doppeldeutig |
1. adj. ambiguous | |
Es |
1. n. (music) E-flat | |
2. n. (psychoanalysis) id | |
3. pron. Nominative and accusative neuter third-person singular personal pronoun | |
Wo ist das Buch? Es liegt auf dem Tisch. - Where's the book? It’s on the table. | |
Wo ist das Kind? Ich habe es. - Where is the child? I have it. | |
Welche Farbe hat das Pferd? Es ist weiß. - What color is the horse? It is white. | |
Ich bemerkte ein merkwürdiges bärtiges Individuum und beschloss, es im Auge zu behalten. - I remarked a strange bearded individual and decided to keep an eye on him. | |
Das Mädchen wusste nicht, dass es beobachtet wurde. - The girl didn’t know that she was being observed. | |
Jedes Vorstandsmitglied kann das Wort ergreifen, wenn es dies wünscht. - Any board member may take the floor if they so wish. | |
4. pron. (Impersonal pronoun used to refer to statements, activities, the environment etc., or as a placeholder/dummy pronoun) — it | |
Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
Sie begann zu laufen, und ich tat es auch. - She began to run, and I did it also. | |
Es war einmal eine schöne Prinzessin. - There was once a beautiful princess. | |
Es ist gut zu leben! - It's good to be alive! | |
Es regnet. - It’s raining. | |
Es ist sicher, dass morgen die Sonne scheinen wird. - It's certain that the sun will shine tomorrow. | |
Wie geht es dir? - How are you doing? | |
Ich bin es, Michael. - It's me, Michael. | |
Es spielt das Fernsehorchester. - The television orchestra is playing. | |
Sie wird es noch weit bringen. - She is going to go far. | |
5. art. (regional, colloquial) alt form-lite, das | |
Soll ich es Fenster zumachen? - Should I close the window? | |
hatte |
1. v. first-person singular preterite of haben | |
2. v. third-person singular preterite of haben | |
haben |
1. v. (auxiliary) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses) | |
Das habe ich nicht gesagt. - I haven't said that. | |
2. v. to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic) | |
3. v. to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself) | |
Glaub und hab keine Angst. - Believe and don't be afraid or Believe and have no fear. | |
4. v. to have, get (to obtain, acquire) | |
5. v. to get (to receive) | |
6. v. to have (to be scheduled to attend) | |
7. v. to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from) | |
8. v. to contain, be composed of, equal | |
Ein Meter hat 100 Zentimeter. - One metre has 100 centimetres. | |
9. v. (impersonal, dialectal, with es) there be, there is, there are | |
Es hat zwei Bücher. - There are two books. | |
10. v. to make a fuss | |
Hab dich nicht so! - Don't make such a fuss! | |
11. v. (colloquial with es and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into | |
Ich hab's nich so mit Hunden. - I don't have it that much with dogs. | |
12. v. (colloquial with es and von or über) to talk about | |
Wir hatten's grad von dir und deiner Freundin. - We just had it about you and your girlfriend. | |
Drei |
1. n-f. three (digit/figure 3) | |
2. num. (cardinal) three (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 3; or describing a set with three elements) | |
Stockwerke |
1. n. plural of Stockwerk | |
Stockwerk |
1. n. floor, storey, level (of a building) | |
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? | |
ein |
1. art. a, an | |
ein Mann - a man | |
eine Frau - a woman | |
ein Kind - a child | |
2. adv. (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something | |
ein und aus gehen, weder ein noch aus wissen | |
darein, derein, feldein, feldein, hafenein, hafenein, herein, herein, hierein, hierein, hinein, hinein, jahrein, jahrein, waldein, waldein (older spellings include Wald-ein), worein, wor | |
3. adj. (predicative) on | |
Ist der Schalter ein oder aus? (d. h., Ist der Schalter ein- oder ausgeschaltet?) - Is the switch on or off. (i.e., Is the switch switched on or off.) | |
Dachgeschoss |
1. n-n. attic, loft, top floor | |
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? | |
Hier |
1. n. (abstract) here, this place. | |
Im Hier und Jetzt leben. - To live in the here and now. | |
2. adv. (location) here; in this place; refers to an environment one is currently in, or to something within reach | |
Ich bin hier in diesem Dorf geboren. - I was born here in this village. | |
Setzen wir uns hier aufs Sofa. - Let’s sit down here on the sofa. | |
3. adv. (location) there; right there; in that place; refers to something that is considered nearby, or can be seen and pointed at | |
Die Kirche ist gleich hier am Ende der Straße. - The church is right there at the end of the street. | |
Siehst du die Wolke hier neben der Bergspitze? - Can you see that cloud there next to the mountain top? | |
4. adv. (abstract) here (within this context) | |
Die Frist wurde hier überhaupt nicht erwähnt. - The deadline was not mentioned here at all. | |
5. adv. used with the definite article or the determiner dieser, , this, that to express proximity (“this”) | |
Die Kneipe hier ist sehr beliebt. - This pub is very popular. | |
Hierder Stuhl ist kaputt. - This chair is broken. | |
Dieser Schrank hier ist 200 Jahre alt. - This cupboard is 200 years old. | |
6. interj. (colloquial) Used for emphasis or to call for attention, often when changing the subject | |
