Lexis Rex Home



German Sentence Analyser

Use this page to analyse and learn German text. You can copy text into the box below or get a random sentence from our database. Press the Analyse button to get translations of the text and words.




kein
     1. pron. no; not a(n); not one; not any
           Das ist kein Bett. - That is no bed.
           uxi, Es gibt kein Brot., There is no bread.
Plural
     1. n-m. (grammar) plural
     2. adj. pluralistic
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
Talent
     1. n. talent
Schreiben
     1. n-n. gerund of schreiben
     2. n-n. writing, letter
     3. v. to write, to write out (use letters to make words and texts)
           Sie schreibt ihren Namen an die Tafel. - She writes her name on the blackboard.
           Er hat einen Artikel geschrieben. - He’s written an article.
     4. v. to spell (use a particular combination of letters to make a word)
           Wie schreibt man das? - How do you spell that?
     5. v. to write (use handwriting)
           Sie schreibt sehr ordentlich. - She writes very neatly.
     6. v. to write (produce texts, work as an author)
           Er schreibt sehr anschaulich. - He writes very vividly.
     7. v. to be some year or date
           Man schrieb das Jahr 1874, als... - One wrote the year 1874 when...
     8. v. to write, to text (send written information, communication)
           Er hat mir eine Mail geschrieben. - He’s written me an e-mail.
           Der verwundete Soldat schrieb seiner Frau. - The wounded soldier wrote to his wife.
           Ich schreibe dir, wenn ich fast da bin. - I’ll text you when I’m almost there.
     9. v. to write to each other (exchange correspondance)
           Sie schreiben sich immer Postkarten. - They always write each other postcards.
           Wir schreiben uns regelmäßig. - We write to each other on a regular basis.
     10. v. to be spelled/spelt; (of a word or a person's name)
           Wie schreibt sich das? - How does that spell itself?
           Wie schreiben Sie sich? - How do you spell yourself?
     11. v. (idiomatic, passive, or transitive with man) Used to express that someone does not know the first thing about something.
           Ob ich Skat kann? Ich hab schon Skat gespielt, da wusstest du nicht mal, wie man Skat schreibt! - You’re asking me if I can play skat? I used to play skat when you didn’t even know how to spell
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary