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 | |
Urlauber |
1. n-m. holidaymaker, vacationer | |
2. n-m. (military) A person on leave | |
nutzten |
1. v. first-person plural preterite of nutzen | |
2. v. third-person plural preterite of nutzen | |
3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of nutzen | |
4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of nutzen | |
nutzen |
1. v. to make use of; to deploy; to exploit; to harness; to take (the opportunity of) | |
Du solltest deine Talente nutzen. - You should make use of your talents. | |
Wenn sich ihnen so eine Gelegenheit bietet, dann nutzen sie die. - When such an opportunity offers itself to them, they’ll take it. | |
2. v. to be useful, to be of use, to do good | |
Er hört mit der Diät auf, weil sie nichts nutzt. - He's stopping the diet because it is no use. | |
Was nutzt es schon, sich anzustrengen? - What is the use of making an effort anyway? | |
3. v. to benefit someone, to help, to do good to | |
Er hat sich überall angebiedert, aber das hat ihm auch nicht genutzt. - He curried favour with everybody, but that didn’t help him either. | |
zwar |
1. adv. Signals a following contrary clause, which is usually introduced with aber, stressing that the speaker is aware of the contradiction, but that it does not invalidate the statement. | |
Dieser Rock ist zwar teuer, aber ich kaufe ihn trotzdem. - This skirt is admittedly expensive, but I’ll buy it anyway. | |
Wir hatten zwar viele Probleme, aber letztlich hat es sich auf jeden Fall gelohnt. - We did have a lot of problems, but in the end it was definitely worth it. | |
2. adv. namely; (only in the form und zwar) | |
Aber dann habe ich mir doch eins gekauft, und zwar das blaue. - But then I bought one anyway, namely the blue one. | |
Ich habe was Tolles gemacht! Und zwar habe ich geschmacksfreies Eis erfunden. - I did something great! Namely I invented taste-free ice cream. | |
den |
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
2. art. dative plural of der | |
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
Flughafen |
1. n. airport | |
Aber |
1. n. an objection, a but | |
2. conj. but; however; though | |
Ich mag keine Orangen, aber ich mag Äpfel. - I don't like oranges, but I like apples. | |
3. adv. (obsolete, except in compounds) again | |
4. adv. (qualifier) rather; quite; unusually; used with adjectives to express a surprising degree, whether this surprise be real or for effect | |
Das ist aber teuer. - That's rather expensive. ≈ That's more expensive than I would’ve thought. | |
Du bist aber groß geworden! - Look how tall you’ve become! (said to a child) | |
5. adv. nonetheless, nevertheless | |
kaum |
1. adv. barely, hardly | |
Ich kann das kaum lesen. - I can barely read this. | |
Die Handschrift ist kaum lesbar. - The handwriting is barely legible. | |
2. adv. (with zu infinitive) difficult to, nearly impossible to | |
Das ist kaum zu glauben. - That's difficult to believe. | |
3. adv. little | |
Etwas |
1. n. thing, being | |
2. n. a quality or talent that is hard to pin down | |
Sie hat dieses gewisse Etwas. (She has this certain something.) | |
3. pron. something | |
4. adv. somewhat, slightly | |
5. adv. a little, a bit | |
6. det. (with unor plural noun) some, a bit of | |
Hab etwas Respekt vor den Toten. - Have some respect for the dead. | |
sonst |
1. adv. otherwise (under different circumstances) | |
Beeil dich, sonst kommen wir zu spät. - Hurry up, otherwise we'll be late. | |
2. adv. normally, usually (as opposed to a particular case) | |
Ich trinke sonst nicht so viel. - I don't normally drink so much. | |
3. adv. (often with noch) else | |
Sonst noch etwas? - Anything else? | |
Was soll es sonst sein? - What else would it be? | |
4. adv. (colloquial) so; then; (consecutive, but directed against an explicit or implicit alternative) | |
Wenn wir jetzt losgehen, sind wir eh zu spät. Sonst lass uns morgen noch mal wiederkommen. - If we go there now, we’ll be late anyway. So let’s not do that but instead let’s come back again tom | |
Wir gehen grad in die Stadt. Also, wenn du Lust hast... sonst komm doch mit! - We’re headed for the city. So, if you’re interested... maybe you’re not, but if you are then come along! | |