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) | |
kann |
1. v. first-person singular present of können | |
2. v. third-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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Deutsch |
1. Proper noun. German (primary language of Germany and several surrounding countries) | |
auf Deutsch - in German | |
Sprechen Sie Deutsch? - Do you speak German? | |
2. adj. (relational) German (of or pertaining to the German people) | |
Meine Mutter ist deutscher Herkunft, aber mein Vater ist Schwede. - My mother is of German origin, but my father is a Swede. | |
3. adj. (relational) German (of or pertaining to Germany) | |
der deutsche Außenminister — das deutsche Patentamt - the German foreign minister — the German patent office | |
4. adj. (relational) German (of or pertaining to the German language) | |
einige deutsche Wörter - a few German words | |
Englisch |
1. Proper noun. English (language) | |
2. Proper noun. (football, dialectal, parts of western Germany) A children’s game for three or more participants played with one goal. Players try to reduce the goalkeeper’s points by scoring volley goals. Missing th | |
3. adj. (relational) English | |
4. adj. (of steak, etc.) rare | |
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? | |
Französisch |
1. Proper noun. French (language) | |
2. n. (sex) French, fellatio | |
3. adj. (relational) French | |
4. adj. (colloquial relational) oral sex | |
Er verwöhnte sie französisch - He pleasured her orally | |
Sprechen |
1. n. (gerund of sprechen): "speaking". | |
2. v. to speak (some language, the truth, etc.) | |
Ich spreche Deutsch. - I speak German. | |
Sprich die Wahrheit oder bleib still. - Speak the truth or remain silent. | |
Klartext sprechen - to speak plainly | |
3. v. to speak, to talk, to give a speech | |
Sprechen Sie bitte langsam. - Speak slowly please. | |
4. v. to say, to speak (a word, phrase, sentence, prayer, etc.) | |
Was? Du hast kein Wort darüber gesprochen. - What? You haven't spoken a word about it. | |
5. v. to have a pronunciation; to be pronounced (some way) | |
Wie spricht sich das? - How do you pronounce this? | |
6. v. to pronounce (a judgment, a verdict, etc.) | |
Die Geschichte wird das endgültige Urteil über sein Werk sprechen. - History will pronounce the final judgement on his work. | |
7. v. to say (something) | |
8. v. (Swiss, transitive, officialese) to grant, approve (a loan, funding, etc.) | |