Ferngläsern |
1. n. dative plural of Fernglas | |
Wenn |
1. n. (informal) if | |
2. conj. when | |
Sag bitte Bescheid, wenn du fertig bist! (Tell me when you're done!) | |
3. conj. if (on the condition that) | |
Was tun, wenn ich nicht weiß, ob sie mich liebt? (What (to do) if I don't know if she loves me?) | |
man |
1. pron. one, you (indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular) | |
Man kann nicht immer kriegen, was man will. - You can’t always get what you want. | |
Manchmal muss man Kompromisse machen. - Sometimes one must compromise. | |
2. pron. they, people (people in general) | |
Zumindest sagt man das so... - At least that’s what they say... | |
3. pron. someone, somebody (some unspecified person) | |
4. pron. they (some unspecified group of people) | |
5. adv. (colloquial regional northern Germany) just; only | |
Komm man hier rüber! - Just come over here! | |
Das sind man dreißig Stück oder so. - These are only thirty or so. | |
Zwei |
1. n-f. two (digit or figure) | |
Die Zwei ist die einzige gerade Primzahl. - Two is the only even prime number. | |
Die Zahl 22 besteht aus zwei Zweien. - The number 22 consists of two 2s. | |
Ich werf' dauernd Zweien! - I’m always throwing twos! (in dice) | |
2. n-f. (Germany) an academic grade indicating "good", corresponding roughly to a B in English-speaking countries | |
Die gute Nachricht: Ich habe eine Zwei in Englisch! - The good news: I got a B in English! | |
3. num. (cardinal) two (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 2; or describing a set with two components) | |
Fernrohre |
1. n. plural of Fernrohr | |
Fernrohr |
1. n. telescope | |
von |
1. prep. from | |
Ich fahre von Köln nach Hamburg. - I'm travelling from Cologne to Hamburg. | |
Ich hab’s von meiner Schwester gehört. - I heard it from my sister. | |
2. prep. of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below) | |
das Auto meines Vaters - - = uxi = uxi, das Auto von meinem Vater, my father’s car / the car of my father | |
3. prep. by (with passive voice) | |
Das Hotel wird von der Firma bezahlt. - The hotel is paid for by the company. | |
4. prep. about, of (a topic) | |
Er hat von seiner Jugend erzählt. - He told about his youth. | |
5. prep. on, with (a resource) | |
Von welchem Geld soll ich als Arbeitsloser in Urlaub fahren? - Being unemployed, on what money should I go on holidays? | |
Man kann nicht nur von Luft und Liebe leben. - You can’t live on air and love alone. (proverb) | |
den |
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
2. art. dative plural of der | |
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
Piraten |
1. n. genitive singular of Pirat | |
2. n. plural of Pirat | |
Pirat |
1. n. pirate (a criminal who plunders at sea) | |
2. n. (politics) member of a pirate party | |
3. n. (uncommon) syn of Raubkopierer (one who breaks intellectual property laws) | |
zusammen |
1. adv. together, jointly | |
Zusammen bilden wir ein gutes Team. - Together we make a good team. | |
legt |
1. v. third-person singular present of legen | |
2. v. second-person plural present of legen | |
3. v. plural imperative of legen | |
legen |
1. v. to lay, to put, to place, to position, so that it afterwards lies as opposed to being setzen, stellen | |
Leg deine Sachen auf den Stuhl! - Put your things on the chair! | |
Ich lege mich auf das Bett. - I lie down on the bed. | |
Eier legen - to lay eggs | |
ein Feuer legen - to set a fire | |
Leg dich auf den Boden! - Lie down on the floor! | |
2. v. (animal husbandry) to castrate | |
Ich habe meinen Hengst legen lassen. - I had my stallion castrated. | |
3. v. (colloquial especially video games) to slay, to defeat | |
4. v. (colloquial impersonal) to cause great amusement, to make someone collapse in laughter, to kill, to slay | |
Bei dem zweiten Witz hat's ihn komplett gelegt. - The second joke totally killed him. | |
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? | |
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.) | |
Bißchen |
1. n-n. Superseded spelling of Bisschen | |
2. adv. Superseded spelling of bisschen | |
kürzer |
1. adj. comparative of kurz | |
kurz |
1. adj. short, brief | |
2. adj. concise | |
3. adv. briefly, in short | |
Macht |
1. n. power, authority | |
Die Kanzlerin übernahm die Macht im Jahr 2005. - The Chancellor took power in 2005. | |
2. n. might, strength | |
Glauben Sie an die Macht der Liebe? - Do you believe in the power of love? | |
3. v. third-person singular present of machen | |
Der Künstler macht ein Bild. - The artist creates a picture. | |
4. v. second-person plural present of machen | |
5. v. plural imperative of machen | |
machen |
1. v. to make, produce, create (an object, arrangement, situation, etc.) | |
Ich hab dir einen Kuchen gemacht! - I made you a pie! | |
