| eigentlich |
| 1. adv. actually | |
| 2. adj. actual, proper | |
| müßte |
| 1. v. Alternative spelling of müsste | |
| müssen |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) to have to (do something); must; to be obliged (to do something); to need (to do something). | |
| Wir müssen es machen. - We must do it. | |
| Wir müssen es nicht machen. - We need not do it. / We do not need to do it. | |
| Ich musste es machen. - I had to do it. | |
| 2. v. to have to do something implied; must; to be obliged. | |
| Ja, ich muss. - Yes, I must. | |
| Ja, ich habe gemusst. - Yes, I had to. | |
| 3. v. (colloquial euphemism) to need to go to the bathroom. | |
| Ich |
| 1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego | |
| 2. n. self, me, him, etc. | |
| das wahre Ich - the real me | |
| 3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun) | |
| meiner |
| 1. pron. mine (substantival possessive) | |
| 2. pron. genitive of ich | |
| 3. det. feminine singular of mein | |
| 4. det. genitive plural of mein | |
| Großmutter |
| 1. n. grandmother | |
| 2. n. (colloquial) old woman, elderly woman, old lady | |
| ein |
| 1. art. a, an | |
| ein Mann - a man | |
| eine Frau - a woman | |
| ein Kind - a child | |
| 2. adv. (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something | |
| ein und aus gehen, weder ein noch aus wissen | |
| darein, derein, feldein, feldein, hafenein, hafenein, herein, herein, hierein, hierein, hinein, hinein, jahrein, jahrein, waldein, waldein (older spellings include Wald-ein), worein, wor | |
| 3. adj. (predicative) on | |
| Ist der Schalter ein oder aus? (d. h., Ist der Schalter ein- oder ausgeschaltet?) - Is the switch on or off. (i.e., Is the switch switched on or off.) | |
| Paar |
| 1. n. pair, couple | |
| Ein Paar brauner Schuhe. - A pair of brown shoes. | |
| 2. n. twosome | |
| 3. det. some; few; a few | |
| ein paar |
| 1. det. Form of paar | |
| Zeilen |
| 1. n. plural of Zeile | |
| Zeile |
| 1. n-f. line, row | |
| 2. n-f. in a text or table | |
| 3. n-f. of certain other things, especially houses or building elements like windows, sometimes also stalls, parked cars, trees, etc. | |
| Schreiben |
| 1. n-n. gerund of schreiben | |
| 2. n-n. writing, letter | |
| 3. v. to write, to write out (use letters to make words and texts) | |
| Sie schreibt ihren Namen an die Tafel. - She writes her name on the blackboard. | |
| Er hat einen Artikel geschrieben. - He’s written an article. | |
| 4. v. to spell (use a particular combination of letters to make a word) | |
| Wie schreibt man das? - How do you spell that? | |
| 5. v. to write (use handwriting) | |
| Sie schreibt sehr ordentlich. - She writes very neatly. | |
| 6. v. to write (produce texts, work as an author) | |
| Er schreibt sehr anschaulich. - He writes very vividly. | |
| 7. v. to be some year or date | |
| Man schrieb das Jahr 1874, als... - One wrote the year 1874 when... | |
| 8. v. to write, to text (send written information, communication) | |
| Er hat mir eine Mail geschrieben. - He’s written me an e-mail. | |
| Der verwundete Soldat schrieb seiner Frau. - The wounded soldier wrote to his wife. | |
| Ich schreibe dir, wenn ich fast da bin. - I’ll text you when I’m almost there. | |
| 9. v. to write to each other (exchange correspondance) | |
| Sie schreiben sich immer Postkarten. - They always write each other postcards. | |
| Wir schreiben uns regelmäßig. - We write to each other on a regular basis. | |
| 10. v. to be spelled/spelt; (of a word or a person's name) | |
| Wie schreibt sich das? - How does that spell itself? | |
| Wie schreiben Sie sich? - How do you spell yourself? | |
| 11. v. (idiomatic, passive, or transitive with man) Used to express that someone does not know the first thing about something. | |
| Ob ich Skat kann? Ich hab schon Skat gespielt, da wusstest du nicht mal, wie man Skat schreibt! - You’re asking me if I can play skat? I used to play skat when you didn’t even know how to spell | |
| was |
| 1. pron. (interrogative) what | |
| Was machst du heute? - What are you doing today? | |
| 2. pron. (relative) which ((referring to the entire preceding clause)) | |
| Sie tanzte gut, was er bewunderte. - She was a good dancer, which he admired. | |
| 3. pron. (relative) that, which ((referring to das, alles, etwas, nichts, and neuter substantival adjectives)) | |
| Das ist alles, was ich weiß. - That's all that I know. | |
| Das ist das Beste, was mir passieren konnte. - That's the best that could have happened to me. | |
| 4. pron. (relative, colloquial) that, which ((referring to neuter singular nouns, instead of standard das)) | |
| Siehst du das weiße Haus, was renoviert wird? - Do you see that white house, which is being renovated? | |
| 5. pron. (indefinite, colloquial) something, anything ((instead of standard etwas)) | |
| Ich hab was gefunden. - I've found something. | |
| 6. pron. (interrogative, dated) why (with emphasis, astonishment or disapproval) | |
| Was birgst du so bang dein Gesicht? - Why on earth are you hiding your face so fearfully? | |
| 7. adv. (colloquial) a little, somewhat | |
| Ich komm was später. - I'll arrive a little later. | |
| 8. adv. (interrogative, colloquial) why, what for | |
| Was bist du heute so stumm? - Why are you so silent today? | |
