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. | |
an |
1. prep. (local) on; upon; at; in; against | |
Das Bild hängt an der Wand. - The picture hangs on the wall. | |
2. prep. by; near; close to; next to | |
3. prep. (temporal, with days or times of day) on; in; at | |
Wir treffen uns am (an dem) Dienstag. - We're meeting on Tuesday. | |
Ich werde sie am (an dem) Abend sehen. - I will see her in the evening. | |
4. prep. (temporal) a; per; only used with the word Tag, otherwise use in | |
zweimal am Tag - twice a day | |
5. prep. on; onto | |
Ich hänge das Bild an die Wand. - I hang the picture on the wall. | |
6. prep. at; against | |
Schauen Sie an die Tafel. - Look at the blackboard. | |
7. prep. to; for | |
Ein Brief an Anna. - A letter for Anna. | |
8. adv. onward; on | |
von heute an - from today on | |
9. adj. (predicative) on | |
Ist der Schalter an oder aus? = Ist der Schalter an- oder ausgeschaltet? - Is the switch on or off. Is the switch switched on or off. | |
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 | |
Seite |
1. n-f. (geometry, and in general) side (a bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape) | |
Ein Dreieck hat drei Seiten. - A triangle has three sides. | |
2. n-f. (geometry) face, side, surface of any three-dimensional object | |
Ein Würfel hat sechs identische Seiten. - A cube has six identical sides. | |
3. n-f. page (single leaf of any manuscript or book) | |
4. n-f. side (one of the two surfaces of a sheet of paper) | |
Du kannst auf beide Seiten des Blattes schreiben. - You can write on both sides of the paper. | |
5. n-f. one side or half of something or someone | |
Auf der rechten Seite findest du nützliche Info. Die andere Seite ist nutzlos. - On the right side you will find useful information. The other side is useless. | |
Beide Seiten sind unleserlich. - Both sides are illegible. | |
Die eine Seite des Gebäudes brannte. - One side of the building was aflame. | |
6. n-f. (figuratively) a certain aspect of a concept | |
Versuch es einmal von der schönen Seite zu betrachten. - Try to look at it from the bright side. | |
Um ein Problem zu lösen muss man den Sachverhalt von allen Seiten betrachten. - To solve a problem, one has to take into account all the specific aspects of the issue. | |
7. n-f. (figuratively) side, faction or group of competitors in a war, game, conflict or any other competitive situation in opposite to their opponents | |
Keine Seite kann diesen Krieg gewinnen. - No faction is able to win this war. | |
Ich bin immer auf der Seite der Verlierer. - I am always on the side of the losers. | |
8. n-f. face of a coin or dice | |
9. n-f. (computing) website | |
an die Seite |
1. adv. Alternative form of zur Seite, , aside, to the side | |
Rücken |
1. n-m. (anatomy) back | |
Mir tut der Rücken weh. - My back hurts. | |
auf dem Rücken liegend - lying on one's back | |
2. n-m. informal ellipsis of Rückenschmerzen, ; back pain, especially chronic back pain | |
Wer so viel malocht wie sie, kriegt irgendwann halt Rücken. - If you work as extraneously as she does, you’re gonna get back pain eventually. | |
Rücken haben - to have back pain | |
3. n-m. ellipsis of Buchrücken, t=spine of a book | |
Der Titel eines Buches wird gewöhnlich auf den Rücken gedruckt. - The title of a book is usually printed on the spine. | |
4. v. to move, to push | |
5. v. to move over | |