bei |
1. prep. (locative) by; near | |
die Bank bei der Kirche - the bench/bank by the church | |
die Bäckerei beim Bahnhof - the bakery near the train station | |
2. prep. (with a person, family, shop) at | |
Ich schlafe bei Peter. - I’m sleeping at Peter’s place. | |
Ich bin beim Metzger. - I'm at the butcher’s. | |
3. prep. (with an organization or company) for; at; in | |
bei der Firma arbeiten - to work for the firm | |
das Arbeitsklima bei Schmidt & Co. - the working atmosphere at Schmidt & Co. | |
4. prep. (formal, reflexive) with; on | |
Er hat es nicht bei sich. - He doesn’t have it on him. | |
→ for which usually: Er hat es nicht dabei. | |
5. prep. (with an event considered certain) upon, at the time of | |
bei Abfahrt des Zuges - upon departure of the train | |
6. prep. (with an event considered theoretical) in case of, in the event of | |
bei Hochwasser - in case of flooding | |
7. prep. (with a continuing activity or condition) during; while; during the existence of | |
bei der Arbeit - during work | |
beim Lesen des Textes - while reading the text | |
bei Schnee - when there is snow | |
8. prep. (with an item that implies an activity) over; during | |
bei einem Glas Wein - over a glass of wine (that is, while drinking it) | |
bei einem Film - during a film (that is, while watching it) | |
9. prep. (dated, in a postal address) care of; via | |
Frau Tina Müller bei Firma Schmidt & Co. - Mrs Tina Müller, care of Schmidt & Co. | |
10. prep. (now dialectal, nonstandard, northern and central Germany, withaccusative) with, to, towards | |
Leg dat bei die andern Sachen! - Put that with the other things! | |
Komm ma bei mich! - Come to me! | |
Gelb |
1. n. yellow | |
2. n. (short for: Eigelb) yolk | |
3. adj. yellow | |
4. adj. (politics, Germany, relational) of the FDP (a libertarian and market-economy promoting political party in Germany) | |
sollte |
1. v. first-person singular preterite of sollen | |
2. v. third-person singular preterite of sollen | |
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of sollen | |
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of sollen | |
sollen |
1. v. (auxiliary) should; to be obligated (to do something); ought; shall | |
Ich soll das machen. - I should do that. | |
Ich sollte das nicht tun. - I should not do it. | |
2. v. (auxiliary) to be recommended (to do something); to be asked (to do something) | |
3. v. (auxiliary) to be intended (to do something); to be meant (to be something) | |
4. v. (auxiliary) to be said (to do something); reportedly; they say that; I hear that; so they say; rumor has it; supposedly. | |
Es soll da viele Leute geben. - They say that there are many people there. | |
5. v. (auxiliary) would; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates something that would happen in the past but after the time frame of the main clause | |
6. v. (auxiliary) should; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates a hypothetical and unlikely condition for the main clause | |
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. | |
nicht |
1. adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb) | |
Bitte nicht stören! - Please do not disturb! | |
Das ist nicht wahr. - That is not true. | |
2. interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
Du bist sicher die Claudia, nicht? - You must be Claudia, aren't you? | |
Mehr |
1. n. increase, excess | |
ein Mehr an Arbeit, Steuern, Unkosten, ... - an excess of work, taxes, costs, ... | |
2. n. majority, more than half (50%) of some group | |
Der Gesetzesentwurf der Volksinitiative scheiterte am Volksmehr. | |
3. pron. something more | |
sich für mehr halten - to think one is something more | |
Mehr will er nicht bezahlen. - He doesn't want to pay more. | |
Er sieht mehr als ich. - He sees more than I see. | |
4. det. comparative of viel; more | |