Hier, der Markus ist doch jetzt auch verheiratet, ne? - Hey, wait, Markus is married now, too, isn't he? | |
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? | |
da |
1. adv. (local) there; here | |
Wir fahren nach Hamburg. Meine Frau hat eine Freundin, die da wohnt. - We’re going to Hamburg. My wife has a friend who lives there. | |
Die Gäste sind noch nicht da. - The guests aren’t here yet. | |
2. adv. (temporal) then; so; at that moment | |
Ich war gerade eingeschlafen, und da kam ein Anruf. - I had just fallen asleep, and that’s when someone called. | |
Er hat immer weiter auf mich eingeschrien. Da bin ich einfach gegangen. - He just kept on shouting at me. So I just left. | |
3. adv. (colloquial) (replaces any takes a reflexive pronoun adverb when the context is clear) | |
Ich wollte eigentlich Linsensuppe machen, aber da (= dafür, dazu) hatte ich das Rezept nicht. | |
I was actually going to make lentil soup, but I didn’t have the recipe for it. | |
Wir haben jetzt ein Angebot gekriegt, aber da (= darüber) müssen wir noch diskutieren. | |
We’ve now received an offer, but we’ll still need to have discussion about that. | |
4. conj. since; as; because; given that | |
Da die Stelle mit häufigen Auslandskontakten verbunden ist, sind gute Fremdsprachenkenntnisse unerlässlich. - Since the position involves frequent international contacts, good foreign-language | |
5. conj. (literary, dated) when | |
Am Tag, da die Wahrheit offenbar wird, ist es zur Umkehr zu spät. - On the day when the Truth will become manifest, it will be too late for penitence. | |
hier und da |
1. adv. here and there | |
2. adv. (often followed by mal) from time to time | |
Ich steck ihm hier und da mal was zu. - I give him some money from time to time. | |
gab |
1. v. first-person singular preterite of geben | |
2. v. third-person singular preterite of geben | |
geben |
1. v. (ditransitive) to give (changing ownership) | |
Meine Frau hat mir eine neue Uhr gegeben. - My wife gave me a new watch. | |
2. v. (ditransitive) to hand, to pass, to put within reach | |
Gib mir das! - Give me that! | |
Gib mir deine Hand. - Give me your hand (to hold). | |
Könnten Sie mir den Stift geben? - Could you hand me that pen? | |
3. v. (impersonal, transitive) Used to indicate that something exists (often with a certain property and/or in a certain location). Usually translated as there be or there exist | |
Gibt es gute Schulen in der Nähe? - Are there good schools in the neighborhood? | |
Es gibt kein Wasser in dieser Wüste. - There is no water in this desert. | |
Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
4. v. (ditransitive, transitive) to communicate (helpful information such as a hint or advice), to signal (in a certain way such as a sign) | |
Darf ich dir einen Rat geben? - May I give you some advice? | |
Der Spieler gab ein Signal, dass er eingewechselt werden wollte. - The player gave a signal that he wanted to be substituted. | |
5. v. to present; to put | |
6. v. to result in | |
Es |
1. n. (music) E-flat | |
2. n. (psychoanalysis) id | |
3. pron. Nominative and accusative neuter third-person singular personal pronoun | |
Wo ist das Buch? Es liegt auf dem Tisch. - Where's the book? It’s on the table. | |
Wo ist das Kind? Ich habe es. - Where is the child? I have it. | |
Welche Farbe hat das Pferd? Es ist weiß. - What color is the horse? It is white. | |
Ich bemerkte ein merkwürdiges bärtiges Individuum und beschloss, es im Auge zu behalten. - I remarked a strange bearded individual and decided to keep an eye on him. | |
Das Mädchen wusste nicht, dass es beobachtet wurde. - The girl didn’t know that she was being observed. | |
Jedes Vorstandsmitglied kann das Wort ergreifen, wenn es dies wünscht. - Any board member may take the floor if they so wish. | |
4. pron. (Impersonal pronoun used to refer to statements, activities, the environment etc., or as a placeholder/dummy pronoun) — it | |
Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
Sie begann zu laufen, und ich tat es auch. - She began to run, and I did it also. | |
Es war einmal eine schöne Prinzessin. - There was once a beautiful princess. | |
Es ist gut zu leben! - It's good to be alive! | |
Es regnet. - It’s raining. | |
Es ist sicher, dass morgen die Sonne scheinen wird. - It's certain that the sun will shine tomorrow. | |
Wie geht es dir? - How are you doing? | |
Ich bin es, Michael. - It's me, Michael. | |
Es spielt das Fernsehorchester. - The television orchestra is playing. | |
Sie wird es noch weit bringen. - She is going to go far. | |
5. art. (regional, colloquial) alt form-lite, das | |
Soll ich es Fenster zumachen? - Should I close the window? | |
Kleine |
1. n. female equivalent of Kleiner: girl; young woman | |
2. n. plural of Kleiner | |
3. n. nominative singular of Kleiner | |
4. adj. form of klein | |
klein |
1. adj. small, little, tiny, wee, small-scale | |
2. adj. little, young (in age) | |
3. adj. insignificant | |
offene |
1. adj. form of offen | |
offen |
1. adj. open | |
2. adj. frank, candid | |
3. adj. honest, sincere | |
4. adv. openly | |
Das müssen wir auch hier offen sagen. - We must state this openly here. | |
Balkone |
1. n. plural of Balkon | |
Balkon |
1. n. (architectural element) balcony (an accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window or overlooking a stage) | |