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beim
1. contraction. contraction of bei dem : at the, by the, etc. (followed by a masculine or neuter singular noun in the dative case)
Das Postamt befindet sich beim Hauptbahnhof. - The post office is near the main train station.
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!
dem
1. art. dative singular of der: the
2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which
Letzten
1. n. singular of Letzter
2. n. dative plural of Letzter
3. n. singular of Letzter
4. n. plural of Letzter
5. n. dative plural of Letzte
6. n. singular of Letzte
7. n. plural of Letzte
8. adj. form of letzter, en
letzter
1. adj. form of letzte
Vorgang
1. n. process
2. n. event
3. n. sequence of events
4. n. stipulation
Werden
1. n. (gerund of werden); becoming (coming into being)
2. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense
Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - I will go home.
3. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs
4. v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice
Das Buch wird gerade gelesen. (present tense) - The book is being read.
Ich wurde in Europa geboren. (preterite tense) - I was born in Europe.
Er war geschlagen worden. (past perfect tense) - He had been beaten.
5. v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn
Es wird heißer. - It's getting hotter.
6. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition)
Usage: In this sense werden is always conjugated in the third person singular and takes a dative noun. The impersonal subject es may be present, but is often taken as implied. (See the usage no
Wird dir kalt? - Are you getting cold?
Den Kindern wird langweilig. - The children are getting bored.
Von Mayonnaise wird mir schlecht. - Mayonnaise makes me sick. (Literally: From mayonnaise I become sick.)
7. v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future)
Wir werden zusammen glücklich. - We will be happy together.
Was wird aus mir? - What will become of me?
8. v. (colloquial) to be going to work
Das wird so nichts. - It will not work like that.
Zwei
1. n-f. two (digit or figure)
Die Zwei ist die einzige gerade Primzahl. - Two is the only even prime number.
Die Zahl 22 besteht aus zwei Zweien. - The number 22 consists of two 2s.
Ich werf' dauernd Zweien! - I’m always throwing twos! (in dice)
2. n-f. (Germany) an academic grade indicating "good", corresponding roughly to a B in English-speaking countries
Die gute Nachricht: Ich habe eine Zwei in Englisch! - The good news: I got a B in English!
3. num. (cardinal) two (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 2; or describing a set with two components)
Schichten
1. n. plural of Schicht
2. v. to layer, stratify, laminate
Schicht
1. n-f. layer, stratum, seam
2. n-f. sheet, ply, coat (e.g. of paint)
3. n-f. class, stratum, group of people with a certain social status
4. n-f. shift (day's work period)
shift (the group of people who work a certain shift)
5. n-f. stint
übereinander
1. adv. one above the other
gelegt
1. Participle. past participle of legen
legen
1. v. to lay, to put, to place, to position, so that it afterwards lies as opposed to being setzen, stellen
Leg deine Sachen auf den Stuhl! - Put your things on the chair!
Ich lege mich auf das Bett. - I lie down on the bed.
Eier legen - to lay eggs
ein Feuer legen - to set a fire
Leg dich auf den Boden! - Lie down on the floor!
2. v. (animal husbandry) to castrate
Ich habe meinen Hengst legen lassen. - I had my stallion castrated.
3. v. (colloquial especially video games) to slay, to defeat
4. v. (colloquial impersonal) to cause great amusement, to make someone collapse in laughter, to kill, to slay
Bei dem zweiten Witz hat's ihn komplett gelegt. - The second joke totally killed him.
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?
nur
1. adv. only, just, merely, simply
Nur reife Kirschen dürfen auf den Kuchen. - Only ripe cherries may go on the cake.
Du musst nur die Werte eingeben und den Rest macht der Computer. - You just have to enter the values and the computer will do the rest.
2. adv. ever; at all
Ich helfe dir, wo ich nur kann. - I’ll help you wherever I can.
3. adv. however, though
Wir könnten es versuchen. Nur wären die Risiken sehr hoch. - We could try. The risks would be very high, however.
4. conj. (chiefly colloquial) but
Ich wär auf jeden Fall dabei, nur ich hab echt keine Zeit. - I’d definitely come along, but I really don’t have the time.
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
jeweils
1. adv. in each case
2. adv. each
außen
1. adv. outside
außen hui und innen pfui - outside astonishing and inside disappointing
liegende
1. adj. form of liegend
liegend
1. Participle. present participle of liegen
2. adj. prone, lying, recumbent
3. adj. horizontal
Seite
1. n-f. (geometry, and in general) side (a bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape)
Ein Dreieck hat drei Seiten. - A triangle has three sides.
2. n-f. (geometry) face, side, surface of any three-dimensional object
Ein Würfel hat sechs identische Seiten. - A cube has six identical sides.
3. n-f. page (single leaf of any manuscript or book)
4. n-f. side (one of the two surfaces of a sheet of paper)
Du kannst auf beide Seiten des Blattes schreiben. - You can write on both sides of the paper.
5. n-f. one side or half of something or someone
Auf der rechten Seite findest du nützliche Info. Die andere Seite ist nutzlos. - On the right side you will find useful information. The other side is useless.
