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. | |
Sie |
1. pron. you (polite; singular and plural) | |
Was möchten Sie, Frau Wagner? - What would you like to have, Mrs. Wagner? | |
2. pron. she | |
Ist sie noch krank? - Is she still sick? | |
Das ist meine Katze. Sie heißt Lili. - This is my cat. Her name is Lili. | |
Ich suche Vanessa. Hast du sie gesehen? - I'm looking for Vanessa. Have you seen her? | |
3. pron. it (when the object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine die) | |
Scheint die Sonne noch? Nein, sie ist schon untergegangen. - Is the Sun still shining? No, it has already gone down. | |
Ich suche meine Brieftasche. Hast du sie gesehen? - I'm looking for my wallet. Have you seen it? | |
4. pron. he (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a male person, is feminine die) | |
Die Geisel Richard Meier versuchte, sich zu befreien, aber sie schaffte es nicht. - The hostage Richard Meier tried to break free, but he didn’t succeed. | |
Die Wache Michael Müller beschädigte ihr Gewehr, wofür ihr Vorgesetzter sie bestrafte. - The guardsman Michael Müller damaged his rifle, and his supervisor punished him for that. | |
5. pron. they; them | |
wirklich |
1. adj. real | |
2. adv. really, actually | |
je |
1. adv. ever | |
2. adv. per | |
3. adv. (with “desto”, “umso” or “je”) the | |
je mehr, desto besser - the more the better | |
je früher, umso besser - the sooner the better | |
gesehen |
1. Participle. past participle of sehen | |
sehen |
1. v. to see; to have sight | |
Er sieht nicht gut. - He doesn’t see well. | |
2. v. to see (something); to perceive by vision | |
3. v. to realize; to notice; to see; to find out | |
4. v. to meet (somebody); to meet up; to see; (butnot in the sense of “pay a visit to”, nor as a euphemism for having a romantic or sexual relation) | |
Siehst du den Markus noch? - Do you still see Markus? (Do you meet him regularly? Are you still friends with him?) | |
5. v. to look at; to watch; (the construction with nach often implies a turning of the head; other prepositions can be used depending on the context) | |
auf/nach etwas sehen - to look at something | |
6. v. to check on; to look after; to see to (+preo, nach) | |
Hast du in letzter Zeit nach dem Baby gesehen? - Have you seen to the baby recently? | |
7. v. to decide spontaneously and/or by personal preference; to wait and see | |
Das werden wir dann sehen. - We’ll see then. / We’ll play it by ear. | |
Soll ich Nudeln oder Pizza nehmen? — Das musst du selber sehen. - Should I take pasta or pizza? — You’ll have to decide for yourself. | |
wie |
1. adv. how | |
Wie groß bist du? - How tall are you? | |
Ich weiß nicht, wie die Katze hereingekommen ist. - I don't know how the cat got in. | |
Wie wunderbar! - How wonderful! | |
2. conj. like | |
Freunde sind wie Sterne in der Nacht. - Friends are like stars in the night. | |
3. conj. as | |
Wie ihr wisst, bin ich in Dortmund aufgewachsen. - As you know, I grew up in Dortmund. | |
Ich bin so schnell wie du. - I’m as fast as you are. | |
4. conj. (colloquial nonstandard) than | |
Der Junge ist größer wie sein Vater. - The boy is taller than his father. | |
5. conj. (chiefly colloquial) when referring to the past | |
Ich hab ihn gesehen, wie ich in Köln war. - I saw him when I was in Cologne. | |
Wie ich zur Tür herauskomme, steht da mein alter Schulfreund. - When I came out the door, my old school-day friend was standing in front of me. | |
jemand |
1. pron. (indefinite) someone, somebody | |
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) | |
diese |
1. pron. feminine nominative singular of dieser; "this" | |
2. pron. feminine accusative singular of dieser; "this" | |
Ich will diese Frau - I want this woman. | |
3. pron. nominative plural of dieser; "these" | |
Diese Dinge sind dumm - These things are stupid. | |
4. pron. accusative plural of dieser; "these" | |
dieser |
1. pron. this one, this | |
2. pron. that one, that | |
Höhle |
1. n-f. cave | |
In der Höhle wurden prähistorische Malereien entdeckt. - Prehistoric paintings were found in the cave. | |
2. n-f. cavity (of the body) | |
3. Paronyms. col4, de | |
4. Paronyms. , Hölle | |
gegangen |
1. Participle. past participle of gehen | |
gehen |
1. v. to go, to walk | |
Lass uns beide mit dem Hund gehen. - Let's walk the dog together. | |
Ich sah die Kinder über die Straße gehen. - I saw the children walk/go across the street. | |
Mein Baby beginnt schon zu gehen. - My baby is already starting to walk. | |
2. v. to leave | |
Ich gehe jetzt. - I’m leaving now. | |
3. v. to leave, to take off (aeroplane, train) | |
Wann geht dein Zug? - When is your train leaving? | |
4. v. (impersonal, intransitive) to be going; to be all right; indicates how the dative object fares | |
Wie geht es dir? - How are you doing? | |
Es geht mir gut. - I’m doing well. (Literally, “It goes well for me.”) | |
Es geht. - It’s all right. | |
5. v. (slightly, informal, intransitive, often, impersonal) to be possible | |
Das würde vielleicht gehen. - That might be possible. | |
Ich zeige dir, wie es geht. - I'll show you how it's possible. | |
6. v. (colloquial intransitive) to work, to function (of a machine, method or the like) | |
Der Kaffeeautomat geht nicht. - The coffee dispenser doesn't work. | |
7. v. (colloquial intransitive) to last, to go for, to go on, to be in progress | |
Das ging für eine halbe Stunde oder so. - This went on for half an hour or so. | |
Die Sitzung geht bis ein Uhr. - The session is scheduled until one o’clock. | |
8. v. to sit, to rise, to expand (of dough etc.) | |
Teig drei Stunden gehen lassen. - Let dough sit for three hours. | |
9. v. (colloquial intransitive) to be (on) (to pay) | |
Die Getränke gehen auf mich. - Drinks are on me. | |
10. v. (regional, or dated, impersonal, intransitive) to approach; to be going (on some one) + auf (object) = time | |
Es geht auf 8 Uhr. - It’s going on 8 o’clock. | |
11. v. (with genitive, only in combination with Weg) to go one's way, to make one's way (of a path, destination), to go separate ways | |
ist |
1. v. third-person singular present 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. | |