| 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) | |
| nahm |
| 1. v. preterite of nehmen, to take. | |
| nehmen |
| 1. v. to take (something into one's possession or on one's body) | |
| Wer hat meinen Hut genommen? - Who took my hat? | |
| 2. v. (ditransitive) to take from | |
| Die Niederlage nahm der Mannschaft den Mut. - The team's defeat robbed them of their courage. | |
| 3. v. to hold (in one's hands), to grasp | |
| Hier, nimm meine Hand. - Here, take my hand. | |
| 4. v. to take, to consider (a statement, a situation, an idea, etc, in a certain way, for example seriously, badly, personally) | |
| Die Polizei nimmt die Angriffe ernst. - The police are taking the attacks seriously. | |
| Ich nehme diese Bemerkung übel. - I resent (take as offensive) that remark. | |
| Das ist eine Redewendung, also sollte man sie nicht wörtlich nehmen. - That's a figure of speech so you shouldn't take it literally. | |
| 5. v. to capture, to arrest | |
| Die Verbrecher wurden in Gewahrsam genommen. - The criminals were taken into custody. | |
| 6. v. to ingest (e.g. a pill) | |
| Nimm etwas Aspirin, wenn du Kopfschmerzen hast. - Take some aspirin if you have a headache. | |
| 7. v. to move into, to sit at (one's assigned position) | |
| Meine Damen und Herren, bitte nehmen Sie Ihre Plätze. - Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. | |
| 8. v. to use (time, effort, etc. for a specific purpose) | |
| Du solltest dir etwas Zeit nehmen, um dich zu entspannen. - You should take some time to relax. | |
| 9. v. To begin or cause the action implied by a noun to take place, possibly making the sentence more passive or indirect. | |
| Abschied nehmen - to say goodbye, lit=to take farewell | |
| Abstand nehmen - to refrain, lit=to take distance | |
| seinen Anfang nehmen - to begin, lit=to take its beginning | |
| Anstoß nehmen - to take offense | |
| ein Beispiel nehmen - to follow an example, lit=to take an example | |
| Einfluss nehmen - to exert influence, lit=to take influence | |
| ein Ende nehmen - to come to an end, lit=to take an end | |
| seinen Lauf nehmen - to run its course, lit=to take its run | |
| das Leben nehmen - to kill, lit=to take the life | |
| Maß nehmen - to take a measurement | |
| Notiz nehmen - to take notice | |
| Rücksicht nehmen - to consider, lit=to take consideration | |
| Stellung nehmen - to comment, lit=to take position | |
| einen Verlauf nehmen - to follow a course, lit=to take a course | |
| sich Zeit nehmen - to allow sufficient time, lit=to take oneself time | |
| 10. v. to cause oneself to be (in some state); to become; to take oneself (to some state) | |
| Nimm dich in Acht! - Take care! | |
| 11. v. to seize, to capture | |
| 12. v. to receive, to accept | |
| 13. v. to foul | |
| Aus |
| 1. n. (sports) an out; the end of play for an individual or a team | |
| 2. n. (sports) the out of bounds area | |
| 3. n. end | |
| 4. adv. out | |
| 5. adv. (with sein) over; finished; done; up | |
| Das Spiel ist aus! - The game is up! | |
| 6. adj. (of a device) off | |
| 7. prep. out of; from (from the inside of something) | |
| Hol das Besteck aus der Schublade! - Get the cutlery from the drawer! | |
| 8. prep. from (a place; see usage notes below) | |
| Er kommt aus dem selben Dorf wie ich. - He’s from the same village as I am. | |
| 9. prep. of; made of; out of | |
| ein Haus aus Eis - a house made of ice | |
| 10. prep. for; out of (because of a feeling or inner quality) | |
| etwas aus Freundschaft tun - to do something out of friendship (i.e. a sense of friendship) | |
| etwas aus Feigheit unterlassen - to neglect something out of cowardice | |
| nehmen aus |
| 1. v. first-person plural present of ausnehmen | |
| 2. v. third-person plural present of ausnehmen | |
| 3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of ausnehmen | |
| 4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of ausnehmen | |
| Versehen |
| 1. n-n. mistake, oversight | |
| 2. v. to perform (a service or duty) | |
| 3. v. to hold (an office) | |
| 4. v. to emblazon with | |
| 5. v. to provide with | |
| 6. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to make a mistake | |
| Ich habe mich versehen. - I made a mistake. | |
| aus Versehen |
| 1. adv. by mistake | |
| den |
| 1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
| 2. art. dative plural of der | |
| 3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
| falschen |
| 1. adj. Inflected form of falsch | |
| falsch |
| 1. adj. false, unfactual, untrue | |
| eine falsche Beschuldigung - a false accusation | |
| 2. adj. wrong (incorrect) | |
| eine falsche Antwort - a wrong answer | |
| 3. adj. wrong (disadvantageous) | |
| eine falsche Entscheidung - a wrong decision | |
| 4. adj. (chiefly predicative) wrong (immoral) | |
| Es ist falsch, sowas zu tun. - It is wrong to do such a thing. | |
| 5. adj. fake, forged | |
| ein falscher Geldschein - a counterfeit banknote | |
| eine falsche Blondine - a fake blonde | |
| 6. adj. untruthful, perfidious | |
| sein falsches Getue - his perfidious ways | |
| Bus |
| 1. n. bus (public transport) | |
| 2. n. (computing) bus (on a computer mainboard) | |
