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) | |
konnte |
1. v. first-person singular preterite of können | |
2. v. third-person singular preterite 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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sich |
1. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular: herself, himself, itself, oneself (direct or indirect object). | |
2. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person plural: themselves (direct or indirect object). | |
unmöglich |
1. adj. impossible | |
2. adj. unearthly, outrageous | |
3. adj. ridiculous | |
4. adv. impossibly | |
5. adv. (sentence adverb) not…possibly, it is not possible for/that… | |
Ich kann dir unmöglich helfen. - I cannot possibly help you; It isn’t possible for me to help you. | |
mehreren |
1. pron. dative of mehrere | |
Personen |
1. n. plural of Person | |
Person |
1. n-f. person, individual | |
Ein Tisch für zwei Personen, bitte! - A table for two, please! | |
An der Schlägerei waren mehrere polizeibekannte Personen beteiligt. - Several individuals known to police were involved in the brawl. | |
2. n-f. (pejorative, dated) someone (often female) who is not proper company, mostly because they are of lower class or doubtful morals | |
Diese Person kommt mir nicht mehr ins Haus! - I don’t want this person in my house again! | |
Zeigen |
1. n. gerund of zeigen | |
2. v. to show, make see | |
3. v. (with auf) to point at | |
Man zeigt nicht mit dem Finger auf die Leute! - You don’t point your finger at people! | |
4. v. to exhibit, allow to see | |
Zeig mir mal deine Briefmarkensammlung! - Please show me your stamp collection! | |
5. v. to display, manifest | |
Die Bäume zeigen schon die ersten grünen Blätter. - The trees are already displaying the first green leaves. | |
6. v. to demonstrate, explain by doing | |
Kannst du mir mal zeigen, wie das geht? - Could you show me how this is done? | |
7. v. to go to show, demonstrate, prove | |
Das zeigt wieder mal, dass du keine Ahnung hast. - This only shows again that you don't have a clue. | |
8. v. to appear, become apparent, come out, turn out, show up, to be manifested | |