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) | |
kannst |
1. v. second-person singular present of können | |
können |
1. v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can. | |
2. v. (auxiliary) | |
Kannst du ihm helfen? - Are you able to help him? | |
Ich hätte das machen können. - I could have done that. | |
Das kann sein, kann aber auch nicht sein. - This may be and may also not be. | |
Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
3. v. to be able to do something implied; can. | |
Nein, ich kann nicht. - No, I can’t. | |
Er hat gekonnt. - He was able to do it. | |
4. v. to know how to do (something); to know; to understand; to be able to do (something); to be capable of; can do (something), to have a specific skill. (w | |
Ich kann Deutsch und Englisch. - I know German and English. | |
Kannst du es? - Can you do it? | |
Das hätte ich nicht gekonnt. - I couldn’t have done that. / I wouldn’t have been capable of that. | |
5. v. to be possible, to make sense | |
Nächstes Jahr is’n Schaltjahr. – Das kann nich’. Letztes Jahr war doch Schaltjahr! - Next year is a leap year. – That’s not possible. Last year w | |
6. v. (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may. | |
Kann ich mitkommen? - May I come along? | |
Er hat nicht ins Kino gehen können. - He was not allowed to go to the cinema. | |
7. v. (auxiliary) to be in the legal situation of being able to realize a legal effect even if it be legally disallowed | |
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deinen |
1. det. (possessive) masculine accusative singular of dein | |
2. det. (possessive) dative plural of dein | |
Kuchen |
1. n-m. pie; cake; tart (foodstuff made of baked dough, other than bread) | |
nicht |
1. adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb) | |
Bitte nicht stören! - Please do not disturb! | |
Das ist nicht wahr. - That is not true. | |
2. interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
Du bist sicher die Claudia, nicht? - You must be Claudia, aren't you? | |
gleichzeitig |
1. adj. simultaneous, concurrent, coincident, concomitant | |
2. adv. at the same time, simultaneously | |
Ich will abnehmen und gleichzeitig Muskeln aufbauen. - I want to lose weight and build muscles at the same time. | |
aufheben |
1. v. to pick up (something lying on the ground) | |
Er hob seinen Hut wieder auf, der ihm vom Kopf geweht wurde. - He picked his hat back up, which had been blown off his head. | |
2. v. (often with reflexive dative) to keep something for the future (emphasis on not throwing away) | |
Ein Brötchen hab ich schon gegessen und das andere heb ich mir für später auf. - I’ve already eaten one breadroll and the other one I keep for later. | |
Sie hat all unsere Spielsachen bis heute aufgehoben. - She's kept all of our old toys to this day. | |
3. v. to abolish (rule, law, etc.) | |
Die Prohibition wurde aufgehoben. - Prohibition was abolished. | |
4. v. to sublate (preserve and cancel simultaneously) | |
und |
1. conj. (co-ordinating) and | |
Kaffee und Kuchen - coffee and cake | |
Ich kam, sah und siegte. - I came, saw, and conquered. | |
2. conj. (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them | |
Er und Abwaschen? Vielleicht einmal im Jahr! - Him doing the dishes? Maybe once per year! | |
3. interj. so?, now?, and? | |
Und? Wie ist es gelaufen? - So? How did it go? | |
Essen |
1. n-n. (gerund of essen); eating | |
Das Trinken lernt der Mensch schon früh, und später erst das Essen.So soll der Mensch aus Dankbarkeit das Trinken nicht vergessen. - Man learns to drink early on, and only later to eat.So man w | |
2. n-n. meal | |
3. n-n. food | |
4. n-n. groceries | |
Man sollte mit den Kindern Essen einkaufen gehen - One should buy groceries together with the kids. | |
5. n. plural of Esse | |
6. v. to eat | |
Er isst gern Schokolade. - He likes eating chocolate. | |
Ich esse einen Apfel. - I am eating an apple. | |
7. v. to eat; to dine | |
Wir haben noch nicht gegessen. - We have not eaten yet. | |
Sie haben immer vor 9 Uhr abends gegessen. - They always ate before 9 o’clock in the evening. | |