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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
Krankenwagen
     1. n-m. ambulance, ambulance car, ambulance van
           Rufen Sie einen Krankenwagen! - Call an ambulance!
kommt
     1. v. third-person singular of kommen
     2. v. second-person plural of kommen
     3. v. plural imperative of kommen
     kommen
          1. 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.
          2. 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)
          3. 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.
          4. 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.
          5. 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.
          6. 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...?
          7. v. (impersonal) to be played (of a song or film)
                Eben kam mein Lieblingslied. - They just played my favourite song.
          8. v. to be due to; to be the result of
                Das kommt alles von deiner Faulheit. - All of that is due to your laziness.
          9. 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.
          10. v. to orgasm; to cum
                Ich komme gleich! - I’m about to cum!
                Mir kommt's gleich! - I’m about to cum!
          11. 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.
          12. 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.
          13. 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.
          14. 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.
          15. v. to touch inadvertently
                Pass auf, dass du nicht an die frische Farbe kommst. - Be careful not to touch the wet paint.
          16. 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.
          17. 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.
hierher
     1. adv. to here, here (to this place), hither
was
     1. pron. (interrogative) what
           Was machst du heute? - What are you doing today?
     2. pron. (relative) which ((referring to the entire preceding clause))
           Sie tanzte gut, was er bewunderte. - She was a good dancer, which he admired.
     3. pron. (relative) that, which ((referring to das, alles, etwas, nichts, and neuter substantival adjectives))
           Das ist alles, was ich weiß. - That's all that I know.
           Das ist das Beste, was mir passieren konnte. - That's the best that could have happened to me.
     4. pron. (relative, colloquial) that, which ((referring to neuter singular nouns, instead of standard das))
           Siehst du das weiße Haus, was renoviert wird? - Do you see that white house, which is being renovated?
     5. pron. (indefinite, colloquial) something, anything ((instead of standard etwas))
           Ich hab was gefunden. - I've found something.
     6. pron. (interrogative, dated) why (with emphasis, astonishment or disapproval)
           Was birgst du so bang dein Gesicht? - Why on earth are you hiding your face so fearfully?
     7. adv. (colloquial) a little, somewhat
           Ich komm was später. - I'll arrive a little later.
     8. adv. (interrogative, colloquial) why, what for
           Was bist du heute so stumm? - Why are you so silent today?
ist
     1. v. third-person singular present of sein
     sein
          1. v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be
                Das ist schön. - That is beautiful.
                Das ist ein Auto. - That is a car.
          2. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition)
                Usage: In this sense sein 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. For example: "Mir i
                Ist dir kalt? - Are you cold?
                Mir ist schlecht. - I'm sick.
                Dem Mann ist schwindelig. - The man feels dizzy.
                Den Kindern ist langweilig. - The children are bored.
          3. v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for
                Usage: As in the previous sense sein takes a Dative noun and is always conjugated according to the impersonal subject es, although it is usually omitted.
                Uns ist nach einem Film zumute. - We feel like watching a movie.
                Mir ist nicht danach. - I don't feel like it.
          4. v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs
                Er ist alt geworden. - He has become old.
          5. v. to exist; there to be; to be alive
                Was nicht ist, kann noch werden. (a common proverb) - That which does not exist now, may come into existence.
                Wenn ich nicht mehr bin, erbst du das Haus. - When I am no more, you'll inherit the house.
          6. v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.)
                Du bist. - It’s your turn.
                Du bist nach mir. - Your turn is after mine.
          7. v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag
                Du bist! - You're it!
                Ich bin nicht mehr. - I'm not it anymore.
          8. det. his
                Daniel schickt seiner Schwester eine SMS. - Daniel is sending a text to his sister.
                Der Kater spielt oft mit seinen Spielsachen. - The cat often plays with his toys.
          9. det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun)
                der Mond und sein Licht - the moon and its light
                das Schaf und seine Lämmer - the sheep and its lambs
          10. det.          (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so.
                        Der kostet so seine zweihundert Euro. - That one costs around two hundred euros.
          11. det. one's
                Man muss seinem Herzen folgen. - One must follow one’s heart.
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
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.
Los
     1. n-n. lottery ticket
     2. n-n. lot, fate
     3. n-n. (economics) batch, a calculated amount of produced units (such as in batch production, but even used in architecture to mean sections of a building project)
     4. adj. (colloquial or dated) Alternative form of lose, , loose
     5. adv. off, rid of
           Ich bin meine Erkältung los. - I've got rid of my cold.
     6. adv. going on
           Hier ist einiges los. - There's a lot going on here.
           Was ist los? - What's going on? / What's up? / What's wrong?
     7. adv. (colloquial regional Westphalia Lower Saxony) open
           Die Tür stand los. - The door stood open.
     8. interj. come on!, let's go!
           Los! An die Arbeit! - Come on! Let's get to work!
     9. interj. (racing) Go!
     10. v. singular imperative of losen
     losen
          1. adj. form of lose
          2. v. to draw lots; to draw straws; to toss up
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