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 | |
Schule |
1. n-f. school (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning (especially before university); department/institute at a college or university; art movement; followers of a particular doctrine) | |
2. n-f. school, shoal (of fish) | |
3. n-f. pod (group of whales or similar mammals) | |
4. v. first-person singular present of schulen | |
5. v. first-person singular subjunctive of schulen | |
6. v. third-person singular subjunctive of schulen | |
7. v. singular imperative of schulen | |
war |
1. v. first-person singular preterite 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. | |
mir |
1. pron. personal dative of ich: me, to me: | |
Er gab es mir. - He gave it to me. | |
2. pron. (dialectal, or colloquial) Alternative form of wir, t=we | |
an |
1. prep. (local) on; upon; at; in; against | |
Das Bild hängt an der Wand. - The picture hangs on the wall. | |
2. prep. by; near; close to; next to | |
3. prep. (temporal, with days or times of day) on; in; at | |
Wir treffen uns am (an dem) Dienstag. - We're meeting on Tuesday. | |
Ich werde sie am (an dem) Abend sehen. - I will see her in the evening. | |
4. prep. (temporal) a; per; only used with the word Tag, otherwise use in | |
zweimal am Tag - twice a day | |
5. prep. on; onto | |
Ich hänge das Bild an die Wand. - I hang the picture on the wall. | |
6. prep. at; against | |
Schauen Sie an die Tafel. - Look at the blackboard. | |
7. prep. to; for | |
Ein Brief an Anna. - A letter for Anna. | |
8. adv. onward; on | |
von heute an - from today on | |
9. adj. (predicative) on | |
Ist der Schalter an oder aus? = Ist der Schalter an- oder ausgeschaltet? - Is the switch on or off. Is the switch switched on or off. | |
diesem |
1. pron. dative singular of dieser | |
dieser |
1. pron. this one, this | |
2. pron. that one, that | |
Schwarzen |
1. n. singular of Schwarzer | |
2. n. dative plural of Schwarzer | |
3. n. singular of Schwarzer | |
4. n. plural of Schwarzer | |
5. n. dative plural of Schwarze | |
6. n. singular of Schwarze | |
7. n. plural of Schwarze | |
8. adj. form of schwarz | |
schwarz |
1. adj. black, reflecting little or no light | |
2. adj. (figurative) illegal | |
3. adj. black, having a high amount of melanin in an organ, e.g. the skin | |
4. adj. (politics, Germany, relational) of the CDU or CSU (large center-right Christian Democratic parties, whose associated colour is black) | |
5. adj. (of coffee) without milk | |
6. adj. (trick-taking card games) not having won any trick (or only tricks with zero points) | |
7. adj. (relational) Goth (of Goth music or culture, called schwarze Szene in German) | |
Tag |
1. n. day (24-hour period) | |
Tag für Tag - day after day | |
2. n. day (period from midnight to the following midnight) | |
Der Tag fängt um Mitternacht an. - The day begins at midnight. | |
3. n. (astronomy) day (rotational period of a planet, moon or any celestial body (especially Earth)) | |
4. n. day, daylight (period between sunrise and sunset when there is daylight) | |
Im Winter sind die Tage kürzer. - During the winter the days are shorter. | |
Diese kurzen Tage verursachen Depressionen. - These short days cause feelings of depression. | |
An den irdischen Polen dauert ein Tag sechs Monate. - At the Earth's poles a day lasts about six months. | |
5. n. day, daylight, light (light from the Sun) | |
6. n. (figurative) light (open view; a visible state or condition) | |
7. n. day (part of a day which one spends at work, school, etc.) | |
Nun, wie war dein Tag? - Well, how was your day? | |
Überstunden!? Was für ein Tag! - Overtime!? What a day! | |
8. n. (figurative) day (specified time or period, considered with reference to the prominence or success (in life or in an an argument or conflict) of a person or thing) | |
Der Tag gehört uns. Gut gemacht, Männer! - It's our day, now. Well done, men! | |
Heute ist einfach nicht mein Tag. - It's just not my day. | |
9. n. (dated, now found chiefly in compounds such as Bundestag, Reichstag, Landtag, Sudetendeutscher Tag or Tag der Oberschlesier) convention, congress (formal assembly) | |
10. n. see Tage for plural-only senses | |
11. interj. (colloquial) hello; (good) day | |
12. v. singular imperative of tagen | |
sowieso |
1. adv. anyway, anyhow, in any case | |
Es macht mir nichts aus, dass die Feier ausfällt. Ich wollte da sowieso nicht hin. - I don’t care that the party was cancelled. I didn’t want to go there anyway. | |
2. interj. something; (replaces unknown or unimportant words) | |
Das Nummernschild war K sowieso 132. Ich hab’s nicht genau gesehen. - The number plate was K something 132. I couldn’t really see it. | |
3. interj. of course; sure; that’s a given; (expresses agreement to a statement with the implication that it is trivial) | |
Männer sind halt alle gleich. — Sowieso. - Men are all the same. — Of course. | |
egal |
1. adj. (usually predicative only) all the same, unimportant | |
Das ist mir egal. - That's all the same to me. | |
Es könnte mir gar nicht egaler sein. - I couldn't care less. | |
2. adj. (dated, still used by some older speakers) the same, identical, alike, matching | |
Das sind zwei egale Hemden. - These are two identical shirts. | |
3. adv. no matter | |
Egal, was du sagst: ich bleibe dabei. - No matter what you say: my opinion won't change. | |
4. interj. expresses indifference | |
"Willst du zuerst ins Kino oder ins Café gehen?" "Egal." - "Do you want to go to the cinema or the cafe first? " "I don't mind.". | |