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die
1. art. feminine singular of der
die Frau - the woman
2. art. plural of der
die Männer - the men
3. pron. feminine singular of der
4. pron. plural of der
5. pron. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose
Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. - I know a woman who can do that.
6. pron. (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them
die da - that one/she/they there
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
Farbe
1. n-f. colour
2. n-f. paint
3. n-f. dye, colourant for hair
4. n-f. suit (playing cards)
5. n-f. (heraldry) tincture
Grün
1. n. green (color)
2. n. (heraldry) vert; green in heraldry
3. n. leaves, a suit in German playing cards
4. adj. green (in colour)
5. adj. (of fruit, vegetables) unripe
6. adj. inexperienced, young
7. adj. ecological, environment-friendly
8. adj. (politics, relational) of a green party, such as Bündnis 90/Die Grünen in Germany
zeigend
1. Participle. present participle of zeigen
die
1. art. feminine singular of der
die Frau - the woman
2. art. plural of der
die Männer - the men
3. pron. feminine singular of der
4. pron. plural of der
5. pron. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose
Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. - I know a woman who can do that.
6. pron. (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them
die da - that one/she/they there
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
im
1. contraction. contraction of in dem ; in the
in
1. prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building)
Es ist in dem Haus. - It is in the house.
Ich habe die Schlüssel im (in dem) Kühlschrank gefunden. - I found the keys in the refrigerator.
Unsere Kinder sind in der Schule. - Our kids are at school.
Er ist in einem Café. - He is at a coffee shop.
Letzte Nacht waren sie im (in dem) Club. - They were at the club last night.
2. prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to)
in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense
3. prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time)
Er schloss sein Studium im Alter von vierzehn. - He completed his studies at/by the age of fourteen.
im Alter - in old age
im Mittelalter - during the middle ages
in den 1960er Jahren - in the 1960s
4. prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of))
Er geht ins Haus. - He goes into the house.
Wir gehen in die Schweiz. - We are going to Switzerland.
Wir treten in ein neues Zeitalter ein. - We are coming into a new age.
5. adj. in, popular (in fashion)
dem
1. art. dative singular of der: the
2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which
Lichtspektrum
1. n. (visible) light spectrum
zwischen
1. prep. between
die Schere zwischen Arm und Reich - the gap between the poor and rich
2. prep. among, amongst
Gelb
1. n. yellow
2. n. (short for: Eigelb) yolk
3. adj. yellow
4. adj. (politics, Germany, relational) of the FDP (a libertarian and market-economy promoting political party in Germany)
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?
Blau
1. n. the colour blue (as a whole)
2. n. a particular tone of blue
3. n. (heraldry) azure; blue in heraldry
4. n. (generally un) a vast blue area, especially:
5. n. the sky
Wir jagen mit tausend Sachen durch das weite Blau. - We’re racing through the wide blue at 1000 km/h.
6. n. the sea
7. adj. blue
8. adj. drunk
9. adj. bruised
blauer Fleck - bruise (literally, blue spot)
blaues Auge - black eye
liegt
1. v. third-person singular present of liegen
2. v. second-person plural present of liegen
3. v. plural imperative of liegen
liegen
1. v. to lie (to be in a horizontal position)
2. v. (Swiss) to lie down
3. v. to be, to lie somewhere (of flat objects, also of inpatients in a hospital; otherwise use sitzen or stehen)
4. v. to be located, to lie somewhere (of countries, towns, houses, etc.)
5. v. to be, to stand (of indices, measurements)
Wellenlänge
1. n-f. (physics) wavelength
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