| zunächst |
| 1. adv. first, first of all, in the first place, to begin with, initially | |
| Um Brot zu backen, braucht man zunächst etwas Mehl. - To bake bread, first you need some flour. | |
| 2. adv. for now, for the time being | |
| Die Ursache des Unfalls bleibt zunächst unklar. - The cause of the accident remains unclear for now. | |
| Er nahm zuerst den Mantel, zunächst den Hut, schließlich den Schirm. - First he took his coat, then his hat, finally his umbrella. | |
| Brechen |
| 1. n. gerund of brechen | |
| 2. v. to break (+aux, haben) | |
| 3. v. to refract (+aux, haben) | |
| 4. v. to vomit (+aux, haben) | |
| 5. v. to fold (+aux, haben) | |
| 6. v. to become broken; to break; to fracture (+aux, sein) | |
| wir |
| 1. pron. we | |
| 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 | |
| Brot |
| 1. n. (usually) bread | |
| 2. n. loaf of bread | |
| 3. n. slice of bread; sandwich | |
| 4. n. (figurative) livelihood, subsistence | |
| danken |
| 1. v. to thank | |
| Peter hat Michaela mit einem großen Blumenstrauß gedankt. - Peter thanked Michaela with a big bouquet. | |
| und |
| 1. conj. (co-ordinating) and | |
| Kaffee und Kuchen - coffee and cake | |
| Ich kam, sah und siegte. - I came, saw, and conquered. | |
| 2. conj. (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them | |
| Er und Abwaschen? Vielleicht einmal im Jahr! - Him doing the dishes? Maybe once per year! | |
| 3. interj. so?, now?, and? | |
| Und? Wie ist es gelaufen? - So? How did it go? | |
| Sprechen |
| 1. n. (gerund of sprechen): "speaking". | |
| 2. v. to speak (some language, the truth, etc.) | |
| Ich spreche Deutsch. - I speak German. | |
| Sprich die Wahrheit oder bleib still. - Speak the truth or remain silent. | |
| Klartext sprechen - to speak plainly | |
| 3. v. to speak, to talk, to give a speech | |
| Sprechen Sie bitte langsam. - Speak slowly please. | |
| 4. v. to say, to speak (a word, phrase, sentence, prayer, etc.) | |
| Was? Du hast kein Wort darüber gesprochen. - What? You haven't spoken a word about it. | |
| 5. v. to have a pronunciation; to be pronounced (some way) | |
| Wie spricht sich das? - How do you pronounce this? | |
| 6. v. to pronounce (a judgment, a verdict, etc.) | |
| Die Geschichte wird das endgültige Urteil über sein Werk sprechen. - History will pronounce the final judgement on his work. | |
| 7. v. to say (something) | |
| 8. v. (Swiss, transitive, officialese) to grant, approve (a loan, funding, etc.) | |
| 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 | |
| Vaterunser |
| 1. n-n. (Christianity) Lord's Prayer; Our Father; paternoster (prayer that Jesus taught his disciples) | |
| 2. n-n. (dated) an approximate measure of time: as long as it takes to say the Our Father at an intermediate tempo, i.e. about half a minute | |