Du hast einen Fehler gemacht. - You made a mistake. | |
2. v. to make, prepare | |
Machst du heute das Essen? - Are you making dinner today? | |
sich eine Pizza machen - to prepare a pizza for oneself | |
3. v. to do, perform, carry out (to execute; to put into operation (an action)) | |
Mach es! - Do it! | |
Das hat er ganz allein gemacht! - He did that all by himself! | |
ein Experiment machen - to perform an experiment | |
4. v. to do; (indicates an activity associated with a noun) | |
Sport machen - do sports | |
eine Party machen - have a party | |
5. v. to go (to make the (specified) sound) | |
Das Auto machte "Bumm" und hielt an. - The car went "boom" and stopped. | |
6. v. to make (to cause or compel (to do something)) | |
7. v. to cause (to set off an event or action or produce as a result) | |
8. v. to make (to cause to be) | |
Dieser Film macht mich schläfrig. - This movie makes me sleepy. | |
9. v. to make (transform from one thing into another) | |
Die Mühle macht Mehl aus Weizen. - The mill makes flour from wheat. | |
10. v. to make (to have as a feature) | |
Die Straße macht vor uns eine Linkskurve. - The road makes a turn to the left ahead. | |
11. v. to come to, total, cost (to require the payment of) | |
Wie viel macht das? - How much does that come to? | |
12. v. to make, be (the result of a calculation) | |
Sieben plus fünf macht zwölf. - Seven plus five makes twelve. | |
13. v. to make (to earn, gain wages, profit, etc.) | |
Der Herr Müller ist echt reich; der macht mehr als 5000 Euro im Monat. - Mr Müller is quite rich; he makes more than 5000 Euros per month. | |
14. v. to be, play (to act as the indicated role, especially in a performance) | |
15. v. to matter (to be important) | |
Das macht nichts! - That doesn't matter! | |
16. v. to make, make oneself out to be, act, play (to behave so as to give an appearance of being; to act as if one were (something, or a certain way)) (+preo, auf) | |
17. v. to do one's business, do number two or number one, go (to defecate or urinate) | |
(childish) groß machen - to go poop | |
(childish) klein machen - to go pee | |
18. v. to do (to fare or perform (well or poorly)) | |
Machen Sie sich gut? - Are you doing well? | |
19. v. to look (to have an appearance of being) | |
Der Mantel macht sich sehr schön. - The coat looks very nice. | |
20. v. to get cracking (an (“on,” “with”)), get a move on (it), to get down (an (“to”)) (something); (in imperative:) come on, let's go | |
dann |
1. adv. then, after that | |
Ich ziehe mich erst an, dann frühstücke ich. - First I'm getting dressed, then I'll have breakfast. | |
2. adv. then, in that case | |
Wenn du dich anstrengst, dann schaffst du es. - If you make an effort, then you'll be able to do it. | |
hat |
1. v. third-person singular present of haben | |
haben |
1. v. (auxiliary) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses) | |
Das habe ich nicht gesagt. - I haven't said that. | |
2. v. to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic) | |
3. v. to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself) | |
Glaub und hab keine Angst. - Believe and don't be afraid or Believe and have no fear. | |
4. v. to have, get (to obtain, acquire) | |
5. v. to get (to receive) | |
6. v. to have (to be scheduled to attend) | |
7. v. to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from) | |
8. v. to contain, be composed of, equal | |
Ein Meter hat 100 Zentimeter. - One metre has 100 centimetres. | |
9. v. (impersonal, dialectal, with es) there be, there is, there are | |
Es hat zwei Bücher. - There are two books. | |
10. v. to make a fuss | |
Hab dich nicht so! - Don't make such a fuss! | |
11. v. (colloquial with es and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into | |
Ich hab's nich so mit Hunden. - I don't have it that much with dogs. | |
12. v. (colloquial with es and von or über) to talk about | |
Wir hatten's grad von dir und deiner Freundin. - We just had it about you and your girlfriend. | |
man |
1. pron. one, you (indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular) | |
Man kann nicht immer kriegen, was man will. - You can’t always get what you want. | |
Manchmal muss man Kompromisse machen. - Sometimes one must compromise. | |
2. pron. they, people (people in general) | |
Zumindest sagt man das so... - At least that’s what they say... | |
3. pron. someone, somebody (some unspecified person) | |
4. pron. they (some unspecified group of people) | |
5. adv. (colloquial regional northern Germany) just; only | |
Komm man hier rüber! - Just come over here! | |
Das sind man dreißig Stück oder so. - These are only thirty or so. | |
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.) | |
Fernglas |
1. n. small, hand-held telescope (including binoculars and monoculars) | |