Wiese |
1. n-f. meadow | |
2. n-f. lawn, especially a large one, loosely also a smaller one | |
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of weisen | |
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of weisen | |
weisen |
1. v. to point | |
auf etwas weisen - to point at something | |
2. v. to indicate; to show | |
3. adj. form of weise | |
auf |
1. prep. (with dative) on, upon (positioned at the top of) | |
Das Buch liegt auf dem Tisch. - The book is lying on the table. | |
2. prep. (with accusative) on, onto, up (moving to the top of) | |
Ich lege das Buch auf den Tisch. - I’m putting the book on the table. | |
3. prep. (with accusative) on (indicating responsibility) | |
Das erste Getränk geht aufs Haus. - The first drink is on the house. | |
Das fällt nicht auf dich zurück, sondern auf mich. Ich hab's vermasselt. - That's not on you but on me. I messed up. | |
4. prep. (with dative) in, at; used with certain nouns instead of bei or in | |
Niemand auf der Welt hätte das voraussehen können. - No one in the world could have predicted that. | |
auf dem Stadtplatz - in the town square | |
Das Schiff ist auf See - The ship is at sea. | |
auf der Kirmes - at the fun fair | |
auf der Post - at the post office (also: bei der Post) | |
5. prep. (with accusative) to; used with certain nouns instead of zu or in | |
auf die Kirmes - to the fun fair | |
auf die Post - to the post office (also: zur Post) | |
6. prep. (with a language name) in (see usage note below) | |
Was heißt das auf Deutsch? - What’s this in German? | |
7. prep. (linguistics) in (of a word: ending with some sound or syllable) | |
Wörter auf -heit sind weiblich. - Words in -heit are feminine. | |
Du kannst doch auf (’n) Sonntag nich’ den Rasen mähen! - You can’t mow the lawn on a Sunday! | |
8. prep. (with accusative) for (during the continuation of) | |
auf Jahre hinaus - for years to come | |
9. prep. (with accusative) to, for (indicating purpose, goal or wish) | |
Lasst uns auf deine Gesundheit drinken! - Let's drink to your health! | |
Sie spielen auf Zeit. - They are playing for time. | |
10. prep. (with accusative) by (used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something) | |
X auf Y Meter groß | |
11. adv. (somewhat, informal) open | |
Die Tür ist auf. - The door is open. | |
12. adv. (colloquial) finished; gone (food) | |
Hast du deine Suppe auf? - Have you finished your soup? | |
Die Milch is’ auf. - The milk is gone. (consumed) | |
13. adv. (colloquial) up; awake; out of bed | |
Ich war um sechs Uhr auf. - I was up at six o'clock. | |
14. interj. carry on (continue or proceed as before) | |
15. interj. have a go | |
weisen auf |
1. v. first-person plural present of aufweisen | |
2. v. third-person plural present of aufweisen | |
3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of aufweisen | |
4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of aufweisen | |
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 | |
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. | |
Vieh |
1. n. (collective) livestock; farm animals (animals kept for their milk, meat, skin, etc.) | |
Das Vieh grast auf der Weide. - The animals are grazing on the pasture. | |
2. n. (singulative) Alternative form of Viech, t=animal, beast | |
Wenn so ein Vieh vor einem steht, kommt man sich ziemlich klein und schwach vor. - You feel pretty small and weak when such a beast is standing right in front of you. | |
3. n. (figurative, pejorative) beast; swine (person behaving in a boorish or inhumane way) | |
Du Vieh! Wie kannst du nur! - You beast! How dare you! | |
hält |
1. v. third-person singular present of halten | |
halten |
1. v. to hold | |
2. v. to stop; to halt; to hold back | |
Haltet den Dieb! - Stop the thief! | |
3. v. to support; to hold up | |
4. v. to keep; to maintain; to hold | |
Der Wein hält mich jung. - Wine keeps me young. | |
5. v. to keep | |
6. v. to hold; to keep; to stay | |
7. v. to stop | |
Der Zug hält nicht in Würzburg. - The train doesn’t stop in Würzburg. | |
8. v. to take for, to consider (+preo, für) | |
Hält er mich für einen Trottel? - Does he take me for a fool? | |
9. v. to adhere to, to follow (rules, the law, etc.) (+preo, an) | |
Er ist ein Aufrührer, der sich nicht an Ihre Regeln hält. - He's a rebel who doesn't follow your rules. | |
10. v. (with preposition: von) expresses a positive or negative opinion depending on quantity | |
Ich halte viel von Dieter. - I like Dieter a lot. | |
Ich halte wenig von Tomaten. - I do not like tomatoes very much. | |
11. v. to give (a presentation, lecture etc.) | |
Ich halte ein Referat morgen. - I'm giving a presentation tomorrow. | |