Es |
1. n. (music) E-flat | |
2. n. (psychoanalysis) id | |
3. pron. Nominative and accusative neuter third-person singular personal pronoun | |
Wo ist das Buch? Es liegt auf dem Tisch. - Where's the book? It’s on the table. | |
Wo ist das Kind? Ich habe es. - Where is the child? I have it. | |
Welche Farbe hat das Pferd? Es ist weiß. - What color is the horse? It is white. | |
Ich bemerkte ein merkwürdiges bärtiges Individuum und beschloss, es im Auge zu behalten. - I remarked a strange bearded individual and decided to keep an eye on him. | |
Das Mädchen wusste nicht, dass es beobachtet wurde. - The girl didn’t know that she was being observed. | |
Jedes Vorstandsmitglied kann das Wort ergreifen, wenn es dies wünscht. - Any board member may take the floor if they so wish. | |
4. pron. (Impersonal pronoun used to refer to statements, activities, the environment etc., or as a placeholder/dummy pronoun) — it | |
Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
Sie begann zu laufen, und ich tat es auch. - She began to run, and I did it also. | |
Es war einmal eine schöne Prinzessin. - There was once a beautiful princess. | |
Es ist gut zu leben! - It's good to be alive! | |
Es regnet. - It’s raining. | |
Es ist sicher, dass morgen die Sonne scheinen wird. - It's certain that the sun will shine tomorrow. | |
Wie geht es dir? - How are you doing? | |
Ich bin es, Michael. - It's me, Michael. | |
Es spielt das Fernsehorchester. - The television orchestra is playing. | |
Sie wird es noch weit bringen. - She is going to go far. | |
5. art. (regional, colloquial) alt form-lite, das | |
Soll ich es Fenster zumachen? - Should I close the window? | |
gibt |
1. v. third-person singular present of geben | |
es gibt |
1. v. there is, there are | |
geben |
1. v. (ditransitive) to give (changing ownership) | |
Meine Frau hat mir eine neue Uhr gegeben. - My wife gave me a new watch. | |
2. v. (ditransitive) to hand, to pass, to put within reach | |
Gib mir das! - Give me that! | |
Gib mir deine Hand. - Give me your hand (to hold). | |
Könnten Sie mir den Stift geben? - Could you hand me that pen? | |
3. v. (impersonal, transitive) Used to indicate that something exists (often with a certain property and/or in a certain location). Usually translated as there be or there exist | |
Gibt es gute Schulen in der Nähe? - Are there good schools in the neighborhood? | |
Es gibt kein Wasser in dieser Wüste. - There is no water in this desert. | |
Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
4. v. (ditransitive, transitive) to communicate (helpful information such as a hint or advice), to signal (in a certain way such as a sign) | |
Darf ich dir einen Rat geben? - May I give you some advice? | |
Der Spieler gab ein Signal, dass er eingewechselt werden wollte. - The player gave a signal that he wanted to be substituted. | |
5. v. to present; to put | |
6. v. to result in | |
eine |
1. num. feminine singular of ein | |
2. art. feminine singular of ein: a, an | |
3. pron. feminine singular of einer | |
4. pron. masculine nominative singular of einer | |
5. pron. singular of einer | |
Bushaltestelle |
1. n-f. bus stop | |
ein |
1. art. a, an | |
ein Mann - a man | |
eine Frau - a woman | |
ein Kind - a child | |
2. adv. (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something | |
ein und aus gehen, weder ein noch aus wissen | |
darein, derein, feldein, feldein, hafenein, hafenein, herein, herein, hierein, hierein, hinein, hinein, jahrein, jahrein, waldein, waldein (older spellings include Wald-ein), worein, wor | |
3. adj. (predicative) on | |
Ist der Schalter ein oder aus? (d. h., Ist der Schalter ein- oder ausgeschaltet?) - Is the switch on or off. (i.e., Is the switch switched on or off.) | |
Stück |
1. n. (invariant) one, item, piece (of something ; often untranslated in English) | |
Ich brauche noch Glühbirnen. Geben Sie mir bitte drei Stück! - I also need light bulbs. Give me three, please! | |
Wie viel Stück wollen Sie? - How many do you want? | |
Die Äpfel kosten 50 Cent das Stück. - The apples are 50 cents apiece. | |
2. n. (invariant) head (a single animal) | |
200 Stück Vieh - 200 head of cattle | |
3. n. (declinable, or invariant) piece (portion of something bigger or of an unmass) | |
Er schneidet das Fleisch in Stücke. - He's cutting the meat in pieces. | |
Ich nehme zwei Stücke Zucker. - I take two lumps of sugar. | |
Ich habe drei Stücke Kuchen mitgebracht. - I brought three pieces of cake. | |
4. n. Something of artistic or historic value; piece of art (of any kind, but less common of novels and films) | |
Dieser Tisch ist ein besonders schönes Stück. - This table is a particularly beautiful piece. | |
Spiel doch bitte mal ein Stück von den Beatles. - Play a Beatles song, please. | |
Der Regisseur versteht das Stück nicht. - The director doesn’t understand the play. | |
5. n. (pejorative and/or sexual) a person, often female | |
Sie ist ein heißes Stück. - She's a hot thing. | |
Er ist ein verlogenes Stück. - He’s a lying bastard. | |
6. n. (military, obsolete) piece (artillery gun) | |
die |
1. art. feminine singular of der | |
die Frau - the woman | |
2. art. plural of der | |
die Männer - the men | |
3. pron. feminine singular of der | |
4. pron. plural of der | |
5. pron. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose | |
Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. - I know a woman who can do that. | |
6. pron. (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them | |
die da - that one/she/they there | |
der |
1. art. the | |
2. art. feminine singular of der | |
3. art. genitive plural of der | |
4. pron. who; that; which | |
Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. - I know a man who can do that. | |
5. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that | |
6. pron. (attributive, stressed) that | |
Der Mann war es! - It was that man! | |
7. pron. (indicative) him, he | |
Der hat es getan! - It was him who did it! | |
8. pron. (differential) the one, him | |
Der mit dem Mantel - The one with the coat | |
9. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her | |
Straße |
1. n-f. street; road (a way wide enough to be passable for vehicles, generally paved, in or outside a settlement) | |
Das Kind überquerte die Straße. - The child crossed the street. | |
Diese Straße führt nach Kirchdorf. - This road goes to Kirchdorf. | |
Die Straße ist für den Verkehr gesperrt. - The street is closed for traffic. | |
2. n-f. carriageway (the part of a road or street used by vehicles, excluding the pavement, etc.) | |
3. n-f. (figuratively) public, any area accessible to anyone | |
4. n-f. (figuratively) general public, using the locale to describe people not part of a specific group | |
5. n-f. the streets, areas or groups of people of no income or criminal affiliation, or the leading of a life associated with these | |
6. n-f. strait (channel of water) | |
7. n-f. (poker) straight | |
hinunter |
1. adv. down, downwards (from the own location downwards) | |