| Hans |
| 1. Proper noun. given name, male | |
| 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. | |
| nun |
| 1. adv. now, at this moment | |
| 2. adv. now, then; expressing a logical or temporal consequence | |
| Wir haben abgewaschen, nun müssen wir noch abtrocknen. - We've washed up, now we must dry the dishes. | |
| Was bedeuten nun die geschilderten Entwicklungen für unser Land? - Now what do the aforementioned developments mean for our country? | |
| 3. adv. unstressed and expletive, used for minor emphasis | |
| Was soll das nun heißen? - What's that supposed to mean now? | |
| 4. interj. now, well, so | |
| Nun, das ist eine schwierige Frage. - Well, that's a tough question. | |
| 5. conj. (tlb, literary or dated colloquial) now that, given that it has occurred that the circumstances do not withstand that … | |
| 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 | |
| Fäden |
| 1. n. plural of Faden | |
| Faden |
| 1. n. yarn, thread | |
| der rote Faden - the red thread | |
| 2. n. (nautical) fathom | |
| 3. n. (medicine) suture | |
| die Fäden ziehen - to remove the sutures | |
| 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 | |
| Ziehen |
| 1. n. gerund of ziehen | |
| 2. v. to pull (e.g., a door handle); to drag (+aux, haben) | |
| 3. v. to draw (e.g. a weapon); to extract; to puff (+aux, haben) | |
| 4. v. to draw (a conclusion, lesson, etc.) (+aux, haben) | |
| 5. v. (impersonal, intransitive) to be drafty; there to be a draft (current of air) | |
| Es zieht. - There’s a draft. | |
| 6. v. to move; to migrate (+aux, sein) | |
| Ich ziehe nach Hamburg, aber mein Bruder zieht in eine andere Stadt. - I'm moving to Hamburg, but my brother is moving to another city. | |
| 7. v. to roam; to head (+aux, sein) | |
| 8. v. to stretch; to warp (+aux, haben) | |
| zeihen |
| 1. v. (ditransitive, dated, or elevated, accusative + genitive,) to accuse, to blame somebody (of) | |
| Niemand kann mich einer Lüge zeihen. - Nobody can accuse me of a lie. | |
| Selbst seinen Dienern traut er nicht, / zeiht seine Engel noch des Irrtums. - Even in his servants he puts no trust, and his angels he charges with error. | |
