denn |
1. conj. for; because; since | |
Ich möchte diese Hose kaufen, denn sie gefällt mir sehr. - I'd like to buy these pants since I like them a lot. | |
2. conj. (after a comparative, archaic, or dialectal) than | |
3. adv. (in a question, modal particle) then, ever, but, now (used for emphasis or to express interest, surprise or doubt, or in rhetorical questions) | |
Wo ist er denn? - Where is he, then?/Where ever can he be? | |
Wieso denn? - How so, then? | |
Was denn? - But what? | |
4. adv. (rather rare) thus, so; (expresses a consequence; see usage notes) | |
5. adv. (colloquial regional northern Germany) then, after that, in that case | |
überall |
1. adv. everywhere | |
Wir haben überall nach dem Ball gesucht. - We've looked for the ball everywhere. | |
2. adv. anywhere (in whatever place) | |
Der Ball könnte überall sein. - The ball could be anywhere. | |
3. adv. (colloquial regional chiefly northern and central Germany) forms prepositional adverbs of alles | |
Ich hab’s überallmit probiert, aber der Fleck geht nicht raus. - I’ve tried itwith everything, but the stain won’t come out. | |
4. adv. (colloquial regional chiefly northern and central Germany) is added to a prepositional adverb in order to express that the latter includes a wide variety of items | |
Davon hab ich überall noch nie gehört. - I’ve never heard about all those things. | |
schlägt ... entgegen |
1. v. third-person singular present of entgegenschlagen | |
entgegenschlagen |
1. v. to assail (+obj, dative, means=someone) | |
2. v. (figurative) to face, to meet +obj, dative, means=someone i, of something negative; usually translated passively | |
ihm schlägt blanker Hass entgegen - pure hatred faces him | |
Ihr |
1. det. your (that belongs to you (when formally or politely addressing one or more people)) | |
Wo ist Ihr Wagen, Frau Wagner? - Where is your car, Mrs. Wagner? | |
2. pron. you, ye (plural, familiar) | |
3. pron. dative of sie | |
Hast du ihr das Buch gegeben? - Did you give her the book? | |
4. det. her (possessive) | |
Laura hat mir ihr neues Auto gezeigt. - Laura showed me her new car. | |
Die Katze spielt oft mit ihren Spielsachen. - The cat often plays with her toys. | |
5. det. its (when the owning object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine) | |
die Sonne und ihre Wärme - the sun and its warmth | |
6. det. their | |
Die Kinder spielen mit ihrem Hund. - The kids are playing with their dog. | |
die Wolken und ihre Schönheit - the clouds and their beauty | |
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 | |
Skepsis |
1. n. skepticism (general disposition to doubt) | |
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? | |
Ablehnung |
1. n-f. rejection | |