| edle |
| 1. adj. form of edel | |
| Katzen |
| 1. n. plural of Katze | |
| Katze |
| 1. n-f. house cat, Felis silvestris catus | |
| 2. n-f. (specifically) female house cat | |
| 3. n-f. cat (any member of the genus Felis) | |
| 4. n-f. (constellation, historic) the obsolete constellation Felis | |
| 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. | |
| nämlich |
| 1. adj. same, either the same object or sometimes just the same type of object | |
| 2. adv. namely | |
| 3. adv. because (put after the conjugated verb, rather than at the beginning of the clause) | |
| Ich hab morgen keine Zeit, ich hab nämlich einen Termin. - I don’t have time tomorrow, I have an appointment (because I have an appointment). | |
| sehr |
| 1. adv. very | |
| Ich bin sehr glücklich. - I am very happy. | |
| 2. adv. a lot, much | |
| Ich vermisse dich sehr. - I miss you a lot. | |
| gerne |
| 1. adv. Alternative form of gern. (Both are roughly equally frequent.) | |
| 2. interj. (commonly said in answer to danke; usually not translated into English) don't mention it, not at all, you're welcome | |
| Fisch |
| 1. n. fish (cold-blooded vertebrates living in water) | |
| Wir haben jeder einen Fisch gefangen. - Each one of us has caught a fish. | |
| Ob ein Wal ein Fisch ist, hängt von der Definition ab. - Whether a whale is a fish depends on the definition. | |
| 2. n. fish (food) | |
| Freitags essen viele Leute Fisch. - Many people eat fish on Fridays. | |
