| Er |
| 1. n. a person or animal of male gender, a male | |
| Was möchte Er von mir? - What does he want from me? | |
| 2. pron. (personal) he. | |
| audio, De-wo ist klaus.ogg De-wo ist klaus.ogg uxi - Where is Klaus? Where is he? | |
| audio, De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg uxi - This is my dog. His name is Waldi. | |
| 3. pron. (personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der)). | |
| audio, De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg uxi - There stands a tree. It is more than 100 years old. | |
| 4. pron. (personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der)). | |
| Im Frauengefängnis versuchte ein Häftling zu flüchten, aber er kam nicht weit. - In the women’s prison, an inmate tried to escape, but she didn’t get very far. | |
| 5. pron. (personal, archaic) Alternative spelling of Er, tr=you (polite) | |
| arbeitete |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of arbeiten | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of arbeiten | |
| 3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of arbeiten | |
| 4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of arbeiten | |
| arbeiten |
| 1. v. to work (to do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers) (+preo, an, dative) | |
| Wir arbeiten an der Wiederherstellung des Service. - We are working on resuming service. | |
| 2. v. to work, function, run, operate (to be operative, in action) | |
| einwandfrei arbeiten. - to work properly. | |
| 3. v. to ferment (to react, using fermentation) | |
| 4. v. to work, execute (to set into action) | |
| 5. v. to make, produce (to create) | |
| Die Kommode ist aus Eichenholz gearbeitet. - The drawer is made of oak-wood. | |
| 6. v. to do, perform (to carry out or execute, especially something involving work) | |
| Was arbeitest du? - What are you doing? | |
| Ich arbeite nichts. - I'm doing nothing. | |
| 7. v. to work oneself (to) (to make oneself (a certain state) by working) | |
| sich zu Tode arbeiten - to work oneself to death | |
| sich erschöpft arbeiten - to work oneself to the point of exhaustion | |
| 8. v. to work one's way (to attain through work, by gradual degrees) | |
| 9. v. to work (translated by rephrasing to use a general “you” or with the gerund, “working”) (to do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers) | |
| Arbeit |
| 1. n-f. toil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job, employment, occupation | |
| Seine Arbeit macht ihm Spaß. - He enjoys his work/job. | |
| Ich kann gerade nicht. Ich bin bei der Arbeit! - I can't do it now. I am at work! | |
| Er war auf dem Weg zur Arbeit. - He was on the way to work. | |
| Er war auf der Arbeit. - He was on his work place. | |
| Während der Arbeit - While doing work. | |
| Während der Arbeitszeit - During work. | |
| Er ging zur Arbeit. - He went to his work place. | |
| uxi, Er ging auf die Arbeit., He went to his work place. | |
| In diesem Dorfe gibt es keine Arbeit. - There are no opportunities for employment in this hamlet. | |
| Er hat keine Arbeit. - He is without employment/He lollygags. | |
| 2. n-f. job, task, assignment | |
| Ich muss zuvor noch einige Arbeiten erledigen. - First I have to complete some assignments/finish some jobs. | |
| Er ging an die Arbeit. - He tackled his job. | |
| 3. n-f. effort, work, human expenditure | |
| Das ist mir zu viel Arbeit. - This is too much effort for me. | |
| Nach der Operation muss für zwei bis drei Tage die Arbeit gemieden werden. - After the surgical operation work should be avoided for two to three days. | |
| 4. n-f. performance, workmanship, work, the result of effort that might consist in a product or performance itself depending on what is owed(refn, group=n, name=n2, According to the German contract law there | |
| Sagenhafte Arbeit! - Great work! | |
| Gute Arbeit muss belohnt werden. - Decent work must be requited. | |
| 5. n-f. (physics) work, energy transmitted by force through a body | |
| ununterbrochen |
| 1. adj. continuous, uninterrupted, incessant | |
| 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) | |
| Morgens |
| 1. n. genitive singular of Morgen | |
| 2. adv. in the morning, a.m. | |
| um drei Uhr morgens - at 3 a.m. | |
| Morgen |
| 1. n. morning (part of the day from dawn to noon) | |
| am Morgen - in the morning | |
| am Morgen des 6. Dezember 2000 - on the morning of the 6th December 2000 | |
| gestern Morgen (also: gestern morgen) - yesterday morning | |
| heute Morgen - this morning | |
| 2. n. (agriculture, dated) morgen (measure of land equivalent to two acres); informal acre (when speaking vaguely), a quarter of a hectare (specific) | |
| gen Morgen gehen - walk in the direction where the sun rises | |
| 3. n. tomorrow (the day after today) | |
| 4. n. the future | |
| Unser Morgen ist wichtiger als unser Heute. - Our future is more important than our present. | |
| Bis |
| 1. n. (music) B-sharp | |
| 2. conj. (subordinating, temporal) until | |
| Wir warten hier, bis das Gewitter vorbei ist. - We'll wait here until the thunderstorm is over. | |
| 3. conj. (coordinating) to | |
| Ich arbeite 40 bis 50 Stunden in der Woche. - I work 40 to 50 hours a week. | |
| Ihre Haare sind braun bis dunkelbraun. - Her hair is brown to dark brown. | |
| 4. prep. (temporal) until, to, (US) through | |
| Meine Tochter ist bis zwei Uhr in der Schule. - My daughter is at school until two o'clock. | |
| Ich war von Montag bis Freitag krank. - I was sick from Monday to Friday. | |
| 5. prep. (temporal) by | |
| Die Aufgabe muss bis Donnerstag fertig sein. - The task must be complete by Thursday. | |
| 6. prep. (local) to; all the way to | |
| Der Zug fährt bis Köln. - The train goes to Cologne. | |
| Abends |
| 1. n. genitive singular of Abend | |
| 2. adv. in the evening, at night, see Abend; | |
| von morgens bis abends - from morning to night | |
| 3. adv. p.m., indicating that a time is in the evening or early night. a.m./p.m. have no direct equivalents in German; the appropriate time of day is used instead. | |
| 8 Uhr abends - 8 p.m. | |
| Abend |
| 1. n-m. evening; the time from dusk onwards (unlike in English, now generally including the first hours of the night, until midnight) | |
