| 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) | |
| trat |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of treten | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of treten | |
| treten |
| 1. v. to step, to walk (a short distance) | |
| Bitte treten Sie hierher. - Please step over here. | |
| 2. v. to appear | |
| Als sie die Tragödie sah, traten ihr Tränen in die Augen. - As she saw the tragedy, tears appeared in her eyes. | |
| 3. v. to come into a state implied by a phrase. | |
| in Kraft treten - to come into effect | |
| an die Stelle treten - to take the place | |
| in Erscheinung treten - to appear (come into appearance) | |
| in den Hintergrund treten - to become less important (step into the background) | |
| in den Ruhestand treten - to retire (come into retirement) | |
| in Kontakt treten - to get in touch (come into contact) | |
| auf den Plan treten - to appear (literally, to come onto the map) | |
| an die Öffentlichkeit treten - to go public (to come into the public) | |
| in Aktion treten - to become active, to take action | |
| zutage (zu Tage) treten - to come to light (literally, day) | |
| 4. v. to step; to tread; to trample | |
| Wasser treten - to tread water | |
| 5. v. to kick | |
| Der Räuber schlug und trat sein Opfer. - The robber beat and kicked his victim. | |
| 6. v. to step; to tread | |
| 7. v. to step (on) | |
| 8. v. to pedal | |
| vor |
| 1. prep. in front of, ahead of (relative location in space) | |
| 2. prep. before, prior to, ahead of (relative location in time) | |
| 3. prep. ago (location in the past relative to the present) | |
| vor drei Tagen - three days ago | |
| vor einiger Zeit - a while ago | |
| 4. prep. from, against (a threat or negative outcome) | |
| Er konnte vor dem Tsunami nicht mehr fliehen. - He couldn't escape (from) the tsunami. | |
| Du hast mich vorm Ertrinken gerettet. - You saved me from drowning. | |
| vor Verlusten schützen - to protect against losses | |
| sich vor jemandem verstecken - to hide from somebody | |
| 5. prep. (what) with, (out) of (stating cause) | |
| vor Freude weinen - to cry with joy | |
| Ich sterbe vor Durst. - I'm dying of thirst. | |
| Ich kann dich vor all dem Rauch gar nicht sehen. - I can't even see you, what with all the smoke. | |
| Vor lauter Angst traute sich keiner im Raum mehr zu atmen. - Nobody in the room dared to breathe out of sheer fright. | |
| den |
| 1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
| 2. art. dative plural of der | |
| 3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
| Spiegel |
| 1. n-m. mirror (smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light) | |
| Sie hatte einen großen Spiegel. - She had a large mirror. | |
| 2. n-m. level (of a liquid within a delimited space or a substance in a liquid mixture) | |
| Meeresspiegel - sea level | |
| Alkoholspiegel - alcohol level (amount in blood, for example) | |
| Testosteronspiegel - testosterone level | |
| 3. n-m. surface (flat overside or up-side of a liquid) | |
| 4. n-m. schematic overview, table (two-dimensional presentation of data) | |
| Notenspiegel - transcript (as in a set of notes that mirrors the conversation) | |
| Gehaltsspiegel - salary tables (pay levels) | |
| 5. n-m. white or light-coloured mark (on an animal) | |
| 6. n-m. (on the forehead of horses and cattle) | |
| Das Pony hatte einen hübsch geformten Spiegel auf der Stirn. - The pony had a nicely shaped mark on the forehead. | |
| 7. n-m. (on the wing of a goose, capercaillie, or black cock) | |
| 8. n-m. (on the hindquarters of deer) | |
| 9. v. first-person singular present of spiegeln | |
| 10. v. singular imperative of spiegeln | |
| im |
| 1. contraction. contraction of in dem ; in the | |
| in |
| 1. prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building) | |
| Es ist in dem Haus. - It is in the house. | |
| Ich habe die Schlüssel im (in dem) Kühlschrank gefunden. - I found the keys in the refrigerator. | |
| Unsere Kinder sind in der Schule. - Our kids are at school. | |
| Er ist in einem Café. - He is at a coffee shop. | |
| Letzte Nacht waren sie im (in dem) Club. - They were at the club last night. | |
| 2. prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to) | |
| in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense | |
| 3. prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time) | |
| Er schloss sein Studium im Alter von vierzehn. - He completed his studies at/by the age of fourteen. | |
| im Alter - in old age | |
| im Mittelalter - during the middle ages | |
| in den 1960er Jahren - in the 1960s | |
| 4. prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of)) | |
| Er geht ins Haus. - He goes into the house. | |
| Wir gehen in die Schweiz. - We are going to Switzerland. | |
| Wir treten in ein neues Zeitalter ein. - We are coming into a new age. | |
| 5. adj. in, popular (in fashion) | |
| dem |
| 1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
| Bad |
| 1. n. bath | |
| ein Bad nehmen - to take a bath | |
| 2. n. bathroom | |
| Wo ist das Bad? - Where is the bathroom? | |
| 3. n. pool, baths | |
| 4. n. (destination) spa; (health) resort | |
| Bad Cannstatt, Bad Homburg, Bad Segeberg, ... - (place names) | |
| 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? | |
| 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. | |
| abermals |
| 1. adv. anew | |
