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da
     1. adv. (local) there; here
           Wir fahren nach Hamburg. Meine Frau hat eine Freundin, die da wohnt. - We’re going to Hamburg. My wife has a friend who lives there.
           Die Gäste sind noch nicht da. - The guests aren’t here yet.
     2. adv. (temporal) then; so; at that moment
           Ich war gerade eingeschlafen, und da kam ein Anruf. - I had just fallen asleep, and that’s when someone called.
           Er hat immer weiter auf mich eingeschrien. Da bin ich einfach gegangen. - He just kept on shouting at me. So I just left.
     3. adv. (colloquial) (replaces any takes a reflexive pronoun adverb when the context is clear)
           Ich wollte eigentlich Linsensuppe machen, aber da (= dafür, dazu) hatte ich das Rezept nicht.
             I was actually going to make lentil soup, but I didn’t have the recipe for it.
           Wir haben jetzt ein Angebot gekriegt, aber da (= darüber) müssen wir noch diskutieren.
             We’ve now received an offer, but we’ll still need to have discussion about that.
     4. conj. since; as; because; given that
           Da die Stelle mit häufigen Auslandskontakten verbunden ist, sind gute Fremdsprachenkenntnisse unerlässlich. - Since the position involves frequent international contacts, good foreign-language
     5. conj. (literary, dated) when
           Am Tag, da die Wahrheit offenbar wird, ist es zur Umkehr zu spät. - On the day when the Truth will become manifest, it will be too late for penitence.
Kommen
     1. n. (gerund of kommen): "coming", "arrival".
     2. v. to come; to arrive
           Er kam letzte Nacht sehr spät nach Hause. - He came home very late last night.
           Als ich nach Wuppertal kam, hatte es gerade geschneit - When I arrived in Wuppertal, it had just snowed.
     3. v. to come to; to come over (go somewhere so as to join someone else)
           Bleib sitzen! Ich komme zu dir. - Keep your seat! I’m coming over to you.
           Und viele kamen zu ihm und sprachen... - And many resorted unto him and said... (John 10:41)
     4. v. to get; to make it (go somewhere in a way that implies an obstacle or difficulty to be overcome)
           Ich komme nicht über die Mauer. - I can’t get over this wall.
           Wenn er den Zug verpasst, kommt er heute nicht nach Nürnberg. - If he misses the train, he won’t make it to Nuremberg today.
     5. v. to go to; to be put in (go somewhere in a way that is predetermined or prearranged)
           Hartnäckige Sünder kommen in die Hölle. - Persistant sinners will go to hell.
           Die Gruppensieger kommen ins Halbfinale. - The group winners will go to the semifinals.
     6. v. to come on (Used to encourage someone to do something.)
           Ach komm, das wird so schlimm nicht werden. - Aw, come on, it won’t be so bad.
           Kommt, deckt schon mal den Tisch! - Come on, just set the table already.
     7. v. to occur; to happen; to come to be
           Dann kam, was alle befürchtet hatten. - Then happened that which everybody had feared.
           Wie kommt es, dass...? - Why is it that ...? How come that...?
     8. v. (impersonal) to be played (of a song or film)
           Eben kam mein Lieblingslied. - They just played my favourite song.
     9. v. to be due to; to be the result of
           Das kommt alles von deiner Faulheit. - All of that is due to your laziness.
     10. v. to come from (to have a social or geographic background) (+preo, aus, dative)
           Sie kommt aus der Schweiz. - She comes from Switzerland.
           Sie kommt aus einer Diplomatenfamilie. - She comes from a family of diplomats.
     11. v. to orgasm; to cum
           Ich komme gleich! - I’m about to cum!
           Mir kommt's gleich! - I’m about to cum!
     12. v. to be statistically equivalent to; to be there for (+preo, auf, accusative)
           Auf jeden Verkehrstoten kommen zwanzig Verletzte. - For each traffic fatality there are twenty injured people.
