| Alte |
| 1. n. female equivalent of Alter: old woman | |
| 2. n. plural of Alter | |
| 3. n. nominative singular of Alter | |
| 4. adj. form of alt | |
| Rechtschreibung |
| 1. n-f. orthography | |
| abhanden |
| 1. adv. gone, lost | |
| Kommen |
| 1. n. (gerund of kommen): "coming", "arrival". | |
| 2. v. to come; to arrive | |
| Er kam letzte Nacht sehr spät nach Hause. - He came home very late last night. | |
| Als ich nach Wuppertal kam, hatte es gerade geschneit - When I arrived in Wuppertal, it had just snowed. | |
| 3. v. to come to; to come over (go somewhere so as to join someone else) | |
| Bleib sitzen! Ich komme zu dir. - Keep your seat! I’m coming over to you. | |
| Und viele kamen zu ihm und sprachen... - And many resorted unto him and said... (John 10:41) | |
| 4. v. to get; to make it (go somewhere in a way that implies an obstacle or difficulty to be overcome) | |
| Ich komme nicht über die Mauer. - I can’t get over this wall. | |
| Wenn er den Zug verpasst, kommt er heute nicht nach Nürnberg. - If he misses the train, he won’t make it to Nuremberg today. | |
| 5. v. to go to; to be put in (go somewhere in a way that is predetermined or prearranged) | |
| Hartnäckige Sünder kommen in die Hölle. - Persistant sinners will go to hell. | |
| Die Gruppensieger kommen ins Halbfinale. - The group winners will go to the semifinals. | |
| 6. v. to come on (Used to encourage someone to do something.) | |
| Ach komm, das wird so schlimm nicht werden. - Aw, come on, it won’t be so bad. | |
| Kommt, deckt schon mal den Tisch! - Come on, just set the table already. | |
| 7. v. to occur; to happen; to come to be | |
| Dann kam, was alle befürchtet hatten. - Then happened that which everybody had feared. | |
| Wie kommt es, dass...? - Why is it that ...? How come that...? | |
| 8. v. (impersonal) to be played (of a song or film) | |
| Eben kam mein Lieblingslied. - They just played my favourite song. | |
| 9. v. to be due to; to be the result of | |
| Das kommt alles von deiner Faulheit. - All of that is due to your laziness. | |
| 10. v. to come from (to have a social or geographic background) (+preo, aus, dative) | |
| Sie kommt aus der Schweiz. - She comes from Switzerland. | |
| Sie kommt aus einer Diplomatenfamilie. - She comes from a family of diplomats. | |
| 11. v. to orgasm; to cum | |
| Ich komme gleich! - I’m about to cum! | |
| Mir kommt's gleich! - I’m about to cum! | |
| 12. v. to be statistically equivalent to; to be there for (+preo, auf, accusative) | |
| Auf jeden Verkehrstoten kommen zwanzig Verletzte. - For each traffic fatality there are twenty injured people. | |
| 13. v. to obtain (a solution or result) (+preo, auf, accusative) | |
| Die Werte wurden frisiert, um auf das gewünschte Ergebnis zu kommen. - The values were manipulated in order to obtain the desired result. | |
| 14. v. to get an idea; to think of; to remember; to imagine (+preo, auf, accusative) | |
| Ich komme im Moment nicht drauf, aber ich sag’s dir später. - I can’t think of it right now, but I’ll tell you later. | |
| Ich weiß wirklich nicht, wie du immer auf diese Einfälle kommst. - I really don’t know how you always get all those ideas. | |
| 15. v. to lose; to forfeit; not to get (+preo, um) | |
| Er hat Angst, dass er um seinen Anteil kommt. - He fears that he won’t get his share. | |
| 16. v. to touch inadvertently | |
| Pass auf, dass du nicht an die frische Farbe kommst. - Be careful not to touch the wet paint. | |
| 17. v. to manage to reach (something high up etc.) (+preo, an, accusative) | |
| Hilf ihm mal, er kommt nicht an den Griff. - Help him, he can't reach the handle. | |
| 18. v. (colloquial copulative with gut or in Ordnung) to turn out (well) | |
| Am Ende kommt hoffentlich alles gut. - In the end, hopefully all will turn out well. | |
| verloren |
| 1. Participle. past participle of verlieren | |
| 2. adj. lost, missing | |
| 3. adj. doomed, forlorn | |
| 4. v. first-person plural preterite of verlieren | |
| 5. v. third-person plural preterite of verlieren | |
| verlieren |
| 1. v. to lose (something, or a game) | |
| 2. v. to shed | |
| 3. v. to trail away, to fade away | |
| 4. v. to get lost | |
| Ich habe mich in der Menge verloren. - I got lost in the crowd. | |
| Gehen |
| 1. n. (gerund of gehen): "going". | |
| 2. v. to go, to walk | |
| Lass uns beide mit dem Hund gehen. - Let's walk the dog together. | |
| Ich sah die Kinder über die Straße gehen. - I saw the children walk/go across the street. | |
| Mein Baby beginnt schon zu gehen. - My baby is already starting to walk. | |
| 3. v. to leave | |
| Ich gehe jetzt. - I’m leaving now. | |
| 4. v. to leave, to take off (aeroplane, train) | |
| Wann geht dein Zug? - When is your train leaving? | |
| 5. v. (impersonal, intransitive) to be going; to be all right; indicates how the dative object fares | |
| Wie geht es dir? - How are you doing? | |
| Es geht mir gut. - I’m doing well. (Literally, “It goes well for me.”) | |
| Es geht. - It’s all right. | |
| 6. v. (slightly, informal, intransitive, often, impersonal) to be possible | |
| Das würde vielleicht gehen. - That might be possible. | |
| Ich zeige dir, wie es geht. - I'll show you how it's possible. | |
| 7. v. (colloquial intransitive) to work, to function (of a machine, method or the like) | |
| Der Kaffeeautomat geht nicht. - The coffee dispenser doesn't work. | |
| 8. v. (colloquial intransitive) to last, to go for, to go on, to be in progress | |
| Das ging für eine halbe Stunde oder so. - This went on for half an hour or so. | |
| Die Sitzung geht bis ein Uhr. - The session is scheduled until one o’clock. | |
| 9. v. to sit, to rise, to expand (of dough etc.) | |
| Teig drei Stunden gehen lassen. - Let dough sit for three hours. | |
| 10. v. (colloquial intransitive) to be (on) (to pay) | |
| Die Getränke gehen auf mich. - Drinks are on me. | |
| 11. v. (regional, or dated, impersonal, intransitive) to approach; to be going (on some one) + auf (object) = time | |
| Es geht auf 8 Uhr. - It’s going on 8 o’clock. | |
| 12. v. (with genitive, only in combination with Weg) to go one's way, to make one's way (of a path, destination), to go separate ways | |
