| der |
| 1. art. the; definite article for several declensions: | |
| 2. art. Nominative singular masculine | |
| 3. art. Genitive singular feminine | |
| 4. art. Dative singular feminine | |
| 5. art. Genitive plural for all genders. | |
| 6. pron. who; that; which | |
| Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. - I know a man who can do that. | |
| 7. pron. (attributive, stressed) that | |
| Der Mann war es! - It was that man! | |
| 8. pron. (indicative) him, he | |
| Der hat es getan! - It was him who did it! | |
| 9. pron. (differential) the one, him | |
| Der mit dem Mantel - The one with the coat | |
| das ist der Knabe |
| der das Leben kennt |
| Apfel |
| 1. n-m. apple (fruit) | |
| fällt |
| 1. v. third-person singular present of fallen | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present of fällen | |
| 3. v. second-person plural present of fällen | |
| 4. v. imperative plural of fällen | |
| fallen |
| 1. v. (intransitive) to fall; to drop | |
| Der Regen fiel wie aus Eimern. - It rained cats and dogs. (literally: 'The rain fell as if out of buckets.') | |
| Sie fiel zu Boden. - She fell to the floor. | |
| 2. v. (intransitive, military) to die; to fall in battle; to die in battle; to be killed in action | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) to fall, to collapse, to be overthrown. | |
| Das Römische Reich fiel auf Grund der Völkerwanderung. - The Roman Empire was overthrown by the consequences of the Migration period. | |
| 4. v. (intransitive) to become lower, to decrease, to decline | |
| Zur Zeit der Finanzkrise fielen viele Aktienkurse um zahlreiche Prozentpunkte. - During the banking scandal many stock prices decreased by a large percentage. | |
| 5. v. (reflexive) (with zurück) To be allotted to; to be able to change one's fate. | |
| Und somit fiel die Entscheidung was zu tun ist auf mich zurück. - And thus the decision of what is to be done fell once more to me. | |
| fällen |
| 1. v. (a tree) to cut down, to fell | |
| 2. v. (chemistry) to precipitate | |
| 3. v. (a decision) to make | |
| 4. v. (a judgement or sentence) to pass | |
| nicht |
| 1. adv. not | |
| 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? | |
| ich weiß nicht |
| wagte es aber nicht; |
| weit |
| 1. adj. wide | |
| 2. adj. large | |
| 3. adv. far | |
| vom |
| 1. contraction. from the, of the; about the (contraction of von + dem) | |
| es stand mindestens fünfhundert Meter vom nächsten Hof entfernt |
| 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 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. q | |
| dem |
| 1. art. the; dative singular masculine of der | |
| 2. art. the; dative singular neuter of der | |
| 3. pron. dative singular masculine of der | |
| 4. pron. dative singular neuter of der | |
| Stamm |
| 1. n-m. trunk (of a tree), stem | |
| 2. n-m. tribe | |
| 3. n-m. (linguistics) stem (of a word) | |
| 4. n-m. (biology) phylum | |
| 5. n-m. (microbiology) strain (of bacteria, etc.) | |
