| 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) | |
| ließ |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of lassen | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of lassen | |
| lassen |
| 1. v. to allow; to permit; to let | |
| lasset alle Hoffnung fahren - abandon all hope | |
| 2. v. to have someone (do something); to have (something done); to make (something happen); to cause (something to be done) | |
| Wir haben neue Schränke für die Küche machen lassen. - We had new cabinets made for the kitchen. | |
| Hast du dir die Haare schneiden lassen? - Did you get your hair cut? | |
| 3. v. to let remain, to leave (in a certain state) | |
| Mir ist es lieber, meine Haare grau zu lassen. - I prefer to leave my hair grey. | |
| 4. v. to stop (something); to quit; to refrain from; to help doing (something) | |
| 5. v. to cease; to desist | |
| neben |
| 1. prep. next to, beside, alongside, adjacent to, near, near to | |
| Das Sofa gehört neben den Tisch. - The sofa belongs next to the table | |
| Das Sofa steht neben dem Tisch. - The sofa stands next to the table | |
| 2. prep. in addition to, besides, alongside, apart from, aside from, among, amongst, on top of | |
| 3. prep. compared with | |
| meinen |
| 1. v. to opine, to think; to believe; to suppose | |
| Ich meine, das war letztes oder vorletztes Jahr. - I think it was last year or the year before. | |
| 2. v. to say; to utter; (not used with nouns; not used in the imperative and rarely in the infinitive) | |
| Entschuldige, was meintest du gerade? - Sorry, what did you just say? | |
| 3. v. to mean; to be convinced or sincere about something | |
| Das sagt er nicht nur, das meint er auch. - He doesn’t just say it, he means it. | |
| 4. v. to mean; to have in mind; to convey | |
| Was meintest du damit? - What did you mean by that? | |
| Meinst du das rote oder das gelbe Haus? - Do you mean the red or the yellow house? | |
| 5. v. (now rare) to mean; to signify | |
| Was meint dieses Wort? - What does this word mean? | |
| 6. det. (possessive) masculine accusative singular of mein | |
| 7. det. (possessive) dative plural of mein | |
| Ohr |
| 1. n. (anatomy) the ear; the auditory organ | |
| 2. n. (anatomy) the ear; the external visible part of the organ, the auricle | |
| 3. n. (architecture) the overhanging part on the frame of a window or door | |
| 4. n. a highway interchange which is ear-shaped or ribbon-shaped | |
| einen |
| 1. num. masculine accusative singular of ein | |
| 2. art. masculine accusative singular of ein: a, an | |
| 3. pron. masculine accusative singular of einer | |
| 4. pron. singular of einer | |
| 5. pron. plural of einer | |
| 6. v. (higher register, transitive) to unite | |
| Eine Idee, die alle eint. - An idea that unites everybody. | |
| 7. v. (higher register, reflexive) to come to terms | |
| Nach langem Diskutieren haben sie sich endlich geeint. - After discussing for a long time, they have eventually come to an agreement. | |
| Ballon |
| 1. n. balloon | |
| platzen |
| 1. v. to burst | |
| 2. v. to make an emotional outburst, "to explode". | |
| 3. v. (of a plan, a transaction or similar) to be suddenly or unexpectedly canceled | |
| 4. v. (banking, of cheque) to bounce | |
| 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? | |
| 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) | |
| erschrak |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of erschrecken | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of erschrecken | |
| erschrecken |
| 1. v. (standard, intransitive) to be frightened; to be startled +aux, sein | |
| Ich bin erschrocken. - I got scared. | |
| 2. v. (chiefly colloquial, reflexive) to be frightened; to be startled +aux, haben | |
| Ich habe mich erschrocken. - I got scared. | |
| 3. v. (dated, transitive) to frighten; to scare (someone) +aux, haben | |
| 4. v. to frighten; to scare (someone) | |
| Du hast mich erschreckt. - You scared me. | |
| 5. v. to be frightened; to be startled | |
| Ich habe mich erschreckt. - I got scared. | |
| furchtbar |
| 1. adj. terrible | |
| 2. adv. terribly, awfully | |
| furchtbar laut - awfully noisy | |
| furchtbar nervös - awfully nervous | |
| furchtbar schwierig - terribly difficult | |
