| Gestern |
| 1. n. yesterday (the recent past) | |
| 2. adv. yesterday | |
| Abend |
| 1. n-m. evening; the time from dusk onwards (unlike in English, now generally including the first hours of the night, until midnight) | |
| 2. adv. Superseded spelling of Abend | |
| Haben |
| 1. n-n. credit | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses) | |
| Das habe ich nicht gesagt. - I haven't said that. | |
| 3. v. to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic) | |
| 4. 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. | |
| 5. v. to have, get (to obtain, acquire) | |
| 6. v. to get (to receive) | |
| 7. v. to have (to be scheduled to attend) | |
| 8. v. to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from) | |
| 9. v. to contain, be composed of, equal | |
| Ein Meter hat 100 Zentimeter. - One metre has 100 centimetres. | |
| 10. v. (impersonal, dialectal, with es) there be, there is, there are | |
| Es hat zwei Bücher. - There are two books. | |
| 11. v. to make a fuss | |
| Hab dich nicht so! - Don't make such a fuss! | |
| 12. 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. | |
| 13. 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. | |
| wir |
| 1. pron. we | |
| uns |
| 1. pron. of wir: us | |
| getroffen |
| 1. Participle. past participle of treffen | |
| 2. adj. hit, struck, met | |
| 3. adj. taken, made (decision etc.) | |
| triefen |
| 1. v. to drip heavily | |
| 2. v. to be sopping wet | |
| treffen |
| 1. v. to meet; to encounter | |
| Wir treffen uns morgen. - See you tomorrow. (Lit. "We'll meet each other tomorrow".) | |
| 2. v. to hit; to strike | |
| 3. v. to affect; to concern | |
| 4. v. to hit the mark, to suit, to be convenient or fortunate | |
| Das trifft sich schlecht. - That’s unfortunate. | |
| Es trifft sich ausgezeichnet, dass... - It is entirely fitting that... | |
| 5. v. to cause the action implied by an abstract noun to take place, thus making the sentence passive or less direct; to effect the action | |
| Ich treffe eine Entscheidung. - I'm making a decision. | |
| Ich treffe Maßnahmen. - I'm taking measures. | |
| Ich treffe eine Vereinbarung. - I'm reaching an agreement. | |
| Ich treffe Vorbereitungen. - I'm making preparations. | |
| Ich treffe Vorsorge. - I'm taking precautions. | |
| Ich treffe Vorkehrungen. - I'm making arrangements. | |
| Ich treffe eine Wahl. - I am making a choice. | |
| Ich treffe eine Aussage. - I'm making a statement. | |
| drüben |
| 1. adv. (following da, hier or other location adverb) over (implying some distance from the listener) | |
| Ich bin's. Hier drüben! - It's me. Over here! | |
| 2. adv. over there | |
| 3. adv. on the other side | |
| 4. adv. Either the (former) GDR or pre-1990 BRD, both as political entities and as geographical regions. The term describes the entity/area from which the speaker does not hail. | |
| bei |
| 1. prep. (locative) by; near | |
| die Bank bei der Kirche - the bench/bank by the church | |
| die Bäckerei beim Bahnhof - the bakery near the train station | |
| 2. prep. (with a person, family, shop) at | |
| Ich schlafe bei Peter. - I’m sleeping at Peter’s place. | |
| Ich bin beim Metzger. - I'm at the butcher’s. | |
| 3. prep. (with an organization or company) for; at; in | |
| bei der Firma arbeiten - to work for the firm | |
| das Arbeitsklima bei Schmidt & Co. - the working atmosphere at Schmidt & Co. | |
| 4. prep. (formal, reflexive) with; on | |
| Er hat es nicht bei sich. - He doesn’t have it on him. | |
| → for which usually: Er hat es nicht dabei. | |
| 5. prep. (with an event considered certain) upon, at the time of | |
| bei Abfahrt des Zuges - upon departure of the train | |
| 6. prep. (with an event considered theoretical) in case of, in the event of | |
| bei Hochwasser - in case of flooding | |
| 7. prep. (with a continuing activity or condition) during; while; during the existence of | |
| bei der Arbeit - during work | |
| beim Lesen des Textes - while reading the text | |
| bei Schnee - when there is snow | |
| 8. prep. (with an item that implies an activity) over; during | |
| bei einem Glas Wein - over a glass of wine (that is, while drinking it) | |
| bei einem Film - during a film (that is, while watching it) | |
| 9. prep. (dated, in a postal address) care of; via | |
| Frau Tina Müller bei Firma Schmidt & Co. - Mrs Tina Müller, care of Schmidt & Co. | |
| 10. prep. (now dialectal, nonstandard, northern and central Germany, withaccusative) with, to, towards | |
| Leg dat bei die andern Sachen! - Put that with the other things! | |
| Komm ma bei mich! - Come to me! | |
| 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 | |
| Alten |
| 1. n. singular of Alter | |
| 2. n. dative plural of Alter | |
| 3. n. singular of Alter | |
| 4. n. plural of Alter | |
| 5. n. dative plural of Alte | |
| 6. n. singular of Alte | |
| 7. n. plural of Alte | |
| 8. adj. form of alt | |
| alt |
| 1. adj. old | |
| Wie alt bist du? - How old are you? | |
| 2. adj. ancient | |
| 3. adj. elderly (inflected in the comparative) | |
| ältere Menschen - the elderly | |
| Schmiede |
| 1. n-f. forge (workshop), smithy | |
| 2. n. plural of Schmied | |
| 3. v. first-person singular present of schmieden | |
| 4. v. first-person singular subjunctive of schmieden | |
| 5. v. third-person singular subjunctive of schmieden | |
| 6. v. singular imperative of schmieden | |
| Schmied |
| 1. n. smith | |
| 2. n. blacksmith, forger | |
| 3. Proper noun. surname, from=occupations, varof=Schmidt, varof2=Schmitt | |
