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 | |
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 | |
Junge |
1. n. boy | |
2. n. (card games) jack | |
3. n. plural of Junges | |
4. n. singular of Junges | |
5. adj. form of jung | |
den |
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
2. art. dative plural of der | |
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
heißen |
1. v. (copulative) to have a name; to be named; to be called; but implying that one “owns” this name, not necessarily that one goes by it | |
Wie heißt du? - What is your name? | |
Ich heiße ... - I’m called ... | |
Ich werde Lutz genannt, aber ich heiße Ludger. - They call me Lutz, but my name is Ludger. | |
2. v. to mean, to signify; to have a meaning | |
Das heißt, dass wir nur noch wenig Zeit haben. - This means that we have but little time left. | |
Was or: Wie heißt „Auto“ auf Englisch? - What is ‘Auto’ in English? | |
3. v. (impersonal) to say, to be said; to go, run (like) | |
Es heißt, dass ... - It is said that ...; They say that ... | |
4. v. to call (someone something) | |
Er hat mich einen Idioten geheißen. - He called me an idiot. | |
Ich heiße Sie herzlich willkommen! - I call you cordially welcome! | |
5. v. to order, to direct, to call to do something | |
Sie hieß ihn, nach der Schule anzurufen. - She told him to call after school | |
6. adj. form of heiß | |
Ofen |
1. n. oven ((clipping of Backofen)) | |
2. n. stove | |
3. n. furnace | |
4. n. kiln ((clipping of Brennofen)) | |
5. Proper noun. (chiefly Austria) Buda, the western part of the Hungarian capital Budapest. | |
berührte |
1. v. first-person singular preterite of berühren | |
2. v. third-person singular preterite of berühren | |
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of berühren | |
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of berühren | |
berühren |
1. v. to touch | |
2. v. (geometry) to be tangent to | |
3. v. to border on | |
verbrannte |
1. Participle. form of verbrannt | |
2. v. first-person singular preterite of verbrennen | |
3. v. third-person singular preterite of verbrennen | |
verbrennen |
1. v. to burn (to cause to be consumed by fire or flames), to incinerate, to combust (+aux, haben) | |
Das Feuer war verheerend, da nahezu jede Pflanze im Feuer verbrannte. - The fire was devastating because nearly every plant was consumed by the flames. | |
2. v. to burn oneself, to suffer a burning (+aux, haben) | |
sich den Arm verbrennen - to burn one's arm | |
Neugierige Katzen verbrennen sich die Tatzen. - Curiosity killed the cat. | |
3. v. to scorch (+aux, haben) | |
die Taktik der verbrannten Erde - the tactic of scorched earth | |
4. v. to burn (to hurt the mouth by an overdose of spices) (+aux, haben) | |
5. v. to be burned (+aux, sein) | |
Meine Hände waren vom Feuer verbrannt. - My hands were burnt by the fire. | |
Er |
1. n. a person or animal of male gender, a male | |
Was möchte Er von mir? - What does he want from me? | |
2. pron. (personal) he. | |
audio, De-wo ist klaus.ogg De-wo ist klaus.ogg uxi - Where is Klaus? Where is he? | |
audio, De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg uxi - This is my dog. His name is Waldi. | |
3. pron. (personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der)). | |
audio, De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg uxi - There stands a tree. It is more than 100 years old. | |
4. pron. (personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der)). | |
Im Frauengefängnis versuchte ein Häftling zu flüchten, aber er kam nicht weit. - In the women’s prison, an inmate tried to escape, but she didn’t get very far. | |
5. pron. (personal, archaic) Alternative spelling of Er, tr=you (polite) | |
sich |
1. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular: herself, himself, itself, oneself (direct or indirect object). | |
2. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person plural: themselves (direct or indirect object). | |
die |
1. art. feminine singular of der | |
die Frau - the woman | |
2. art. plural of der | |
die Männer - the men | |
3. pron. feminine singular of der | |
4. pron. plural of der | |
5. pron. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose | |
Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. - I know a woman who can do that. | |
6. pron. (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them | |
die da - that one/she/they there | |
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 | |
Hand |
1. n. (football, informal) short for, Handspiel | |
Das war Hand! - That was a handball! | |
Das erste Hand war vor dem Strafraum, aber das zweite hätte Elfmeter geben müssen. - The first handball was outside the box, but the second one should have been a penalty. | |