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. | |
wir |
1. pron. we | |
ernsthaft |
1. adj. (important; weighty) serious | |
ernsthafte Zweifel. - serious doubt. | |
ernsthafte Verletzung. - serious injury. | |
ernsthafte Anstrengung. - serious effort. | |
2. adv. seriously | |
ernsthaft krank. - seriously ill. | |
Selbstverständlich hat niemand ernsthaft daran gezweifelt. - Of course, nobody seriously doubted it. | |
mit |
1. prep. with (in the company of; alongside) | |
Ich spiele mit meinen Freunden. - I'm playing with my friends. | |
2. prep. with, by (using as an instrument; by means of) | |
Ich schreibe mit einem Bleistift. - I'm writing with a pencil. | |
Ich fahre mit dem Bus. - I'm going by bus. | |
3. prep. with (as an accessory to) | |
4. prep. with (having) | |
5. prep. at (with the age of) | |
6. prep. with, including, with ... included | |
7. adv. among; denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group | |
Hier gibt es mit das beste Essen in der Stadt. - Here they have some of the best food in town. | |
Ich war mit der erste, der hier war. - I was one of the very first who arrived. | |
8. adv. also, too (in addition; besides; as well) | |
9. adv. (somewhat, informal) with (something), with it | |
Ich brauch nicht unbedingt Majonäse zu den Fritten, aber mit sind sie natürlich besser. - I don't necessarily need mayonnaise with the chips, but they taste better with it, of course. | |
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 | |
Opposition |
1. n-f. (political) the opposition, political opposition; opposition party | |
2. n-f. a group opposed (to something or someone) | |
3. n-f. opposition (the position of a planet in relation to the sun in positional astronomy) | |
4. n-f. (chess) In chess, when two kings face off against each other with only one square between them | |
Verhandeln |
1. n. gerund of verhandeln | |
2. v. to negotiate, to debate | |
Die Führer verhandelten einen Plan für ein Ende der Gewalt. - The leaders negotiated a plan to end the violence. | |
3. v. to bargain | |
4. v. to try (a court case) | |
Der Fall wird nächste Woche verhandelt. - The case will be tried next week. | |
5. v. (dated, derogatory) to sell | |
Wollen |
1. n. gerund of wollen | |
2. n. plural of Wolle | |
3. adj. (relational) wool; woolen, woollen | |
4. v. to want; to wish; to desire; to demand | |
Ich will doch nur das Beste. - I want only the best. | |
5. v. (auxiliary) to want (to do something) | |
Ich will gehen. - I want to go. | |
6. v. (auxiliary) to intend, to mean | |
Ich wollte dich nicht erschrecken. - I did not mean to scare you. | |
werde |
1. v. first-person singular present of werden | |
2. v. first-person singular subjunctive of werden | |
3. v. third-person singular subjunctive of werden | |
4. v. singular imperative 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. | |
Ich |
1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego | |
2. n. self, me, him, etc. | |
das wahre Ich - the real me | |
3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun) | |
vorab |
1. adv. beforehand | |
2. adv. first (to begin with, to start with) | |
keine |
1. en:not a | |
2. pron. feminine of kein | |
Das ist keine Lampe. - That is not a lamp. | |
3. pron. of kein | |
Elemente sind Stoffe, die in keine einfacheren Stoffe zerlegt werden können. - Elements are substances that can not be decomposed into any simpler substance. | |
4. pron. feminine of keiner | |
uxi, Ich kenne keine, die mir gefällt., I don't know anyone I like. | |
5. pron. of keiner | |
Von den Lösungen ist keine korrekt. - Of the solutions, none is correct. | |
Knackpunkte |
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nennen |
1. v. to name (to give a name to) | |
2. v. to call, to describe as (some name, title or description) | |
Nennst du mich einen Dummkopf? - Are you calling me an idiot? | |
Wir nennen den Hund Leo. - We call the dog Leo. | |
3. v. (ditransitive) to mention, to make known, to tell, to give (some piece of information) | |
Nennen Sie mir den Ort des Treffens. - Tell me the location of the meeting. | |
4. v. to say, to speak, to state (a name) | |
Kannst du deinen Namen nennen? - Can you say your name? | |
5. v. to call out; to give (e.g. some request) | |
6. v. to be called; to be named; to go by some name | |