     13. v. to obtain (a solution or result) (+preo, auf, accusative)
           Die Werte wurden frisiert, um auf das gewünschte Ergebnis zu kommen. - The values were manipulated in order to obtain the desired result.
     14. v. to get an idea; to think of; to remember; to imagine (+preo, auf, accusative)
           Ich komme im Moment nicht drauf, aber ich sag’s dir später. - I can’t think of it right now, but I’ll tell you later.
           Ich weiß wirklich nicht, wie du immer auf diese Einfälle kommst. - I really don’t know how you always get all those ideas.
     15. v. to lose; to forfeit; not to get (+preo, um)
           Er hat Angst, dass er um seinen Anteil kommt. - He fears that he won’t get his share.
     16. v. to touch inadvertently
           Pass auf, dass du nicht an die frische Farbe kommst. - Be careful not to touch the wet paint.
     17. v. to manage to reach (something high up etc.) (+preo, an, accusative)
           Hilf ihm mal, er kommt nicht an den Griff. - Help him, he can't reach the handle.
     18. v. (colloquial copulative with gut or in Ordnung) to turn out (well)
           Am Ende kommt hoffentlich alles gut. - In the end, hopefully all will turn out well.
wir
     1. pron. we
Ja
     1. n. a yes
     2. adv. yes; yea, yeah, aye
           Willst du das? Ja. - Do you want that? Yes.
           Aber ja! - Yes, of course!
     3. adv. (intensifier) obviously; certainly; of course; really; just; as you know; as is generally known (indicates and emphasises that one is expressing a known fact)
           Es kann ja nicht immer so bleiben. - It obviously cannot always remain so.
           Der Peter war ja gestern krank. - Peter was sick yesterday, as you know.
     4. interj. yes
vom
     1. contraction. from the, of the; about the (contraction of von + dem)
     von
          1. prep. from
                Ich fahre von Köln nach Hamburg. - I'm travelling from Cologne to Hamburg.
                Ich hab’s von meiner Schwester gehört. - I heard it from my sister.
          2. prep. of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below)
                das Auto meines Vaters - - = uxi = uxi, das Auto von meinem Vater, my father’s car / the car of my father
          3. prep. by (with passive voice)
                Das Hotel wird von der Firma bezahlt. - The hotel is paid for by the company.
          4. prep. about, of (a topic)
                Er hat von seiner Jugend erzählt. - He told about his youth.
          5. prep. on, with (a resource)
                Von welchem Geld soll ich als Arbeitsloser in Urlaub fahren? - Being unemployed, on what money should I go on holidays?
                Man kann nicht nur von Luft und Liebe leben. - You can’t live on air and love alone. (proverb)
     dem
          1. art. dative singular of der: the
          2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which
Regen
     1. n-m. rain
     2. v. to move (a small amount or unconsciously)
           Er regte seinen Finger so weit wie möglich. - He moved his finger as far as possible.
     3. v. to move (intransitive), to stir
     4. v. to be active doing something, occupying oneself
     5. v. to budge, to become noticeable
in
     1. prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building)
           Es ist in dem Haus. - It is in the house.
           Ich habe die Schlüssel im (in dem) Kühlschrank gefunden. - I found the keys in the refrigerator.
           Unsere Kinder sind in der Schule. - Our kids are at school.
           Er ist in einem Café. - He is at a coffee shop.
           Letzte Nacht waren sie im (in dem) Club. - They were at the club last night.
     2. prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to)
           in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense
     3. prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time)
           Er schloss sein Studium im Alter von vierzehn. - He completed his studies at/by the age of fourteen.
           im Alter - in old age
           im Mittelalter - during the middle ages
           in den 1960er Jahren - in the 1960s
     4. prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of))
           Er geht ins Haus. - He goes into the house.
           Wir gehen in die Schweiz. - We are going to Switzerland.
           Wir treten in ein neues Zeitalter ein. - We are coming into a new age.
     5. adj. in, popular (in fashion)
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
Traufe
     1. n-f. eaves
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