Willst du mehr Essen? - Do you want more food? | |
mit mehr oder weniger Erfolg - with a greater or lesser degree of success | |
Ich habe mehr Haare als du. - I have more hair than you. | |
zwei Kilo mehr - two more kilos | |
5. adv. more | |
immer mehr - more and more | |
6. adv. (with negation) no longer, never again, nothing more, not anymore | |
Er ist kein Kind mehr - He is no longer a child. | |
Ich mag dich nicht mehr. - I don't like you anymore. | |
nicht mehr lange - not much longer | |
nichts mehr - nothing more, nothing left | |
nie mehr - never again | |
über |
1. prep. (accusative, or dative) above, over (spatially) | |
Über dem Wald ist der Himmel blau. - Over the forest, the sky is blue. | |
Die Vögel flogen über den Wald. - The birds flew over the forest. | |
2. prep. about, concerning, over, at (in reference to) | |
Die ganze Klasse lachte über ihren Witz. - The entire class laughed at her joke. | |
3. prep. (accusative) via, through, by way of | |
Der Zug fährt über den Hauptbahnhof. - The train goes via the main station. | |
Ich kaufe alles über das Internet. - I buy everything through the internet. | |
4. prep. (accusative) across | |
Ich fahre mit der Fähre über die Ostsee. - I travel on the ferry across the Baltic Sea. | |
5. prep. (accusative) during, for, over a time period | |
Es regnete über das Wochenende. - It rained over the weekend. | |
Er hat uns über Jahre belogen. - He's lied to us for years. | |
6. prep. (accusative) about | |
Ich schreibe ein Buch über Goethes Leben. - I'm writing a book about Goethe's life. | |
7. prep. around, among | |
8. prep. over, more than, above (a quantity) | |
9. prep. beyond | |
Die technischen Probleme in der Welt von heute gehen weit über den Rahmen des Technischen hinaus. - The technological problems in today's world extend far beyond the scope of technology. | |
10. prep. at (when 'over' or 'about' could roughly be substituted) | |
11. adj. (tlb, colloquial) left over, remaining, (replaces übrig in all its predicative instances, including those lexicalized as verb prefixoids.) | |
überbleiben - to be left over, to remain | |
Hier sind noch zwei Gurken über. Willst du die haben? - Here there are two gherkins left. Wanna have em? | |
12. adv. over (in certain select phrases) | |
über und über - over and over | |
13. post. (following accusative) throughout | |
Den ganzen Tag über. - Throughout the entire day. | |
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 | |
Ampel |
1. n-f. traffic light | |
2. n-f. German politics, informal ellipsis of Ampelkoalition | |
3. n-f. lamp which hangs from the ceiling | |
4. n-f. container (e.g. for a plant) which hangs from the ceiling | |
Fahren |
1. n. gerund of fahren | |
2. v. (chiefly of a person or animal) to go at speed | |
Der Fuchs fährt aus dem Bau. - The fox dashes from his kennel. | |
aus der Haut fahren - to fly off the handle | |
einen fahren lassen - to blow off, to break wind | |
Die Sonne fährt über das Himmelszelt. - The sun moves athwart the firmament. | |
3. v. to go; to run; to drive; to sail | |
Autos können schneller fahren als Fahrräder. - Cars can go faster than bikes. | |
4. v. to leave; to depart | |
Beeil dich! Der Zug fährt jetzt gleich. - Hurry up! The train is departing in a moment. | |
5. v. to go by vehicle; to sail; to travel | |
Er fährt wie ein Bekloppter. - He drives like a maniac. | |
Wir fahren diesen Sommer nach Holland. - We’re going to Holland this summer. Implying a trip by car, bike, train, or ship. | |
6. v. to leave and therefor use a vehicle | |
Wir fahren jetzt. - We’re leaving now. (Implying the use of a vehicle.) | |
7. v. to drive; to ride; to sail (a vehicle) | |
Sie fährt einen roten Wagen. - She drives a red car. | |
8. v. to take (someone somewhere by vehicle); to drive; to transport | |
Ich fahre dich zum Bahnhof. - I’ll take you to the train station. | |