| 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?) | |
| man |
| 1. pron. one, you (indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular) | |
| Man kann nicht immer kriegen, was man will. - You can’t always get what you want. | |
| Manchmal muss man Kompromisse machen. - Sometimes one must compromise. | |
| 2. pron. they, people (people in general) | |
| Zumindest sagt man das so... - At least that’s what they say... | |
| 3. pron. someone, somebody (some unspecified person) | |
| 4. pron. they (some unspecified group of people) | |
| 5. adv. (colloquial regional northern Germany) just; only | |
| Komm man hier rüber! - Just come over here! | |
| Das sind man dreißig Stück oder so. - These are only thirty or so. | |
| Zwei |
| 1. n-f. two (digit or figure) | |
| Die Zwei ist die einzige gerade Primzahl. - Two is the only even prime number. | |
| Die Zahl 22 besteht aus zwei Zweien. - The number 22 consists of two 2s. | |
| Ich werf' dauernd Zweien! - I’m always throwing twos! (in dice) | |
| 2. n-f. (Germany) an academic grade indicating "good", corresponding roughly to a B in English-speaking countries | |
| Die gute Nachricht: Ich habe eine Zwei in Englisch! - The good news: I got a B in English! | |
| 3. num. (cardinal) two (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 2; or describing a set with two components) | |
| 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) | |
| Drei |
| 1. n-f. three (digit/figure 3) | |
| 2. num. (cardinal) three (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 3; or describing a set with three elements) | |
| abzieht |
| 1. v. third-person singular present of abziehen | |
| 2. v. second-person plural present of abziehen | |
| bleibt |
| 1. v. third-person singular present of bleiben; (he/she/it/one) stays/remains | |
| bleiben |
| 1. v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to remain (to continue to be) | |
| Er blieb sein ganzes Leben ein glühender Anhänger der Monarchie. - He remained a devoted supporter of the monarchy for all his life. | |
| 2. v. to keep (on); to continue (see usage notes below) | |
| Ich bleibe noch ein bisschen liegen. - I'll keep lying here for a bit. | |
| 3. v. to stay; to remain in a place | |
| Du kannst ja schon fahren, aber ich bleibe noch. - Feel free to leave, but I'm staying some more. | |
| 4. v. to be; to be stuck; implying tardiness | |
| Wo bleibst du? Wir sind schon seit über einer Stunde da. - Where are you? We arrived more than an hour ago. | |
| 5. v. to be left for someone | |
| Was bleibt ihm jetzt noch, wo seine Frau gestorben ist? - What does he have left now that his wife is dead? (literally: What is left for him...) | |
| 6. v. to stick with; to stay with | |
| Ich hab’s ihm erklärt, aber er bleibt bei seiner Meinung. - I’ve explained it to him, but he sticks with his opinion. | |
| Eins |
| 1. n-f. one (digit or figure) | |
| 2. num. (cardinal) one (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 1; first positive number in the set of natural numbers) | |
| die Nummer eins - the number one | |
| eins plus zwei - one plus two | |
| hundert und eins - one hundred and one | |
| Absatz eins - paragraph one | |
| 3. num. (colloquial) one, one o'clock | |
| Es ist eins. - It's one o'clock. | |
| um eins - at one | |
| nach eins - after one | |
| kurz vor eins - shortly before one | |
| ab eins - from one o'clock | |
| bis eins - until one | |
| Es ist Punkt eins. - It's one o'clock sharp | |
| halb eins - half one | |
| 4. pron. Alternative form of eines: singular of einer | |
| Meine Schwester hat ein Fahrrad und ich will auch eins. - My sister has a bike and I want one too. | |
| 5. adv. (somewhat, informal) (only used in) sich eins sein (“to agree”) and eins werden (“to arrive at an agreement”) | |
| Wir sind über den Preis nicht eins geworden. - We couldn't agree on the price. | |
| übrig |
| 1. adj. (attributive) rest of, remaining | |
| 2. adj. (predicative) left, left over; spare | |
