| eigentlich |
| 1. adv. actually | |
| 2. adj. actual, proper | |
| ist |
| 1. v. third-person singular present of sein | |
| sein |
| 1. v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be | |
| Das ist schön. - That is beautiful. | |
| Das ist ein Auto. - That is a car. | |
| 2. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition) | |
| Usage: In this sense sein 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. For example: "Mir i | |
| Ist dir kalt? - Are you cold? | |
| Mir ist schlecht. - I'm sick. | |
| Dem Mann ist schwindelig. - The man feels dizzy. | |
| Den Kindern ist langweilig. - The children are bored. | |
| 3. v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for | |
| Usage: As in the previous sense sein takes a Dative noun and is always conjugated according to the impersonal subject es, although it is usually omitted. | |
| Uns ist nach einem Film zumute. - We feel like watching a movie. | |
| Mir ist nicht danach. - I don't feel like it. | |
| 4. v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs | |
| Er ist alt geworden. - He has become old. | |
| 5. v. to exist; there to be; to be alive | |
| Was nicht ist, kann noch werden. (a common proverb) - That which does not exist now, may come into existence. | |
| Wenn ich nicht mehr bin, erbst du das Haus. - When I am no more, you'll inherit the house. | |
| 6. v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.) | |
| Du bist. - It’s your turn. | |
| Du bist nach mir. - Your turn is after mine. | |
| 7. v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag | |
| Du bist! - You're it! | |
| Ich bin nicht mehr. - I'm not it anymore. | |
| 8. det. his | |
| Daniel schickt seiner Schwester eine SMS. - Daniel is sending a text to his sister. | |
| Der Kater spielt oft mit seinen Spielsachen. - The cat often plays with his toys. | |
| 9. det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun) | |
| der Mond und sein Licht - the moon and its light | |
| das Schaf und seine Lämmer - the sheep and its lambs | |
| 10. det. (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so. | |
| Der kostet so seine zweihundert Euro. - That one costs around two hundred euros. | |
| 11. det. one's | |
| Man muss seinem Herzen folgen. - One must follow one’s heart. | |
| Schwarz |
| 1. n. black (colour) | |
| 2. n. (heraldry) sable; black in heraldry | |
| 3. Proper noun. surname, common, from=nicknames, varform=Schwartz | |
| 4. adj. black, reflecting little or no light | |
| 5. adj. (figurative) illegal | |
| 6. adj. black, having a high amount of melanin in an organ, e.g. the skin | |
| 7. adj. (politics, Germany, relational) of the CDU or CSU (large center-right Christian Democratic parties, whose associated colour is black) | |
| 8. adj. (of coffee) without milk | |
| 9. adj. (trick-taking card games) not having won any trick (or only tricks with zero points) | |
| 10. adj. (relational) Goth (of Goth music or culture, called schwarze Szene in German) | |
| keine |
| 1. en:not a | |
| 2. pron. feminine of kein | |
| Das ist keine Lampe. - That is not a lamp. | |
| 3. pron. of kein | |
| Elemente sind Stoffe, die in keine einfacheren Stoffe zerlegt werden können. - Elements are substances that can not be decomposed into any simpler substance. | |
| 4. pron. feminine of keiner | |
| uxi, Ich kenne keine, die mir gefällt., I don't know anyone I like. | |
| 5. pron. of keiner | |
| Von den Lösungen ist keine korrekt. - Of the solutions, none is correct. | |
| Farbe |
| 1. n-f. colour | |
| 2. n-f. paint | |
| 3. n-f. dye, colourant for hair | |
| 4. n-f. suit (playing cards) | |
| 5. n-f. (heraldry) tincture | |
| sondern |
| 1. conj. (coordinating, with a negative in the preceding clause) rather, but (instead). | |
| 2. interj. so?, then what?, so you tell me! | |
| Naja, ganz so ist es ja auch nicht! — Sondern? - Well, it’s not quite like that! — Then what? | |
| 3. v. to separate, to sunder | |
| das |
| 1. art. singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. singular of der | |
| 3. pron. (relative) who, that, which | |
| Ich kenne ein Mädchen, das das kann. - I know a girl who can do that. | |
| Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
| 4. pron. (demonstrative) this, that, it | |
| Das ist mein Haus. - This is my house. | |
| er - Er wissen | |
| Ich hab das nicht. - I don’t have it. (i.e. the thing mentioned) | |
| 5. pron. (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb) | |
| Das regnet schon wieder. - It’s raining again. | |
| Wissen Sie, wie spät das ist? - Do you know what time it is? | |
| 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 | |
| Fehlen |
| 1. n. gerund of fehlen | |
| 2. n. absence, dearth; absenteeism | |
| 3. n. default | |
| 4. v. (with impersonal subject es, dative object and an) to lack | |
| Der Suppe fehlt es an Geschmack. - The soup lacks flavor. | |
| 5. v. (with dative) to be absent from, to be missing from, to be lacking in | |
| Ich würde es kaufen, aber mir fehlt das Geld. - I would buy it but I don't have the money. | |
| 6. v. (with dative) to be missed by | |
| Seit meinem Umzug fehlen mir meine Freunde. - I've been missing my friends since I moved. | |
| 7. v. to be missing | |
| Das Gemälde fehlt an der Wand. - The painting is missing from the wall. | |
| 8. v. (dated) to fail | |
| von |
| 1. prep. from | |
| Ich fahre von Köln nach Hamburg. - I'm travelling from Cologne to Hamburg. | |
| Ich hab’s von meiner Schwester gehört. - I heard it from my sister. | |
| 2. prep. of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below) | |
| das Auto meines Vaters - - = uxi = uxi, das Auto von meinem Vater, my father’s car / the car of my father | |
| 3. prep. by (with passive voice) | |
| Das Hotel wird von der Firma bezahlt. - The hotel is paid for by the company. | |
| 4. prep. about, of (a topic) | |
| Er hat von seiner Jugend erzählt. - He told about his youth. | |
| 5. prep. on, with (a resource) | |
| Von welchem Geld soll ich als Arbeitsloser in Urlaub fahren? - Being unemployed, on what money should I go on holidays? | |
| Man kann nicht nur von Luft und Liebe leben. - You can’t live on air and love alone. (proverb) | |
| Farbe |
| 1. n-f. colour | |
| 2. n-f. paint | |
| 3. n-f. dye, colourant for hair | |
| 4. n-f. suit (playing cards) | |
| 5. n-f. (heraldry) tincture | |
