| Du |
| 1. pron. alternative case form of du you (singular) (especially when used as a direct address in letters) | |
| 2. n. (literally) the thou, the you (singular) | |
| jemandem das Du anbieten - to offer somebody the thou | |
| 3. pron. you (thou, singular familiar) | |
| brauchst |
| 1. v. second-person singular present of brauchen | |
| brauchen |
| 1. v. to need, to be in need of, to require | |
| Ich brauche deine Hilfe. - I need your help. | |
| Ich brauche nie lang. - I never need long. | |
| Dafür brauchen wir dringend eine politische Lösung. - For this, we urgently need a political solution. | |
| 2. v. to need to, to have to (in negation or with the adverb nur) | |
| Du brauchst nicht auf mich (zu) warten. - You don’t need to wait for me. | |
| Sie braucht mich nur an(zu)rufen. - She just needs to call me. | |
| besondere |
| 1. adj. special, particular, extraordinary | |
| Das Besondere dabei ist... - The special thing about it is... | |
| Scheren |
| 1. n. gerund of scheren | |
| 2. n. plural of Schere | |
| 3. v. to cut back something that grows | |
| 4. v. to shear (sheep etc.) | |
| Wenn Schafe nicht geschoren werden, können sie sich vor lauter Wolle nicht mehr bewegen. - When sheep aren’t shorn, they can no longer move for a | |
| 5. v. to clip, prune (a hedge) | |
| 6. v. (dated) to cut, shave, trim (hair) | |
| 7. v. to exploit; to defraud of, cheat for (+preo, um) | |
| Bei dem Vertrag haben sie uns ganz schön geschoren. - In that contract they really ripped us off. | |
| 8. v. to bother (someone); to trouble (someone) | |
| Was schert mich das? - What does that bother me? | |
| Das schert mich einen Dreck! - It bothers me a dirt! | |
| 9. v. to care (about something); to mind (something) (+preo, um) | |
| Scher dich um deinen eigenen Kram! - Mind your own business | |
| 10. v. to go into a certain direction | |
| 11. v. to scram; to beat it | |
| 12. v. to shear, to apply a shearing transformation to (displacing each point of a geometric figure in fixed direction by an amount proportional to its signed distance, thus preserving the area of the figure | |
| ein Rechteck zu einem Parallelogramm scheren - to shear a rectangle into a parallelogram | |
| ein geschertes Rechteck verwandelt sich in ein Parallelogramm - a sheared rectangle is transformed into a parallelogram | |
| Objekte können mit der Maus skaliert, gedreht und geschert werden - objects can be scaled, rotated and sheared with the mouse | |
| Schere |
| 1. n-f. a pair of scissors, shears | |
| Kann ich mir eben deine Schere ausleihen? - Can I borrow your scissors for a minute? | |
| 2. n-f. (zoology) a pair of pincers (on a crab) | |
| 3. n-f. (figuratively) a gap, especially a widening one | |
| die Schere zwischen Arm und Reich - the (widening) gap between the poor and rich | |
| um |
| 1. prep. about | |
| Es geht um den Kuchen. - It's about the pie. | |
| 2. prep. around | |
| Um die Ecke - around the corner | |
| 3. prep. at, by (qual, when relating to time) | |
| Um acht Uhr reisen wir ab - At eight o’clock we depart | |
| 4. prep. by (qual, percentage difference) | |
| Die Verkaufsmengen gingen um 6% zurück. - Sales in volume has decreased by 6%. | |
| 5. prep. (Austria) for qual, amount of money | |
| Um einen Euro bekommt man heute nicht besonders viel. - You can't buy much for one euro these days. | |
| Heute im Sonderangebot um nur 99 Euro. - Special offer today for only 99 euros. | |
| 6. conj. in order to, so as to | |
| Wir sind gekommen, um zu helfen. - We’ve come (in order) to help. | |
| 7. adj. (predicative, not attributive) up, in the sense of finished | |
| Werden dich in kurzem binden/ Erdgeist, deine Zeit ist um - source=Friedrich von Hardenberg, Novalis | |
| 8. adv. around, about | |
| 9. adv. turned over, changed, from one state to another | |
| Leder |
| 1. n-n. leather | |
| zu |
| 1. prep. to, towards (indicates directionality) | |
| zum Bahnhof - to the train station | |
| 2. prep. with respect to; regarding | |
| Zu Punkt 1 möchte ich bemerken, dass... - With respect to item 1, let me remark that... | |
| 3. prep. along with; with (accompanying (the main thing in question)) | |
| Wasser zum Essen trinken - to drink water with one’s meal | |
| 4. prep. at, on (indicates location) | |
| zu Hause - at home | |
| 5. prep. at (indicates time) | |
| zur richtigen Zeit - at the right time | |
| zu Beginn - at the beginning | |
| 6. prep. by, in, on, at (indicates mode (of transportation, speech, etc.)) | |
| zu Pferd - on horseback | |
| 7. prep. (with a verb) for; (with a noun) as, by way of (for the purpose of) | |
| 8. prep. for (in honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of) | |
| 9. prep. into (indicates transition into another form or substance) | |
| 10. prep. as, for, to be (to take on the role of) | |
| 11. prep. to (used to indicate ratios) | |
| 12. prep. at (denotes a price or rate) | |
| 13. part. (with infinitives of verbs) to | |
| etwas zu essen - something to eat | |
| 14. adv. (with adjectives and adverbs) too (excessively) | |
| zu schnell - too fast | |
| 15. adv. (by extension, slang) (An intensifier.) | |
| Dieses Essen ist zu lecker! - This food tastes so good! | |
| 16. adv. towards; at | |
| 17. adv. (somewhat, informal) shut; closed; locked | |
| 18. adv. ahead, on (along, forwards (continuing an action)) | |
| 19. adj. (somewhat, informal) shut, closed (made inaccessible or impassable; not open) | |
| Das Geschäft war zu. - The shop was closed. | |
| Die Tür muss aus Brandschutzgründen immer zu sein. - This door must be shut at all times for reasons of fire safety. | |
| Die Tür ist zu, ich komm nicht rein. - The door is locked, I can’t get in there. | |
| 20. adj. closed (not operating or conducting trade) | |
| 21. adj. done up (fastened) | |
| 22. adj. (slang) hammered; very drunk | |
| Schneiden |
| 1. n. plural of Schneide | |
| 2. v. to cut; to carve; to slice | |
| 3. v. to pare; to clip; to mow; to prune; to trim | |
| 4. v. to cut (someone) off; to cut in on (someone) | |
| 5. v. to edit | |
| 6. v. to intersect | |
| Die beiden Straßen schneiden sich. - Both streets intersect. | |
| 7. v. to cut (oneself) | |
| 8. v. to delude (oneself); to become mistaken | |
| 9. v. to avoid somebody (to cut someone) | |
