| Etwas |
| 1. n. thing, being | |
| 2. n. a quality or talent that is hard to pin down | |
| Sie hat dieses gewisse Etwas. (She has this certain something.) | |
| 3. pron. something | |
| 4. adv. somewhat, slightly | |
| 5. adv. a little, a bit | |
| 6. det. (with unor plural noun) some, a bit of | |
| Hab etwas Respekt vor den Toten. - Have some respect for the dead. | |
| einzelnes |
| 1. adj. form of einzeln | |
| 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) | |
| seiner |
| 1. pron. his (substantival possessive) | |
| 2. pron. genitive of er | |
| 3. pron. genitive of es | |
| 4. det. feminine singular of sein | |
| 5. det. genitive plural of sein | |
| jeweiligen |
| 1. adj. form of jeweilig | |
| jeweilig |
| 1. adj. respective | |
| 2. adv. in each case, at a time, respectively | |
| Gesamtheit |
| 1. n-f. wholeness, totality, entirety | |
| 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? | |
| gleichzeitigen |
| 1. adj. form of gleichzeitig | |
| gleichzeitig |
| 1. adj. simultaneous, concurrent, coincident, concomitant | |
| 2. adv. at the same time, simultaneously | |
| Ich will abnehmen und gleichzeitig Muskeln aufbauen. - I want to lose weight and build muscles at the same time. | |
| Besonderheit |
| 1. n-f. (notable) feature | |
| von |
| 1. prep. from | |
| Ich fahre von Köln nach Hamburg. - I'm travelling from Cologne to Hamburg. | |
| Ich hab’s von meiner Schwester gehört. - I heard it from my sister. | |
| 2. prep. of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below) | |
| das Auto meines Vaters - - = uxi = uxi, das Auto von meinem Vater, my father’s car / the car of my father | |
| 3. prep. by (with passive voice) | |
| Das Hotel wird von der Firma bezahlt. - The hotel is paid for by the company. | |
| 4. prep. about, of (a topic) | |
| Er hat von seiner Jugend erzählt. - He told about his youth. | |
| 5. prep. on, with (a resource) | |
| Von welchem Geld soll ich als Arbeitsloser in Urlaub fahren? - Being unemployed, on what money should I go on holidays? | |
| Man kann nicht nur von Luft und Liebe leben. - You can’t live on air and love alone. (proverb) | |
| absondern |
| 1. v. to secrete; to exude (especially a liquid) | |
| 2. v. to say; to utter (especially repeatedly over some period of time, as though it were a secretion) | |
| die Machosprüche, die er ständig absondert - those macho slogans that he constantly delivers | |
| 3. v. to seclude; to isolate; to keep separate; to segregate (not usually in the racist sense, but e.g. for quarantine) | |
| 4. v. to seclude oneself; to avoid contact | |
| Trennen |
| 1. n. gerund of trennen | |
| 2. v. to separate, sever, part, disunite, uncouple, segregate, unjoin, disjoin | |
| 3. v. to sunder | |
| 4. v. to delink, unlink, disconnect, detach | |
| 5. v. to isolate | |
| 6. v. to separate, to go apart, to secede, to break off, to break up | |
| sich trennen mit - to part ways with | |
| Unterscheiden |
| 1. n. gerund of unterscheiden | |
| 2. v. to distinguish, differentiate | |
| Man muss Äpfel von Birnen unterscheiden. - One must distinguish apples from pears. | |
| Man muss Äpfel und Birnen unterscheiden. - - | |
| Man muss zwischen Äpfeln und Birnen unterscheiden. - One must distinguish (between) apples and pears. (Latter two constructions are interchangeable.) | |
| 3. v. to differ, be different, distinct | |
| Äpfel unterscheiden sich von Birnen. - Apples differ from pears. | |
| Äpfel und Birnen unterscheiden sich. - Apples and pears differ. | |
| oder |
| 1. conj. or | |
| Danach alles gestr. oder noch 1–2 Wörter? - Is everything after that crossed out or are there one or two more words? | |
| 2. part. (tag question) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
| Es ist kalt heute, oder? - It’s cold today, isn’t it? | |
| Das war keine so gute Idee, oder? - That wasn’t such a good idea, was it? | |
| Du kommst aus Deutschland, oder? - You’re from Germany, aren’t you? | |
| Unterschiedlichkeit |
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| Gegenüber |
| 1. n. counterpart | |
| 2. n. opponent | |
| 3. n. the other; the partner in a conversation; someone who is face to face with you | |
| 4. prep. opposite | |
| Die Bank liegt dem Bahnhof gegenüber. - The bank is located across from the railroad station. | |
| 5. prep. to, toward, towards | |
| 6. prep. compared to | |
| 7. prep. vis-à-vis, in dealings with, in dealing with, towards | |
| 8. adv. on the opposite side | |
| anderem |
| 1. adj. form of anderer, em | |
| 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 | |
| ganze |
| 1. adj. form of ganz | |
| Einer |
| 1. n-m. (mathematics) unit | |
| 2. n-m. (mathematics) units' place, ones' place (place value of a number) | |
| 3. n-m. (sports) single scull | |
| 4. n-m. (swimming) one-meter diving board | |
| 5. num. feminine singular of ein | |
| 6. art. feminine singular of ein | |
| 7. pron. one | |
| 8. pron. someone, somebody | |
| 9. pron. feminine singular of einer | |
| Einheit |
| 1. n-f. unit | |
| 2. n-f. unity | |
| Etwas |
| 1. n. thing, being | |
| 2. n. a quality or talent that is hard to pin down | |
| Sie hat dieses gewisse Etwas. (She has this certain something.) | |
| 3. pron. something | |
| 4. adv. somewhat, slightly | |
| 5. adv. a little, a bit | |
| 6. det. (with unor plural noun) some, a bit of | |
| Hab etwas Respekt vor den Toten. - Have some respect for the dead. | |
| einheitliches |
| 1. adj. form of einheitlich | |
| 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.) | |
| einzelnes |
| 1. adj. form of einzeln | |
| einzeln |
| 1. adj. single; lone | |
| 2. adj. only, unique | |
| 3. adj. separate; discrete | |
| 4. adj. individual | |
| Ein Wald ist mehr als nur eine Menge einzelner Bäume. - A forest is more than just a collection of individual trees. | |
| 5. adj. sporadic; occasional | |
| 6. adv. singly | |
| 7. adv. individually; one by one | |
| Lebewesen |
| 1. n-n. organism (any living thing) | |
| 2. n-n. (in common usage) creature; an animal or human | |
| oder |
| 1. conj. or | |
| Danach alles gestr. oder noch 1–2 Wörter? - Is everything after that crossed out or are there one or two more words? | |
| 2. part. (tag question) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
| Es ist kalt heute, oder? - It’s cold today, isn’t it? | |
| Das war keine so gute Idee, oder? - That wasn’t such a good idea, was it? | |
| Du kommst aus Deutschland, oder? - You’re from Germany, aren’t you? | |
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