| unnötig |
| 1. adj. unnecessary | |
| viele |
| 1. adj. form of viel | |
| viel |
| 1. pron. much, a lot | |
| Es ist viel passiert. - Much has happened. | |
| 2. det. much, many | |
| Er hat viel Geld verloren. - He lost a lot of money. | |
| 3. det. In the singular, the adjective is usually left unchanged when it is not preceded by an article or determiner (see example sentence above). Otherwise it is declined like a normal adjective: das viele | |
| 4. det. In the plural, the adjective is usually declined even without a preceding article or determiner: viele Kinder. However, it may be left unchanged when modified by a preceding adverb, e.g. in the combi | |
| 5. det. The comparative form mehr is invariable and never declined; it cannot be preceded by any article or determiner (note however mehrere, mehreres, and obsolete mehre, mehr | |
| 6. adv. much, a lot | |
| Wir haben viel gelacht. - We laughed a lot. | |
| Mittel |
| 1. n-n. agent, appliance | |
| 2. n-n. means | |
| 3. n-n. medicament, remedy | |
| Ein ausgezeichnetes Mittel gegen Arteriosklerose. - An excellent remedy for arteriosclerosis. | |
| 4. n-n. (only plural) funds, capital | |
| 5. n-n. median | |
| 6. n-n. (printing, dated) The middle of the 7 traditional sizes of German type, between Cicero and Tertia, standardized as 14 point and taken as roughly equivalent to "English" type. | |
| 7. adj. (relational, now archaic in the positive, see usage notes) middle, in the middle | |
| in mitt(e)ler Nacht, in mitteler Zeit, zum mittlen (Segen-)Tau | |
| 8. adj. (informal, predicative, invariable) average, middling | |
| Wie ist die Klassenarbeit gelaufen? Na ja, so mittel. | |
| 9. adj. (phonetics) mid | |
| mittlerer Vokal - mid vowel | |
| Ressourcen |
| 1. n. plural of Ressource | |
| Ressource |
| 1. n-f. resource | |
| Geld |
| 1. n. money | |
| Zeit |
| 1. n-f. time (as a concept) | |
| 2. n-f. time of day ((clipping of Uhrzeit)) | |
| 3. n-f. period, era (time in the past) | |
| 4. n-f. stint (e.g. in the army) | |
| 5. n-f. (grammar) tense | |
| 6. prep. (solemn) for the entire time of, during | |
| Zeit ihrer Beziehung haben sie sich nie gestritten. - They never argued once during their relationship. | |
| Rohstoffe |
| 1. n. plural of Rohstoff | |
| einsetzen |
| 1. v. to put in; set in; insert | |
| 2. v. (medicine) to implant | |
| 3. v. to use; employ | |
| 4. v. to appoint | |
| Wir sollten ihn als Leiter der Kommission einsetzen. - We should appoint him (as) head of the commission. | |
| 5. v. to risk | |
| Für die Rettung der anderen setzte er sein Leben ein. - He risked his life to save the others. | |
| 6. v. to stake | |
| 7. v. to start; begin | |
| 8. v. to speak up for; to dedicate considerable mental or physical energy in pursuit of a goal | |
| Wir werden uns nachdrücklich dafür einsetzen. - We will do all we can to achieve this goal. | |
| sich weiterhin dafür einsetzen. - to continue to advocate. | |
| 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. | |
| erfolglos |
| 1. adj. unsuccessful | |
| sinnlos |
| 1. adj. meaningless, pointless, senseless | |
| 2. adj. excessive, disproportionate | |
| planlos |
| 1. adj. without a plan, haphazard | |
| 2. adj. (slang) clueless | |
| unrationell |
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| aufwenden |
| 1. v. to spend, to apply, to expend | |
| Vergeuden |
| 1. n. gerund of vergeuden | |
| 2. v. to squander; waste | |
| Warum hast du meine Zeit vergeudet? - Why did you waste my time? | |
