gehoben |
1. Participle. past participle of heben | |
2. adj. (linguistics) literary, elevated | |
3. adj. lofty | |
4. adj. upscale | |
heben |
1. v. to lift; to raise | |
2. v. to heave; to hoist | |
3. v. to rise; to lift | |
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. | |
Als |
1. n. creek, drainage channel | |
2. conj. (subordinating, referring to time of occurrence) at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as | |
Als er ankam, öffnete sie die Tür. - When he arrived, she opened the door. | |
Als wir jung waren, spielten wir im Wald. - We played in the forest when we were young. | |
3. conj. (used with a comparison or as an exception) than | |
Zwei ist größer als eins. - Two is greater than one. | |
Die Kopie sieht anders aus als das Original. - The copy looks different than the original. | |
Er sagt nichts anderes als die Wahrheit. - He tells nothing other than the truth. | |
4. conj. as; like; in the function of; in the form of | |
Als Polizist muss ich es tun. - As a policeman, I must do it. | |
Wir sind Feinde, aber im Moment müssen wir uns als Freunde verhalten. - We are enemies, but for now we must act like friends. | |
Sie verkleidete sich als Krankenschwester, um das Krankenhaus zu betreten. - She disguised herself as a nurse to enter the hospital. | |
5. conj. as if | |
6. conj. (after negative pronoun) but, other than | |
unwichtig |
1. adj. unimportant | |
Abtun |
1. n. gerund of abtun | |
2. v. to dismiss, brush aside, snub | |
3. v. to waive | |
4. v. (Switzerland) to kill | |
5. v. (colloquial) to take off | |
die Brille abtun - to take off one's glasses | |
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? | |
weiter |
1. adj. comparative of weit | |
2. adv. comparative of weit | |
Ich kann weiter springen als du. - I can jump further than you. | |
3. adv. further, farther, more | |
noch weiter - even more | |
weiter umfassend - further comprising | |
4. adv. on; expresses the continuation of an action | |
Geh weiter! - Walk on! | |
Er spricht einfach weiter. - He just keeps talking. | |
Wir müssen weiter unsere Pflicht tun. - We must continue to do our obligations. | |
5. interj. go on | |
6. interj. next | |
weit |
1. adj. wide | |
2. adj. large | |
3. adj. far, distant (of the past or future) | |
Der Roman spielt in der weiten Zukunft. - The novel takes place in the far future. | |
4. adj. Denotes a certain point in time or in some process or schedule, or a certain stage of development. | |
Es ist fast so weit, das Ritual durchzuführen. - It's almost time to perform the ritual. | |
Computer sind so weit fortgeschritten, dass sie Sprache verstehen. - Computers have advanced enough to understand language. | |
5. adv. far | |
Beachten |
1. n. gerund of beachten | |
2. v. to note, notice, observe | |
3. v. to mind, heed | |