| wir |
| 1. pron. we | |
| Werden |
| 1. n. (gerund of werden); becoming (coming into being) | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense | |
| Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - I will go home. | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs | |
| 4. v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice | |
| Das Buch wird gerade gelesen. (present tense) - The book is being read. | |
| Ich wurde in Europa geboren. (preterite tense) - I was born in Europe. | |
| Er war geschlagen worden. (past perfect tense) - He had been beaten. | |
| 5. v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn | |
| Es wird heißer. - It's getting hotter. | |
| 6. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition) | |
| Usage: In this sense werden is always conjugated in the third person singular and takes a dative noun. The impersonal subject es may be present, but is often taken as implied. (See the usage no | |
| Wird dir kalt? - Are you getting cold? | |
| Den Kindern wird langweilig. - The children are getting bored. | |
| Von Mayonnaise wird mir schlecht. - Mayonnaise makes me sick. (Literally: From mayonnaise I become sick.) | |
| 7. v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future) | |
| Wir werden zusammen glücklich. - We will be happy together. | |
| Was wird aus mir? - What will become of me? | |
| 8. v. (colloquial) to be going to work | |
| Das wird so nichts. - It will not work like that. | |
| das |
| 1. art. singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. singular of der | |
| 3. pron. (relative) who, that, which | |
| Ich kenne ein Mädchen, das das kann. - I know a girl who can do that. | |
| Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
| 4. pron. (demonstrative) this, that, it | |
| Das ist mein Haus. - This is my house. | |
| er - Er wissen | |
| Ich hab das nicht. - I don’t have it. (i.e. the thing mentioned) | |
| 5. pron. (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb) | |
| Das regnet schon wieder. - It’s raining again. | |
| Wissen Sie, wie spät das ist? - Do you know what time it is? | |
| 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 | |
| nunmehr |
| 1. adv. as from now, henceforth | |
| anders |
| 1. adv. different, differently | |
| Natürlich ist jeder Mensch und jede Situation anders. - Of course every person and every situation are different. | |
| 2. adv. else | |
| 3. adv. otherwise | |
| Machen |
| 1. n. gerund of machen | |
| 2. v. to make, produce, create (an object, arrangement, situation, etc.) | |
| Ich hab dir einen Kuchen gemacht! - I made you a pie! | |
| Du hast einen Fehler gemacht. - You made a mistake. | |
| 3. v. to make, prepare | |
| Machst du heute das Essen? - Are you making dinner today? | |
| sich eine Pizza machen - to prepare a pizza for oneself | |
| 4. v. to do, perform, carry out (to execute; to put into operation (an action)) | |
| Mach es! - Do it! | |
| Das hat er ganz allein gemacht! - He did that all by himself! | |
| ein Experiment machen - to perform an experiment | |
| 5. v. to do; (indicates an activity associated with a noun) | |
| Sport machen - do sports | |
| eine Party machen - have a party | |
| 6. v. to go (to make the (specified) sound) | |
| Das Auto machte "Bumm" und hielt an. - The car went "boom" and stopped. | |
| 7. v. to make (to cause or compel (to do something)) | |
| 8. v. to cause (to set off an event or action or produce as a result) | |
| 9. v. to make (to cause to be) | |
| Dieser Film macht mich schläfrig. - This movie makes me sleepy. | |
| 10. v. to make (transform from one thing into another) | |
| Die Mühle macht Mehl aus Weizen. - The mill makes flour from wheat. | |
| 11. v. to make (to have as a feature) | |
| Die Straße macht vor uns eine Linkskurve. - The road makes a turn to the left ahead. | |
| 12. v. to come to, total, cost (to require the payment of) | |
| Wie viel macht das? - How much does that come to? | |
| 13. v. to make, be (the result of a calculation) | |
| Sieben plus fünf macht zwölf. - Seven plus five makes twelve. | |
| 14. v. to make (to earn, gain wages, profit, etc.) | |
| Der Herr Müller ist echt reich; der macht mehr als 5000 Euro im Monat. - Mr Müller is quite rich; he makes more than 5000 Euros per month. | |
| 15. v. to be, play (to act as the indicated role, especially in a performance) | |
| 16. v. to matter (to be important) | |
| Das macht nichts! - That doesn't matter! | |
| 17. v. to make, make oneself out to be, act, play (to behave so as to give an appearance of being; to act as if one were (something, or a certain way)) (+preo, auf) | |
| 18. v. to do one's business, do number two or number one, go (to defecate or urinate) | |
| (childish) groß machen - to go poop | |
| (childish) klein machen - to go pee | |
| 19. v. to do (to fare or perform (well or poorly)) | |
| Machen Sie sich gut? - Are you doing well? | |
| 20. v. to look (to have an appearance of being) | |
| Der Mantel macht sich sehr schön. - The coat looks very nice. | |
| 21. v. to get cracking (an (“on,” “with”)), get a move on (it), to get down (an (“to”)) (something); (in imperative:) come on, let's go | |
