Auch |
1. Proper noun. , common in Southern Germany as an occupational surname for those who watched livestock at night | |
2. adv. also; too; as well (in addition to whatever or whoever has previously been listed) | |
Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “auch”: I too want icecream. | |
Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “Eis”: I want icecream, too. | |
3. adv. Used for emphasis. | |
4. adv. (To confirm a preceding statement by someone else): really, actually, indeed, in fact | |
Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “will”: I do indeed want icecream. | |
Das ist auch so. - Stress on “ist”: It really is like that. | |
Du solltest zur Polizei gehen. ― Mach ich auch. - You should go to the police. ― I will. | |
5. adv. (To ask for confirmation of something one considers necessary.) | |
Hast du das Licht auch ausgemacht? - Did you make sure to turn off the light? | |
6. adv. (To imply that something is unreasonable.) | |
Du bist auch witzig... Wie soll ich das denn ohne Auto alles schaffen?! - You’re oh so ingenious... How am I supposed to get all of this done wit | |
Warum müssen die auch alle ihren Müll hier abladen! - Why do they all have to dump their rubbish here! | |
7. adv. even ((implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality)) | |
Auch wenn das stimmt, ist es noch kein endgültiger Beweis. - Even if this is true, it is no definite proof. | |
Auch ein Professor schreibt schon mal was falsch. - Even a professor may misspell something at times. | |
8. adv. ever (as in whatever, whenever, however, etc.) | |
Was du auch tust, es wird immer einer besser sein. - Whatever you do, someone will always do it better. | |
9. interj. (in answering a yes-no question, used to express that the thing asked about covers part of the truth but not all of it); “yes, and more” | |
Ach, du bist Bauingenieur. Dann baust du Brücken? — Auch. - Oh, you’re a construction engineer. So you build bridges? — Yeah. And other things, too. | |
Sie |
1. pron. you (polite; singular and plural) | |
Was möchten Sie, Frau Wagner? - What would you like to have, Mrs. Wagner? | |
2. pron. she | |
Ist sie noch krank? - Is she still sick? | |
Das ist meine Katze. Sie heißt Lili. - This is my cat. Her name is Lili. | |
Ich suche Vanessa. Hast du sie gesehen? - I'm looking for Vanessa. Have you seen her? | |
3. pron. it (when the object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine die) | |
Scheint die Sonne noch? Nein, sie ist schon untergegangen. - Is the Sun still shining? No, it has already gone down. | |
Ich suche meine Brieftasche. Hast du sie gesehen? - I'm looking for my wallet. Have you seen it? | |
4. pron. he (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a male person, is feminine die) | |
Die Geisel Richard Meier versuchte, sich zu befreien, aber sie schaffte es nicht. - The hostage Richard Meier tried to break free, but he didn’t succeed. | |
Die Wache Michael Müller beschädigte ihr Gewehr, wofür ihr Vorgesetzter sie bestrafte. - The guardsman Michael Müller damaged his rifle, and his supervisor punished him for that. | |
5. pron. they; them | |
es |
1. pron. Nominative and accusative neuter third-person singular personal pronoun | |
Wo ist das Buch? Es liegt auf dem Tisch. - Where's the book? It’s on the table. | |
Wo ist das Kind? Ich habe es. - Where is the child? I have it. | |
Welche Farbe hat das Pferd? Es ist weiß. - What color is the horse? It is white. | |
Ich bemerkte ein merkwürdiges bärtiges Individuum und beschloss, es im Auge zu behalten. - I remarked a strange bearded individual and decided to keep an eye on him. | |
Das Mädchen wusste nicht, dass es beobachtet wurde. - The girl didn’t know that she was being observed. | |
Jedes Vorstandsmitglied kann das Wort ergreifen, wenn es dies wünscht. - Any board member may take the floor if they so wish. | |
2. pron. (Impersonal pronoun used to refer to statements, activities, the environment etc., or as a placeholder/dummy pronoun) — it | |
Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
Sie begann zu laufen, und ich tat es auch. - She began to run, and I did it also. | |
Es war einmal eine schöne Prinzessin. - There was once a beautiful princess. | |
Es ist gut zu leben! - It's good to be alive! | |
Es regnet. - It’s raining. | |
Es ist sicher, dass morgen die Sonne scheinen wird. - It's certain that the sun will shine tomorrow. | |
Wie geht es dir? - How are you doing? | |
Ich bin es, Michael. - It's me, Michael. | |
Es spielt das Fernsehorchester. - The television orchestra is playing. | |
Sie wird es noch weit bringen. - She is going to go far. | |
3. art. (regional, colloquial) alt form-lite, das | |
Soll ich es Fenster zumachen? - Should I close the window? | |
erwecken |
1. v. to awake, to arouse | |
Dies wird seine Neugierde erwecken. - This will arouse his curiosity. | |
Die Ausstellung hat bei jungen Leuten großes Interesse erweckt. - The exhibition has aroused a lot of interest among young people. | |
den |
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
2. art. dative plural of der | |
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
Eindruck |
1. n. impression | |
erster Eindruck. - First impression. | |
zwiespältiger Eindruck. - Ambivalent impression. | |
Eindruck aufkommen. - to create the impression. | |
man |
1. pron. one, you (indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular) | |
Man kann nicht immer kriegen, was man will. - You can’t always get what you want. | |
Manchmal muss man Kompromisse machen. - Sometimes one must compromise. | |
2. pron. they, people (people in general) | |
Zumindest sagt man das so... - At least that’s what they say... | |
3. pron. someone, somebody (some unspecified person) | |
4. pron. they (some unspecified group of people) | |
5. adv. (colloquial regional northern Germany) just; only | |
Komm man hier rüber! - Just come over here! | |
Das sind man dreißig Stück oder so. - These are only thirty or so. | |
müsse |
1. v. first-person singular subjunctive of müssen | |
2. v. third-person singular subjunctive of müssen | |
müssen |
1. v. (auxiliary) to have to (do something); must; to be obliged (to do something); to need (to do something). | |
Wir müssen es machen. - We must do it. | |
Wir müssen es nicht machen. - We need not do it. / We do not need to do it. | |
Ich musste es machen. - I had to do it. | |
2. v. to have to do something implied; must; to be obliged. | |
Ja, ich muss. - Yes, I must. | |
Ja, ich habe gemusst. - Yes, I had to. | |
3. v. (colloquial euphemism) to need to go to the bathroom. | |
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 | |
Republik |
1. n-f. republic (type of state) | |
ganz |
1. adj. entire, whole, complete | |
Er hat ein ganzes Hähnchen gegessen. - He ate a whole chicken. | |
2. adj. (informal) all (with definite article or determiner) | |
Ich hab meine ganzen Freunde eingeladen. - I’ve invited all my friends. | |
3. adj. (colloquial) whole, intact | |
Ist die Tasse noch ganz? - Is the cup still whole? | |
4. adj. (in certain combinations) true; real | |
uxi, ein ganzer Kerl, a true man | |
5. adj. (mathematics) integer (of a number) | |
6. adv. quite, rather | |
7. adv. very | |
8. adv. wholly, entirely, all | |
neu |
1. adj. new | |
neue Mode - new fashion | |
neueste Mode - latest fashion, latest style | |
was gibt's Neues? - what's the latest news? | |
etwas neu machen - to renovate | |
2. adj. modern, recent, latest | |
die neue Geschichte - modern history, recent history | |
Gründen |
1. n. dative plural of Grund | |
2. v. to build | |
3. v. to establish | |
4. v. to found | |
5. v. to institute | |
6. v. to plant | |