17. adv. (somewhat, informal) shut; closed; locked | |
| 18. adv. ahead, on (along, forwards (continuing an action)) | |
| 19. adj. (somewhat, informal) shut, closed (made inaccessible or impassable; not open) | |
| Das Geschäft war zu. - The shop was closed. | |
| Die Tür muss aus Brandschutzgründen immer zu sein. - This door must be shut at all times for reasons of fire safety. | |
| Die Tür ist zu, ich komm nicht rein. - The door is locked, I can’t get in there. | |
| 20. adj. closed (not operating or conducting trade) | |
| 21. adj. done up (fastened) | |
| 22. adj. (slang) hammered; very drunk | |
| 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 | |
| Wüste |
| 1. n-f. desert | |
| 2. n-f. wilderness, waste, wasteland | |
| 3. adj. form of wüst | |
