| 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) | |
| verspielt |
| 1. Participle. past participle of verspielen | |
| 2. adj. playful, frisky, coltish, sportive, cheerful, prankish | |
| 3. v. second-person plural present of verspielen | |
| 4. v. third-person singular present of verspielen | |
| 5. v. plural imperative of verspielen | |
| verspielen |
| 1. v. to gamble something away (lose something in a game) | |
| Spielsüchtige verspielen oft an einem Tag ganze Monatslöhne. - Compulsive gamblers often gamble away entire monthly wages in one day. | |
| 2. v. to lose something lightly; to squander; to waste | |
| Er hat sein ganzes Erbe mit teuren Partys verspielt. - He squandered his whole inheritance on expensive parties. | |
| Durch den Einmarsch in Afghanistan verspielten die USA leichtfertig ihre moralische Vorteilslage. - By invading Afghanistan the US lightly wasted its moral high ground. | |
| 3. v. to lose someone’s goodwill (+preo, bei) | |
| Er hat bei ihr verspielt. - He is out of favour with her. | |
| 4. v. to make a mistake at playing (e.g. play a wrong note on a music instrument) | |
| An dieser Stelle verspiele ich mich immer. - I always play it wrong at this point. | |
| noch |
| 1. adv. still, yet (up to and including a given time) | |
| Du magst mich noch. - You still like me. | |
| Ich bin noch nicht fertig. - I’m not ready yet. | |
| 2. adv. yet, eventually (at an unknown time in the future) | |
| Er wird noch kommen. - He will come eventually. | |
| Das brauche ich später noch. - I'll need that sometime. | |
| 3. adv. additionally, in addition, besides, else; (more often expressed in English with) another, more | |
| Da ist noch einer. - There’s another one. | |
| Da sind noch welche. - There are some more. | |
| Ich habe noch Schokolade im Auto. - I have some more chocolate in the car. | |
| Weißt du noch was? - Can you think of anything else? | |
| 4. adv. (only) just; barely (by a small margin) | |
| Ich habe es gerade noch geschafft. - I made it just in time. | |
| 5. adv. (with comparative) even | |
| Deins ist noch schöner! - Yours is even prettier! | |
| 6. conj. (following a negation, especially weder) nor; function word introducing each except the first term or series, indicating none of them is true | |
| Ich mag weder ihn noch dich. - I like neither him nor you. | |
| Er versteht es nicht noch wird er es jemals verstehen. - He doesn’t understand it, nor will he ever understand it. | |
| Haus |
| 1. n. house | |
| In dem Haus haben wir mal gewohnt. - We used to live in that house. | |
| Mein Großvater starb in dem Haus, wo ich geboren wurde. - My grandfather died in the house where I was born. | |
| 2. n. home (in various phrases) | |
| Dann gingen wir nach Hause - Then we went home. | |
| 3. n. theatre | |
| 4. v. singular imperative of hausen | |
| 5. v. colloquial of | |
| 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? | |
| Hof |
| 1. n. yard, court, courtyard (open area by a house or enclosed by houses) | |
| Der Hof hinter unserm Haus ist mit Schiefer gepflastert. - The yard behind our house is paved with slate. | |
| 2. n. court (residence and entourage of a nobleman) | |
| Am Hof des Königs gab es ständige Intrigen. - There were constant intrigues at the king's court. | |
| 3. n. farmyard (central area of a farm, excluding the fields) | |
| Das Essen wird den Arbeitern ins Feld gebracht, damit sie erst abends auf den Hof zurückkommen müssen. - The workers are served food in the fields, so that they needn’t come back to the farmyar | |
| 4. n. (by extension) farm, agricultural enterprise | |
| Wenn mein Sohn den Hof nicht übernimmt, muss ich verkaufen. - If my son doesn’t take over the farm, I’ll have to sell it. | |
| Haus und Hof |
| 1. n. one's entire possessions, including real estate | |
| Haus und Hof verlieren | |