Beide Seiten sind unleserlich. - Both sides are illegible.
Die eine Seite des Gebäudes brannte. - One side of the building was aflame.
6. n-f. (figuratively) a certain aspect of a concept
Versuch es einmal von der schönen Seite zu betrachten. - Try to look at it from the bright side.
Um ein Problem zu lösen muss man den Sachverhalt von allen Seiten betrachten. - To solve a problem, one has to take into account all the specific aspects of the issue.
7. n-f. (figuratively) side, faction or group of competitors in a war, game, conflict or any other competitive situation in opposite to their opponents
Keine Seite kann diesen Krieg gewinnen. - No faction is able to win this war.
Ich bin immer auf der Seite der Verlierer. - I am always on the side of the losers.
8. n-f. face of a coin or dice
9. n-f. (computing) website
wird
1. v. third-person singular present of werden
werden
1. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense
Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - I will go home.
2. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs
3. v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice
Das Buch wird gerade gelesen. (present tense) - The book is being read.
Ich wurde in Europa geboren. (preterite tense) - I was born in Europe.
Er war geschlagen worden. (past perfect tense) - He had been beaten.
4. v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn
Es wird heißer. - It's getting hotter.
5. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition)
Usage: In this sense werden is always conjugated in the third person singular and takes a dative noun. The impersonal subject es may be present, but is often taken as implied. (See the usage no
Wird dir kalt? - Are you getting cold?
Den Kindern wird langweilig. - The children are getting bored.
Von Mayonnaise wird mir schlecht. - Mayonnaise makes me sick. (Literally: From mayonnaise I become sick.)
6. v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future)
Wir werden zusammen glücklich. - We will be happy together.
Was wird aus mir? - What will become of me?
7. v. (colloquial) to be going to work
Das wird so nichts. - It will not work like that.
durch
1. prep. by means of; by; through
Das Haus wurde durch ein Feuer zerstört. - The house was destroyed by fire.
2. prep. through; entering, then exiting
Wir wandern durch den Wald. - We're hiking through the forest.
3. prep. through (a period of time)
Sie hat mir durch eine schwierige Zeit geholfen. - She helped me through a difficult period.
4. prep. via
5. prep. owing to; because of
6. prep. (mathematics) divided by
7. adv. during; throughout; through
den ganzen Tag durch - the whole day through
8. adv. (colloquial with a time) past
Es ist acht Uhr durch. - It is past eight o’clock.
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
Walzen
1. n. gerund of walzen
2. n. plural of Walze
3. v. to roll
4. v. to mill
5. v. (dated, dance) to waltz (dance the waltz)
6. v. (dated) to wander
Walze
1. n-f. roll, cylinder
blank
1. adj. spotlessly clean; shining; polished
Du musst die Platte blank scheuern. - You must rub the platter until it is shining.
2. adj. bare; naked; uncovered
mit blankem Hintern - with one’s behind uncovered
3. adj. pure; sheer
Blanke Wut packte ihn. - Sheer anger seized him.
4. adj. (colloquial) broke; out of money
5. adj. (card games) being a player’s last one of a respective grouping of cards (which means that the card is unprotected when the player must follow suit in trick-taking games)
Hätte ich Trumpf ausgespielt, wäre mein Fuchs blank gewesen. - If I had played trump, my “fox” ace of diamonds in Doppelkopf* would have been my last trump card.*
poliert
1. Participle. past participle of polieren
2. v. third-person singular present of polieren
3. v. second-person plural present of polieren
4. v. plural imperative of polieren
polieren
1. v. to shine (to polish)
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
innere
1. adj. form of inner
inner
1. adj. inner
Das größte innerstädtische Einkaufszentrum in Deutschland. - The largest inner city shopping center in Germany.
Dies ist der innere Ring, nicht der äußere Ring. - This is the inner ring road, not the outer one.
Der innere Kreis und der äußere Kreis. - The inner circle and the outer circle.
2. prep. within
bleibt
1. v. third-person singular present of bleiben; (he/she/it/one) stays/remains
bleiben
1. v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to remain (to continue to be)
Er blieb sein ganzes Leben ein glühender Anhänger der Monarchie. - He remained a devoted supporter of the monarchy for all his life.
2. v. to keep (on); to continue (see usage notes below)
Ich bleibe noch ein bisschen liegen. - I'll keep lying here for a bit.
3. v. to stay; to remain in a place
Du kannst ja schon fahren, aber ich bleibe noch. - Feel free to leave, but I'm staying some more.
4. v. to be; to be stuck; implying tardiness
Wo bleibst du? Wir sind schon seit über einer Stunde da. - Where are you? We arrived more than an hour ago.
5. v. to be left for someone
Was bleibt ihm jetzt noch, wo seine Frau gestorben ist? - What does he have left now that his wife is dead? (literally: What is left for him...)
6. v. to stick with; to stay with
Ich hab’s ihm erklärt, aber er bleibt bei seiner Meinung. - I’ve explained it to him, but he sticks with his opinion.
Matt
1. n. (chess) mate, checkmate
2. adj. dull (not shiny)
3. adj. exhausted, weak, feeble (not lively, vigorous, energetic)

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