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Herz
     1. n. heart
     2. n. (card games) hearts
     3. n. sweetheart, darling
     4. v. singular imperative of herzen
     5. v. colloquial of
beginnt
     1. v. third-person singular present of beginnen
     2. v. second-person plural present of beginnen
     3. v. plural imperative of beginnen
     beginnen
          1. v. to begin; to commence; to be started
                Der Vortrag hat begonnen. - The lecture has begun.
          2. v. (chiefly literary, transitive or with mit) to start something; to begin something
                Er hat den Vortrag begonnen. - He has started the lecture.
                Er hat mit dem Vortrag begonnen. - He has started the lecture.
hart
     1. adj. hard
     2. adj. severe, harsh
     3. adj. (figurative) unmoved, cold, cruel
     4. adv. hard (with force or effort)
           Sie haben die ganze Woche hart gearbeitet. - They worked hard all week.
     5. adv. sharply, roughly, severely
     6. adv. close (an (+ dative) to)
zu
     1. prep. to, towards (indicates directionality)
           zum Bahnhof - to the train station
     2. prep. with respect to; regarding
           Zu Punkt 1 möchte ich bemerken, dass... - With respect to item 1, let me remark that...
     3. prep. along with; with (accompanying (the main thing in question))
           Wasser zum Essen trinken - to drink water with one’s meal
     4. prep. at, on (indicates location)
           zu Hause - at home
     5. prep. at (indicates time)
           zur richtigen Zeit - at the right time
           zu Beginn - at the beginning
     6. prep. by, in, on, at (indicates mode (of transportation, speech, etc.))
           zu Pferd - on horseback
     7. prep. (with a verb) for; (with a noun) as, by way of (for the purpose of)
     8. prep. for (in honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of)
     9. prep. into (indicates transition into another form or substance)
     10. prep. as, for, to be (to take on the role of)
     11. prep. to (used to indicate ratios)
     12. prep. at (denotes a price or rate)
     13. part. (with infinitives of verbs) to
           etwas zu essen - something to eat
     14. adv. (with adjectives and adverbs) too (excessively)
           zu schnell - too fast
     15. adv. (by extension, slang) (An intensifier.)
           Dieses Essen ist zu lecker! - This food tastes so good!
     16. adv. towards; at
     17. adv. (somewhat, informal) shut; closed; locked
     18. adv. ahead, on (along, forwards (continuing an action))
     19. adj. (somewhat, informal) shut, closed (made inaccessible or impassable; not open)
           Das Geschäft war zu. - The shop was closed.
           Die Tür muss aus Brandschutzgründen immer zu sein. - This door must be shut at all times for reasons of fire safety.
           Die Tür ist zu, ich komm nicht rein. - The door is locked, I can’t get in there.
     20. adj. closed (not operating or conducting trade)
     21. adj. done up (fastened)
     22. adj. (slang) hammered; very drunk
klopfen
     1. v. to knock, to rap (strike rather gently with something hard)
     2. v. (physiology, of the heart) to throb; to beat quickly or audibly
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?
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
Gänsehaut
     1. n. goose pimples, goose bumps, goose flesh
überzieht
     1. v. third-person singular present of überziehen
     2. v. second-person plural present of überziehen
     3. v. plural imperative of überziehen
     überziehen
          1. v. to put on (an article of clothing etc.) (over something else)
                Es ist kalt, zieh dir eine Jacke über. - It’s cold, put on a jacket.
          2. v. to hit, whack (+obj, eins, + dative) or +obj, ein Paar, + dative
                Ich zog ihm eins mit der Peitsche über. - I whacked him one with the whip.
          3. v. to cover or overlay
          4. v. (finance) to overdraw
          5. v. to overrun, to run over
                Der Lehrer hat fünf Minuten überzogen, sodass ich den Zug verpasst habe. - The teacher overran by five minutes so I missed the train.
seinen
     1. det. (possessive) masculine accusative singular of sein
     2. det. (possessive) dative plural of sein
     sein
          1. v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be
                Das ist schön. - That is beautiful.
                Das ist ein Auto. - That is a car.
          2. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition)
                Usage: In this sense sein is always conjugated in the third person singular and takes a Dative noun. The impersonal subject es may be present, but is often taken as implied. For example: "Mir i
                Ist dir kalt? - Are you cold?
                Mir ist schlecht. - I'm sick.
                Dem Mann ist schwindelig. - The man feels dizzy.
                Den Kindern ist langweilig. - The children are bored.
          3. v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for
                Usage: As in the previous sense sein takes a Dative noun and is always conjugated according to the impersonal subject es, although it is usually omitted.
                Uns ist nach einem Film zumute. - We feel like watching a movie.
                Mir ist nicht danach. - I don't feel like it.
          4. v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs
                Er ist alt geworden. - He has become old.
          5. v. to exist; there to be; to be alive
                Was nicht ist, kann noch werden. (a common proverb) - That which does not exist now, may come into existence.
                Wenn ich nicht mehr bin, erbst du das Haus. - When I am no more, you'll inherit the house.
          6. v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.)
                Du bist. - It’s your turn.
                Du bist nach mir. - Your turn is after mine.
          7. v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag
                Du bist! - You're it!
                Ich bin nicht mehr. - I'm not it anymore.
          8. det. his
                Daniel schickt seiner Schwester eine SMS. - Daniel is sending a text to his sister.
                Der Kater spielt oft mit seinen Spielsachen. - The cat often plays with his toys.
          9. det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun)
                der Mond und sein Licht - the moon and its light
                das Schaf und seine Lämmer - the sheep and its lambs
          10. det.          (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so.
                        Der kostet so seine zweihundert Euro. - That one costs around two hundred euros.
          11. det. one's
                Man muss seinem Herzen folgen. - One must follow one’s heart.
Körper
     1. n-m. body (of a person, animal, etc.)
     2. n-m. (physics) body
     3. n-m. (geometry) body, solid (three-dimensional object)
     4. n-m. (algebra) field (algebraic structure with addition and multiplication)
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