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 | |
Rekonstruktion |
1. n-f. reconstruction | |
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 | |
steinernen |
1. adj. form of steinern | |
Statuen |
1. n. plural of Statue | |
Statue |
1. n-f. statue | |
Soll |
1. n. debit | |
2. n. kettle lake | |
3. v. first-person singular present of sollen | |
4. v. third-person singular present of sollen | |
sollen |
1. v. (auxiliary) should; to be obligated (to do something); ought; shall | |
Ich soll das machen. - I should do that. | |
Ich sollte das nicht tun. - I should not do it. | |
2. v. (auxiliary) to be recommended (to do something); to be asked (to do something) | |
3. v. (auxiliary) to be intended (to do something); to be meant (to be something) | |
4. v. (auxiliary) to be said (to do something); reportedly; they say that; I hear that; so they say; rumor has it; supposedly. | |
Es soll da viele Leute geben. - They say that there are many people there. | |
5. v. (auxiliary) would; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates something that would happen in the past but after the time frame of the main clause | |
6. v. (auxiliary) should; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates a hypothetical and unlikely condition for the main clause | |
in |
1. prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building) | |
Es ist in dem Haus. - It is in the house. | |
Ich habe die Schlüssel im (in dem) Kühlschrank gefunden. - I found the keys in the refrigerator. | |
Unsere Kinder sind in der Schule. - Our kids are at school. | |
Er ist in einem Café. - He is at a coffee shop. | |
Letzte Nacht waren sie im (in dem) Club. - They were at the club last night. | |
2. prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to) | |
in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense | |
3. prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time) | |
Er schloss sein Studium im Alter von vierzehn. - He completed his studies at/by the age of fourteen. | |
im Alter - in old age | |
im Mittelalter - during the middle ages | |
in den 1960er Jahren - in the 1960s | |
4. prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of)) | |
Er geht ins Haus. - He goes into the house. | |
Wir gehen in die Schweiz. - We are going to Switzerland. | |
Wir treten in ein neues Zeitalter ein. - We are coming into a new age. | |
5. adj. in, popular (in fashion) | |
Angriff |
1. n. attack, offensive, strike, assault, onslaught, raid, offence | |
in Angriff nehmen. - to attack; to tackle. | |
2. v. first-person singular preterite of angreifen | |
3. v. third-person singular preterite of angreifen | |
genommen |
1. Participle. past participle of nehmen | |
nehmen |
1. v. to take (something into one's possession or on one's body) | |
Wer hat meinen Hut genommen? - Who took my hat? | |
2. v. (ditransitive) to take from | |
Die Niederlage nahm der Mannschaft den Mut. - The team's defeat robbed them of their courage. | |
3. v. to hold (in one's hands), to grasp | |
Hier, nimm meine Hand. - Here, take my hand. | |
4. v. to take, to consider (a statement, a situation, an idea, etc, in a certain way, for example seriously, badly, personally) | |
Die Polizei nimmt die Angriffe ernst. - The police are taking the attacks seriously. | |
Ich nehme diese Bemerkung übel. - I resent (take as offensive) that remark. | |
Das ist eine Redewendung, also sollte man sie nicht wörtlich nehmen. - That's a figure of speech so you shouldn't take it literally. | |
5. v. to capture, to arrest | |
Die Verbrecher wurden in Gewahrsam genommen. - The criminals were taken into custody. | |
6. v. to ingest (e.g. a pill) | |
Nimm etwas Aspirin, wenn du Kopfschmerzen hast. - Take some aspirin if you have a headache. | |
7. v. to move into, to sit at (one's assigned position) | |
Meine Damen und Herren, bitte nehmen Sie Ihre Plätze. - Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. | |
8. v. to use (time, effort, etc. for a specific purpose) | |
Du solltest dir etwas Zeit nehmen, um dich zu entspannen. - You should take some time to relax. | |
9. v. To begin or cause the action implied by a noun to take place, possibly making the sentence more passive or indirect. | |
Abschied nehmen - to say goodbye, lit=to take farewell | |
Abstand nehmen - to refrain, lit=to take distance | |
seinen Anfang nehmen - to begin, lit=to take its beginning | |
Anstoß nehmen - to take offense | |
ein Beispiel nehmen - to follow an example, lit=to take an example | |
Einfluss nehmen - to exert influence, lit=to take influence | |
ein Ende nehmen - to come to an end, lit=to take an end | |
seinen Lauf nehmen - to run its course, lit=to take its run | |
das Leben nehmen - to kill, lit=to take the life | |
Maß nehmen - to take a measurement | |
Notiz nehmen - to take notice | |
Rücksicht nehmen - to consider, lit=to take consideration | |
Stellung nehmen - to comment, lit=to take position | |
einen Verlauf nehmen - to follow a course, lit=to take a course | |
sich Zeit nehmen - to allow sufficient time, lit=to take oneself time | |
10. v. to cause oneself to be (in some state); to become; to take oneself (to some state) | |
Nimm dich in Acht! - Take care! | |
11. v. to seize, to capture | |
12. v. to receive, to accept | |
13. v. to foul | |
Werden |
1. n. (gerund of werden); becoming (coming into being) | |
2. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense | |
Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - I will go home. | |
3. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs | |
4. v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice | |
Das Buch wird gerade gelesen. (present tense) - The book is being read. | |
Ich wurde in Europa geboren. (preterite tense) - I was born in Europe. | |
Er war geschlagen worden. (past perfect tense) - He had been beaten. | |
5. v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn | |
Es wird heißer. - It's getting hotter. | |
6. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition) | |
Usage: In this sense werden 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. (See the usage no | |
Wird dir kalt? - Are you getting cold? | |
Den Kindern wird langweilig. - The children are getting bored. | |
Von Mayonnaise wird mir schlecht. - Mayonnaise makes me sick. (Literally: From mayonnaise I become sick.) | |
7. v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future) | |
Wir werden zusammen glücklich. - We will be happy together. | |
Was wird aus mir? - What will become of me? | |
8. v. (colloquial) to be going to work | |
Das wird so nichts. - It will not work like that. | |
Wenn |
1. n. (informal) if | |
2. conj. when | |
Sag bitte Bescheid, wenn du fertig bist! (Tell me when you're done!) | |
3. conj. if (on the condition that) | |
Was tun, wenn ich nicht weiß, ob sie mich liebt? (What (to do) if I don't know if she loves me?) | |
das |
1. art. singular of der: the | |
2. pron. singular of der | |
3. pron. (relative) who, that, which | |
Ich kenne ein Mädchen, das das kann. - I know a girl who can do that. | |
Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
4. pron. (demonstrative) this, that, it | |
Das ist mein Haus. - This is my house. | |
er - Er wissen | |
Ich hab das nicht. - I don’t have it. (i.e. the thing mentioned) | |
5. pron. (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb) | |
Das regnet schon wieder. - It’s raining again. | |
Wissen Sie, wie spät das ist? - Do you know what time it is? | |
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 | |
nötige |
1. adj. form of nötig | |
nötig |
1. adj. necessary | |
2. adv. urgently | |
Geld |
1. n. money | |
beisammen |
1. adv. together | |
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. | |