| 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. | |
| nicht |
| 1. adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb) | |
| Bitte nicht stören! - Please do not disturb! | |
| Das ist nicht wahr. - That is not true. | |
| 2. interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
| Du bist sicher die Claudia, nicht? - You must be Claudia, aren't you? | |
| für |
| 1. prep. for | |
| Das Geschenk ist für dich. - The present is for you. | |
| 2. prep. in favor of, in support of | |
| Ich bin für die erste Option. - I'm in favor of the first option. | |
| 3. prep. by the standards of | |
| Für einen Ausländer sprichst du sehr gut Deutsch. - For a foreigner, you speak German very well. | |
| 4. prep. on behalf of | |
| Mein Anwalt wird das für mich beantworten. - My lawyer will answer to that on my behalf. | |
| 5. prep. kind / type of | |
| Was für ein Kuchen ist das? - What kind of cake is this? | |
| 6. prep. (informal) instead of | |
| Für die Hose hab ich jetzt den Rock genommen. - Instead of the trousers which I chose not to buy, I took the skirt. | |
| 7. prep. (colloquial nonstandard) in order to (with zu and infinitive) | |
| Der Papa holt das Werkzeug, für die Waschmaschine zu reparieren. - Daddy is getting his tools in order to repair the washing machine. | |
| sich |
| 1. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular: herself, himself, itself, oneself (direct or indirect object). | |
| 2. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person plural: themselves (direct or indirect object). | |
| Behalten |
| 1. n. (gerund of behalten); retention | |
| 2. v. to keep (money, items, etc. in one's possession) | |
| 3. v. to keep (information to oneself), to not reveal (a secret) | |
| Ich behalte es für mich. - I'm keeping it secret. | |
| 4. v. to remember | |
| sondern |
| 1. conj. (coordinating, with a negative in the preceding clause) rather, but (instead). | |
| 2. interj. so?, then what?, so you tell me! | |
| Naja, ganz so ist es ja auch nicht! — Sondern? - Well, it’s not quite like that! — Then what? | |
| 3. v. to separate, to sunder | |
| Laut |
| 1. n. sound | |
| 2. n. noise | |
| 3. adj. loud, noisy | |
| 4. prep. according to | |
| 5. v. also Early New High German;rare after that period;now archaic of rare after that period; Alternative form of lautet | |
| Sagen |
| 1. n. gerund of sagen | |
| 2. n. plural of Sage | |
| 3. v. to say (to pronounce; communicate verbally) | |
| 4. v. to tell (to inform (someone) verbally) | |
| 5. v. to mean (to convey or signify) | |
| 6. v. to speak up (+obj, etwas) | |
| Sage |
| 1. n-f. saga, legend, myth, story, tale | |
