| räumlich |
| 1. adj. spatial | |
| 2. adj. solid, three-dimensional | |
| eher |
| 1. adv. rather, somewhat, quite | |
| Es scheint eher unwahrscheinlich, dass sie jemals ins Ausland gehen wird. - It seems rather unlikely that she will ever go abroad. | |
| 2. adv. earlier, sooner | |
| Es tut mir leid, aber ich kann nicht eher kommen. - I'm sorry, but I can't come any earlier. | |
| 3. adv. prefer to, rather, sooner (indicating a preference, often used sarcastically) | |
| Ich glaube, du würdest eher über Bier als über uralte Geschichte reden. - I think you'd rather talk about beer than ancient history. | |
| Eher will ich einen Affen heiraten als dich! - I'd sooner marry an ape than you! | |
| 4. adv. more likely, more possible, more like | |
| Sie behaupten, die Goldbachsche Vermutung bewiesen zu haben, aber eher haben Sie einen Fehler gemacht. - You claim to have proven Goldbach's Conjecture, but it's more likely you made a mistake. | |
| Du scheinst nicht im mittleren Alter zu sein, eher alt. - You don't seem to be middle-aged, more like old. | |
| selten |
| 1. adj. rare, infrequent, uncommon, scarce | |
| 2. adj. unusual, curious | |
| 3. adv. seldom; rarely | |
| Er ist selten unfreundlich. - He’s rarely ever unfriendly. | |
| 4. adv. (chiefly informal, with adjective) unusually; extremely | |
| Der Typ war ja selten unfreundlich! - That guy was extremely unfriendly! | |
| Das ist selten dämlich. - That’s peculiarly stupid. | |
| 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. | |
| herausholen |
| 1. v. to get out, to fetch out | |
| und |
| 1. conj. (co-ordinating) and | |
| Kaffee und Kuchen - coffee and cake | |
| Ich kam, sah und siegte. - I came, saw, and conquered. | |
| 2. conj. (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them | |
| Er und Abwaschen? Vielleicht einmal im Jahr! - Him doing the dishes? Maybe once per year! | |
| 3. interj. so?, now?, and? | |
| Und? Wie ist es gelaufen? - So? How did it go? | |
| öffentlich |
| 1. adj. public | |
| präsentieren |
| 1. v. to present, to showcase | |
| 2. v. to introduce | |
| 3. v. present arms | |
