| 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. | |
| 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? | |
| jemanden |
| 1. pron. accusative singular of jemand | |
| eindeutig |
| 1. adj. unambiguous, unequivocal, explicit, unique | |
| 2. adj. clear, definite | |
| 3. adv. unambiguously | |
| 4. adv. clearly, obviously | |
| erkennen |
| 1. v. to recognize, perceive | |
| Ich habe dich mit diesem Hut nicht erkannt. - I didn't recognize you in that hat. | |
| 2. v. to realize, detect, see, know, identify, discover, understand | |
| Wiedererkennen |
| 1. n. gerund of wiedererkennen | |
| 2. v. to recognize | |
| ausmachen |
| 1. v. to turn off, switch off | |
| Er macht den Fernseher aus. - He is turning off the TV. | |
| 2. v. to put out, to extinguish | |
| Ich mache die Kerze aus. - I am putting out the candle. | |
| Machst du bitte das Gas aus? - Would you put out the gas, please? | |
| 3. v. to agree to | |
| So war das nicht ausgemacht! - That's not what we've agreed to! | |
| 4. v. to make a difference | |
| Es macht viel aus. - It makes a big difference. | |
| 5. v. to make out, to recognise, to detect, to perceive, to discern, to spot | |
| Nach langer Fahrt machten sie endlich eine Insel am Horizont aus. - After a long journey they finally spotted an island on the horizon. | |
| Ich kann nichts ausmachen, es ist zu dunkel. - I can't make out anything, it's too dark. | |
| 6. v. to represent, to constitute, to make up | |
| Kinder machen nur einen geringen Anteil der deutschen Bevölkerung aus. | |
| 7. v. (with, etwas or informal was) to mind | |
| Macht Ihnen das etwas aus? - Do you mind? | |
| Macht's dir was aus? - Do you mind? | |
| 8. v. (regional) to dig up, to dig out, to harvest (a root vegetable) | |
