die |
1. art. feminine singular of der | |
die Frau - the woman | |
2. art. plural of der | |
die Männer - the men | |
3. pron. feminine singular of der | |
4. pron. plural of der | |
5. pron. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose | |
Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. - I know a woman who can do that. | |
6. pron. (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them | |
die da - that one/she/they there | |
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 | |
Nachricht |
1. n-f. news, piece of news, notification | |
Die Nachricht von seinem Tod hat mich tief erschüttert. - The news of his death shocked me deeply. | |
2. n-f. (telecommunication) message (information which is sent from a source to a receiver) | |
3. n-f. (media, in the plural) news (kind of broadcast) | |
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 meines Vaters - - = uxi = uxi, 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. (proverb) | |
Ihrem |
1. pron. (possessive) dative singular of Ihr | |
2. det. dative singular of ihr: her, its, their i;referring to a masculine or neuter object in the dative case | |
ihr |
1. pron. you, ye (plural, familiar) | |
2. pron. dative of sie | |
Hast du ihr das Buch gegeben? - Did you give her the book? | |
3. 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. | |
4. det. its (when the owning object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine) | |
die Sonne und ihre Wärme - the sun and its warmth | |
5. 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 | |
plötzlichen |
1. adj. form of plötzlich | |
plötzlich |
1. adj. sudden | |
2. adj. abrupt | |
3. adj. brusque | |
4. adv. suddenly | |
Tod |
1. n. death | |
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. | |
wie |
1. adv. how | |
Wie groß bist du? - How tall are you? | |
Ich weiß nicht, wie die Katze hereingekommen ist. - I don't know how the cat got in. | |
Wie wunderbar! - How wonderful! | |
2. conj. like | |
Freunde sind wie Sterne in der Nacht. - Friends are like stars in the night. | |
3. conj. as | |
Wie ihr wisst, bin ich in Dortmund aufgewachsen. - As you know, I grew up in Dortmund. | |
Ich bin so schnell wie du. - I’m as fast as you are. | |
4. conj. (colloquial nonstandard) than | |
Der Junge ist größer wie sein Vater. - The boy is taller than his father. | |
5. conj. (chiefly colloquial) when referring to the past | |
Ich hab ihn gesehen, wie ich in Köln war. - I saw him when I was in Cologne. | |
Wie ich zur Tür herauskomme, steht da mein alter Schulfreund. - When I came out the door, my old school-day friend was standing in front of me. | |
ein |
1. art. a, an | |
ein Mann - a man | |
eine Frau - a woman | |
ein Kind - a child | |
2. adv. (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something | |
ein und aus gehen, weder ein noch aus wissen | |
darein, derein, feldein, feldein, hafenein, hafenein, herein, herein, hierein, hierein, hinein, hinein, jahrein, jahrein, waldein, waldein (older spellings include Wald-ein), worein, wor | |
3. adj. (predicative) on | |
Ist der Schalter ein oder aus? (d. h., Ist der Schalter ein- oder ausgeschaltet?) - Is the switch on or off. (i.e., Is the switch switched on or off.) | |
Blitz |
1. n-m. (meteorology) a bolt of lightning | |
Ein Blitz erhellte die Nacht. - A bolt of lightning lit the night. | |
2. n-m. (photography) flash | |
Aus |
1. n. (sports) an out; the end of play for an individual or a team | |
2. n. (sports) the out of bounds area | |
3. n. end | |
4. adv. out | |
5. adv. (with sein) over; finished; done; up | |
Das Spiel ist aus! - The game is up! | |
6. adj. (of a device) off | |
7. prep. out of; from (from the inside of something) | |
Hol das Besteck aus der Schublade! - Get the cutlery from the drawer! | |
8. prep. from (a place; see usage notes below) | |
Er kommt aus dem selben Dorf wie ich. - He’s from the same village as I am. | |
9. prep. of; made of; out of | |
ein Haus aus Eis - a house made of ice | |
10. prep. for; out of (because of a feeling or inner quality) | |
etwas aus Freundschaft tun - to do something out of friendship (i.e. a sense of friendship) | |
etwas aus Feigheit unterlassen - to neglect something out of cowardice | |
heiterem |
1. adj. form of heiter | |
heiter |
1. adj. cheerful | |
2. adj. fair (weather) | |
Himmel |
1. n-m. sky | |
2. n-m. heaven | |
3. n-m. (bed) canopy | |
4. n-m. (automotive) headliner (interior fabric covering the roof of a vehicle) | |
5. v. first-person singular present of himmeln | |
6. v. singular imperative of himmeln | |
aus heiterem Himmel |
1. prep. (idiom, figurative) out of the blue, out of nowhere | |