Hast |
1. n. (chiefly literary) haste | |
2. v. second-person singular present of haben | |
haben |
1. v. (auxiliary) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses) | |
Das habe ich nicht gesagt. - I haven't said that. | |
2. v. to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic) | |
3. 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. | |
4. v. to have, get (to obtain, acquire) | |
5. v. to get (to receive) | |
6. v. to have (to be scheduled to attend) | |
7. v. to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from) | |
8. v. to contain, be composed of, equal | |
Ein Meter hat 100 Zentimeter. - One metre has 100 centimetres. | |
9. v. (impersonal, dialectal, with es) there be, there is, there are | |
Es hat zwei Bücher. - There are two books. | |
10. v. to make a fuss | |
Hab dich nicht so! - Don't make such a fuss! | |
11. 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. | |
12. 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. | |
Du |
1. pron. alternative case form of du you (singular) (especially when used as a direct address in letters) | |
2. n. (literally) the thou, the you (singular) | |
jemandem das Du anbieten - to offer somebody the thou | |
3. pron. you (thou, singular familiar) | |
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 | |
Ahnung |
1. n-f. anticipation, inkling | |
2. n-f. clue, idea, notion | |
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. | |
anregend |
1. Participle. present participle of anregen | |
2. adj. stimulating, inspiring | |
anregende Gespräche - stimulating talks | |
eine anregende Diskussion - an inspiring discussion | |
eine anregende und herausfordernde Umgebung - a stimulating and challenging environment | |
die anregende Wirkung von Koffein - the stimulating effects of caffeine | |
ein |
1. art. a, an | |
ein Mann - a man | |
eine Frau - a woman | |
ein Kind - a child | |
2. adv. (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something | |
ein und aus gehen, weder ein noch aus wissen | |
darein, derein, feldein, feldein, hafenein, hafenein, herein, herein, hierein, hierein, hinein, hinein, jahrein, jahrein, waldein, waldein (older spellings include Wald-ein), worein, wor | |
3. adj. (predicative) on | |
Ist der Schalter ein oder aus? (d. h., Ist der Schalter ein- oder ausgeschaltet?) - Is the switch on or off. (i.e., Is the switch switched on or off.) | |
Ei |
1. n. egg (all biological senses) | |
Willst du dein Ei hart oder weich? - Do you want your egg hard-boiled or soft-boiled? | |
Das befruchtete Ei nistet sich in der Gebärmutter ein. - The fertilised egg nidates in the uterus. | |
2. n. something egg-shaped | |
3. n. (informal usually in the plural) testicle; ball (also figuratively) | |
Mal sehen, ob ihr Eier habt! - Let’s see if you guys have balls! | |
4. n. (colloquial in the plural) bucks (money) | |
Kost’ dreißig Eier, der Spaß. - This thing costs thirty bucks. | |
5. n. (colloquial usually vocative mildly pejorative) clown; foolish bloke | |
Da steht „ziehen“, du Ei. - The sign says “pull”, you clown. | |
Sein |
1. n. existence, being, essence (the state and the conditions of being, existing, occurring) | |
2. 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. | |
3. 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. | |
4. 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. | |
5. v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs | |
Er ist alt geworden. - He has become old. | |
6. 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. | |
7. 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. | |
8. 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. | |
9. 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. | |
10. 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 | |
11. det. (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so. | |
Der kostet so seine zweihundert Euro. - That one costs around two hundred euros. | |
12. det. one's | |
Man muss seinem Herzen folgen. - One must follow one’s heart. | |
kann |
1. v. first-person singular present of können | |
2. v. third-person singular present of können | |
können |
1. v. to be able (to do or be something), to have the possibility of; can. | |
2. v. (auxiliary) | |
Kannst du ihm helfen? - Are you able to help him? | |
Ich hätte das machen können. - I could have done that. | |
Das kann sein, kann aber auch nicht sein. - This may be and may also not be. | |
Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
3. v. to be able to do something implied; can. | |
Nein, ich kann nicht. - No, I can’t. | |
Er hat gekonnt. - He was able to do it. | |
4. v. to know how to do (something); to know; to understand; to be able to do (something); to be capable of; can do (something), to have a specific skill. (w | |
Ich kann Deutsch und Englisch. - I know German and English. | |
Kannst du es? - Can you do it? | |
Das hätte ich nicht gekonnt. - I couldn’t have done that. / I wouldn’t have been capable of that. | |
5. v. to be possible, to make sense | |
Nächstes Jahr is’n Schaltjahr. – Das kann nich’. Letztes Jahr war doch Schaltjahr! - Next year is a leap year. – That’s not possible. Last year w | |
6. v. (auxiliary) to be allowed (to do something); to be permitted (to do something); may. | |
Kann ich mitkommen? - May I come along? | |
Er hat nicht ins Kino gehen können. - He was not allowed to go to the cinema. | |
7. v. (auxiliary) to be in the legal situation of being able to realize a legal effect even if it be legally disallowed | |
| |