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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
Alte
1. n. female equivalent of Alter: old woman
2. n. plural of Alter
3. n. nominative singular of Alter
4. adj. form of alt
Mann
1. n. man, male human being
2. n. husband
schlief
1. v. first-person singular preterite of schlafen
2. v. third-person singular preterite of schlafen
3. v. singular imperative of schliefen
schlafen
1. v. to sleep
Ich habe diese Nacht gut geschlafen. - I slept well last night.
schlafen gehen - to go to sleep
sich schlafen legen - to lie down to sleep
2. v. to sleep on something; to wait and think before making a decision (+preo, über, accusative)
Ich werde eine Nacht darüber schlafen. - I'll sleep on it tonight.
3. v. to sleep with; to have sex (+preo, mit)
Tief
1. n. (meteorology) low
2. adj. (also, figuratively) deep
Wie tief ist das Wasser? - How deep is the water?
Sie hat ein tiefes Verständnis der russischen Kultur. - She has a deep understanding of Russian culture.
3. adj. low (situated close to, or below, the ground)
Du hast das Bild zu tief gehängt. - You hung the picture too low.
4. adj. (figuratively, Switzerland) low (small, not high in amount or quantity, value, etc.)
tiefere Abgaben - lower taxes
5. adv. deeply, profoundly
6. adv. thoroughly, in depth
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?
Fest
1. n. celebration, festival, party
2. adj. firm; compact; hard
3. adj. firm; fixed; rigid
4. adj. firm; steadfast
Als
1. n. creek, drainage channel
2. conj. (subordinating, referring to time of occurrence) at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as
Als er ankam, öffnete sie die Tür. - When he arrived, she opened the door.
Als wir jung waren, spielten wir im Wald. - We played in the forest when we were young.
3. conj. (used with a comparison or as an exception) than
Zwei ist größer als eins. - Two is greater than one.
Die Kopie sieht anders aus als das Original. - The copy looks different than the original.
Er sagt nichts anderes als die Wahrheit. - He tells nothing other than the truth.
4. conj. as; like; in the function of; in the form of
Als Polizist muss ich es tun. - As a policeman, I must do it.
Wir sind Feinde, aber im Moment müssen wir uns als Freunde verhalten. - We are enemies, but for now we must act like friends.
Sie verkleidete sich als Krankenschwester, um das Krankenhaus zu betreten. - She disguised herself as a nurse to enter the hospital.
5. conj. as if
6. conj. (after negative pronoun) but, other than
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
Bär
1. n. bear (animal)
2. n. bear (someone or something bear-like, e.g. a sturdy man)
3. n. large block or hammer for machining things or pile-driving
4. n. (obsolete outside compounds) boar
kam
1. v. first-person singular preterite of kommen
2. v. third-person singular preterite 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.

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