Heute |
1. n. today | |
2. adv. today | |
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. | |
Sonntag |
1. n. Sunday (the first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 standard) | |
2. Proper noun. (historical) | |
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 | |
Letzte |
1. n. female equivalent of Letzter: the last woman or girl | |
2. n. plural of Letzter | |
3. n. nominative singular of Letzter | |
4. adj. last | |
Das war der letzte Zug. - That was the last train. | |
Er hat seine letzte Freundin betrogen. - He cheated on his last girlfriend. | |
letzter |
1. adj. form of letzte | |
Tag |
1. n. day (24-hour period) | |
Tag für Tag - day after day | |
2. n. day (period from midnight to the following midnight) | |
Der Tag fängt um Mitternacht an. - The day begins at midnight. | |
3. n. (astronomy) day (rotational period of a planet, moon or any celestial body (especially Earth)) | |
4. n. day, daylight (period between sunrise and sunset when there is daylight) | |
Im Winter sind die Tage kürzer. - During the winter the days are shorter. | |
Diese kurzen Tage verursachen Depressionen. - These short days cause feelings of depression. | |
An den irdischen Polen dauert ein Tag sechs Monate. - At the Earth's poles a day lasts about six months. | |
5. n. day, daylight, light (light from the Sun) | |
6. n. (figurative) light (open view; a visible state or condition) | |
7. n. day (part of a day which one spends at work, school, etc.) | |
Nun, wie war dein Tag? - Well, how was your day? | |
Überstunden!? Was für ein Tag! - Overtime!? What a day! | |
8. n. (figurative) day (specified time or period, considered with reference to the prominence or success (in life or in an an argument or conflict) of a person or thing) | |
Der Tag gehört uns. Gut gemacht, Männer! - It's our day, now. Well done, men! | |
Heute ist einfach nicht mein Tag. - It's just not my day. | |
9. n. (dated, now found chiefly in compounds such as Bundestag, Reichstag, Landtag, Sudetendeutscher Tag or Tag der Oberschlesier) convention, congress (formal assembly) | |
10. n. see Tage for plural-only senses | |
11. interj. (colloquial) hello; (good) day | |
12. v. singular imperative of tagen | |
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 | |
Woche |
1. n-f. week (period of seven days counting from Monday to Sunday, or from Sunday to Saturday) | |
ab nächster Woche - from next week on | |
vor Wochen - weeks ago | |
jede zweite Woche - every other week | |
Woche für Woche - week after week | |
2. n-f. week (any period of seven consecutive days) | |
schon seit einer Woche - for a week already | |
3. n-f. week; weekdays (those days of a given week on which most people work) | |
unter der Woche - during the week | |
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? | |
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 | |
Erste |
1. n. female equivalent of Erster: female winner | |
2. n. plural of Erster | |
3. n. nominative singular of Erster | |
4. adj. (ordinal) first | |
Tag |
1. n. day (24-hour period) | |
Tag für Tag - day after day | |
2. n. day (period from midnight to the following midnight) | |
Der Tag fängt um Mitternacht an. - The day begins at midnight. | |
3. n. (astronomy) day (rotational period of a planet, moon or any celestial body (especially Earth)) | |
4. n. day, daylight (period between sunrise and sunset when there is daylight) | |
Im Winter sind die Tage kürzer. - During the winter the days are shorter. | |
Diese kurzen Tage verursachen Depressionen. - These short days cause feelings of depression. | |
An den irdischen Polen dauert ein Tag sechs Monate. - At the Earth's poles a day lasts about six months. | |
5. n. day, daylight, light (light from the Sun) | |
6. n. (figurative) light (open view; a visible state or condition) | |
7. n. day (part of a day which one spends at work, school, etc.) | |
Nun, wie war dein Tag? - Well, how was your day? | |
Überstunden!? Was für ein Tag! - Overtime!? What a day! | |
8. n. (figurative) day (specified time or period, considered with reference to the prominence or success (in life or in an an argument or conflict) of a person or thing) | |
Der Tag gehört uns. Gut gemacht, Männer! - It's our day, now. Well done, men! | |
Heute ist einfach nicht mein Tag. - It's just not my day. | |
9. n. (dated, now found chiefly in compounds such as Bundestag, Reichstag, Landtag, Sudetendeutscher Tag or Tag der Oberschlesier) convention, congress (formal assembly) | |
10. n. see Tage for plural-only senses | |
11. interj. (colloquial) hello; (good) day | |
12. v. singular imperative of tagen | |
Des |
1. n. (music) D-flat | |
2. art. genitive singular of der: the | |
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 | |
Neuen |
1. n. genitive of Neues | |
2. adj. form of neu | |
neu |
1. adj. new | |
neue Mode - new fashion | |
neueste Mode - latest fashion, latest style | |
was gibt's Neues? - what's the latest news? | |
etwas neu machen - to renovate | |
2. adj. modern, recent, latest | |
die neue Geschichte - modern history, recent history | |
Jahres |
1. n. genitive singular of Jahr | |
Jahr |
1. n. year (solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun) | |
Jahr für Jahr - year after year | |
2. n. year (time it takes for any astronomical object to directly orbit its star) | |
3. n. year (period between set dates that mark a year) | |
4. n. year (level or grade in school or college) | |