| Frauen |
| 1. n. plural of Frau | |
| Kommen |
| 1. n. (gerund of kommen): "coming", "arrival". | |
| 2. v. to come; to arrive | |
| Er kam letzte Nacht sehr spät nach Hause. - He came home very late last night. | |
| Als ich nach Wuppertal kam, hatte es gerade geschneit - When I arrived in Wuppertal, it had just snowed. | |
| 3. v. to come to; to come over (go somewhere so as to join someone else) | |
| Bleib sitzen! Ich komme zu dir. - Keep your seat! I’m coming over to you. | |
| Und viele kamen zu ihm und sprachen... - And many resorted unto him and said... (John 10:41) | |
| 4. v. to get; to make it (go somewhere in a way that implies an obstacle or difficulty to be overcome) | |
| Ich komme nicht über die Mauer. - I can’t get over this wall. | |
| Wenn er den Zug verpasst, kommt er heute nicht nach Nürnberg. - If he misses the train, he won’t make it to Nuremberg today. | |
| 5. v. to go to; to be put in (go somewhere in a way that is predetermined or prearranged) | |
| Hartnäckige Sünder kommen in die Hölle. - Persistant sinners will go to hell. | |
| Die Gruppensieger kommen ins Halbfinale. - The group winners will go to the semifinals. | |
| 6. v. to come on (Used to encourage someone to do something.) | |
| Ach komm, das wird so schlimm nicht werden. - Aw, come on, it won’t be so bad. | |
| Kommt, deckt schon mal den Tisch! - Come on, just set the table already. | |
| 7. v. to occur; to happen; to come to be | |
| Dann kam, was alle befürchtet hatten. - Then happened that which everybody had feared. | |
| Wie kommt es, dass...? - Why is it that ...? How come that...? | |
| 8. v. (impersonal) to be played (of a song or film) | |
| Eben kam mein Lieblingslied. - They just played my favourite song. | |
| 9. v. to be due to; to be the result of | |
| Das kommt alles von deiner Faulheit. - All of that is due to your laziness. | |
| 10. v. to come from (to have a social or geographic background) (+preo, aus, dative) | |
| Sie kommt aus der Schweiz. - She comes from Switzerland. | |
| Sie kommt aus einer Diplomatenfamilie. - She comes from a family of diplomats. | |
| 11. v. to orgasm; to cum | |
| Ich komme gleich! - I’m about to cum! | |
| Mir kommt's gleich! - I’m about to cum! | |
| 12. v. to be statistically equivalent to; to be there for (+preo, auf, accusative) | |
| Auf jeden Verkehrstoten kommen zwanzig Verletzte. - For each traffic fatality there are twenty injured people. | |
| 13. v. to obtain (a solution or result) (+preo, auf, accusative) | |
| Die Werte wurden frisiert, um auf das gewünschte Ergebnis zu kommen. - The values were manipulated in order to obtain the desired result. | |
| 14. v. to get an idea; to think of; to remember; to imagine (+preo, auf, accusative) | |
| Ich komme im Moment nicht drauf, aber ich sag’s dir später. - I can’t think of it right now, but I’ll tell you later. | |
| Ich weiß wirklich nicht, wie du immer auf diese Einfälle kommst. - I really don’t know how you always get all those ideas. | |
| 15. v. to lose; to forfeit; not to get (+preo, um) | |
| Er hat Angst, dass er um seinen Anteil kommt. - He fears that he won’t get his share. | |
| 16. v. to touch inadvertently | |
| Pass auf, dass du nicht an die frische Farbe kommst. - Be careful not to touch the wet paint. | |
| 17. v. to manage to reach (something high up etc.) (+preo, an, accusative) | |
| Hilf ihm mal, er kommt nicht an den Griff. - Help him, he can't reach the handle. | |
| 18. v. (colloquial copulative with gut or in Ordnung) to turn out (well) | |
| Am Ende kommt hoffentlich alles gut. - In the end, hopefully all will turn out well. | |
| gratis |
| 1. adv. free, without charge | |
| 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) | |
| 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 | |
| Disko |
