| diese |
| 1. pron. feminine nominative singular of dieser; "this" | |
| 2. pron. feminine accusative singular of dieser; "this" | |
| Ich will diese Frau - I want this woman. | |
| 3. pron. nominative plural of dieser; "these" | |
| Diese Dinge sind dumm - These things are stupid. | |
| 4. pron. accusative plural of dieser; "these" | |
| dieser |
| 1. pron. this one, this | |
| 2. pron. that one, that | |
| Entdeckung |
| 1. n-f. discovery | |
| wird |
| 1. v. third-person singular present of werden | |
| werden |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense | |
| Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - I will go home. | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs | |
| 3. 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. | |
| 4. v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn | |
| Es wird heißer. - It's getting hotter. | |
| 5. 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.) | |
| 6. 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? | |
| 7. v. (colloquial) to be going to work | |
| Das wird so nichts. - It will not work like that. | |
| 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) | |
| 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 | |
| Geschichte |
| 1. n-f. history | |
| Geschichte schreiben - to make history | |
| in die Geschichte eingehen - to go down in history | |
| 2. n-f. story | |
| eine Geschichte schreiben - to write a story | |
| jemandem eine Geschichte erzählen - to tell someone a story | |
| Eingehen |
| 1. n. gerund of eingehen | |
| 2. n. shrinkage | |
| 3. v. to enter; to go inside (+preo, in, accusative) | |
| Nicht jeder, der zu mir sagt: Herr! Herr! wird eingehen in das Himmelreich. - Not everyone who says to me: Lord! Lord! will enter the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 7:21a) | |
| 4. v. to arrive (of everything that can be received such postal items, reports, messages and payments) | |
| (small, Noun:) Eingang | |
| Gestern ist wieder ein Brief eingegangen. - Another letter has arrived yesterday. | |
| Meine Zahlung sollte morgen eingehen. - My payment should arrive tomorrow. | |
| 5. v. to contract, to shrivel; (especially of clothes) to shrink in the wash | |
| Im Spätsommer fangen die Blätter an einzugehen. - In late summer the leaves begin to shrivel. | |
| Das Hemd ist etwas groß, geht aber in der Wäsche noch ein. - The shirt is a little large, but it will shrink in the wash. | |
| 6. v. to die | |
| All meine Blumen sind eingegangen, als ich im Urlaub war. - All my flowers died while I was on holidays. | |
| 7. v. to discuss; to treat; to elaborate on (+preo, auf, accusative) | |
| Ich gehe auf dieses Thema jetzt nicht ein, aber wir kommen darauf zurück. - I won’t discuss this issue now, but we will get back to it. | |
| 8. v. to respond to; to take (a question on (+preo, auf, accusative)) | |
| Er hätte auf diese unverschämte Frage gar nicht eingehen sollen. - He shouldn’t even have responded to that impertinent question. | |
| 9. v. to agree to; to accept (an offer) (+preo, auf, accusative) | |
| Was beschwerst du dich jetzt im Nachhinein, du bist doch damals drauf eingegangen! - You're complaining now, but you did agree to it! | |
| 10. v. to contract; to conclude (an agreement) | |
| Sie sind einen bindenden Vertrag eingegangen, den Sie erfüllen müssen. - You have concluded a binding contract, which you must fulfil. | |
| Die beiden Gemeinschaften sind eine Allianz eingegangen, die ihnen eine gegenseitige Unterstützung ermöglicht. - The two communities have formed an alliance that allows them to support each oth | |
| 11. v. (sport, intransitive) to lose (badly); to fail | |