| 1. n. (music genre) Alternative form of Disco. | |
| 2. n. (nightclub) Alternative form of Disco. | |
| 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? | |
| Erhalten |
| 1. n. gerund of erhalten | |
| 2. n. dative plural of Erhalt | |
| 3. v. to receive (something given, sent, won, etc.) | |
| Ich habe diese Kaffeemaschine als Geschenk erhalten. - I received this coffeemaker as a gift. | |
| Nun haben wir die offizielle Bestätigung dafür erhalten. - We have now received official confirmation of this. | |
| 4. v. to receive (a rebuke, punishment, fine, prison sentence, etc.) | |
| Der Verbrecher erhielt eine Strafe von zwei Jahren. - The criminal received a two year sentence. | |
| 5. v. to receive (an injury, etc.) | |
| Ich erhielt einen elektrischen Schlag, als ich die Kaffeemaschine anfasste. - I received an electrical shock when I touched the coffeemaker. | |
| 6. v. to receive (information, instructions, a message, etc.) | |
| Wir haben gerade eine dringende Nachricht vom Präsidenten erhalten. - We've just received an urgent message from the President. | |
| 7. v. to receive, to win (support, votes, an award, rights, a contract) | |
| Der Gesetzentwurf erhielt die Mehrheit der Stimmen im Senat. - The bill received the majority of votes in the Senate. | |
| 8. v. to maintain, to keep (in a certain state) | |
| Bis jetzt hat mich die Medizin am Leben erhalten. - So far the medicine has kept me alive. | |
| 9. v. to save | |
| Gott erhalte den Kaiser! - God save the Emperor! | |
| 10. Participle. past participle of erhalten: obtained, received etc | |
| 11. adj. surviving, extant | |
| Auch |
| 1. Proper noun. , common in Southern Germany as an occupational surname for those who watched livestock at night | |
| 2. adv. also; too; as well (in addition to whatever or whoever has previously been listed) | |
| Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “auch”: I too want icecream. | |
| Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “Eis”: I want icecream, too. | |
| 3. adv. Used for emphasis. | |
| 4. adv. (To confirm a preceding statement by someone else): really, actually, indeed, in fact | |
| Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “will”: I do indeed want icecream. | |
| Das ist auch so. - Stress on “ist”: It really is like that. | |
| Du solltest zur Polizei gehen. ― Mach ich auch. - You should go to the police. ― I will. | |
| 5. adv. (To ask for confirmation of something one considers necessary.) | |
| Hast du das Licht auch ausgemacht? - Did you make sure to turn off the light? | |
| 6. adv. (To imply that something is unreasonable.) | |
| Du bist auch witzig... Wie soll ich das denn ohne Auto alles schaffen?! - You’re oh so ingenious... How am I supposed to get all of this done wit | |
| Warum müssen die auch alle ihren Müll hier abladen! - Why do they all have to dump their rubbish here! | |
| 7. adv. even ((implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality)) | |
| Auch wenn das stimmt, ist es noch kein endgültiger Beweis. - Even if this is true, it is no definite proof. | |
| Auch ein Professor schreibt schon mal was falsch. - Even a professor may misspell something at times. | |
| 8. adv. ever (as in whatever, whenever, however, etc.) | |
| Was du auch tust, es wird immer einer besser sein. - Whatever you do, someone will always do it better. | |
| 9. interj. (in answering a yes-no question, used to express that the thing asked about covers part of the truth but not all of it); “yes, and more” | |
| Ach, du bist Bauingenieur. Dann baust du Brücken? — Auch. - Oh, you’re a construction engineer. So you build bridges? — Yeah. And other things, too. | |
| gratis |
| 1. adv. free, without charge | |
| Getränke |
| 1. n. plural of Getränk | |
| Getränk |
| 1. n. drink, beverage (liquid for consumption) | |
