Hier |
1. n. (abstract) here, this place. | |
Im Hier und Jetzt leben. - To live in the here and now. | |
2. adv. (location) here; in this place; refers to an environment one is currently in, or to something within reach | |
Ich bin hier in diesem Dorf geboren. - I was born here in this village. | |
Setzen wir uns hier aufs Sofa. - Let’s sit down here on the sofa. | |
3. adv. (location) there; right there; in that place; refers to something that is considered nearby, or can be seen and pointed at | |
Die Kirche ist gleich hier am Ende der Straße. - The church is right there at the end of the street. | |
Siehst du die Wolke hier neben der Bergspitze? - Can you see that cloud there next to the mountain top? | |
4. adv. (abstract) here (within this context) | |
Die Frist wurde hier überhaupt nicht erwähnt. - The deadline was not mentioned here at all. | |
5. adv. used with the definite article or the determiner dieser, , this, that to express proximity (“this”) | |
Die Kneipe hier ist sehr beliebt. - This pub is very popular. | |
Hierder Stuhl ist kaputt. - This chair is broken. | |
Dieser Schrank hier ist 200 Jahre alt. - This cupboard is 200 years old. | |
6. interj. (colloquial) Used for emphasis or to call for attention, often when changing the subject | |
Hier, der Markus ist doch jetzt auch verheiratet, ne? - Hey, wait, Markus is married now, too, isn't he? | |
kommt |
1. v. third-person singular of kommen | |
2. v. second-person plural of kommen | |
3. v. plural imperative of kommen | |
kommen |
1. v. to come; to arrive | |
Er kam letzte Nacht sehr spät nach Hause. - He came home very late last night. | |
Als ich nach Wuppertal kam, hatte es gerade geschneit - When I arrived in Wuppertal, it had just snowed. | |
2. v. to come to; to come over (go somewhere so as to join someone else) | |
Bleib sitzen! Ich komme zu dir. - Keep your seat! I’m coming over to you. | |
Und viele kamen zu ihm und sprachen... - And many resorted unto him and said... (John 10:41) | |
3. v. to get; to make it (go somewhere in a way that implies an obstacle or difficulty to be overcome) | |
Ich komme nicht über die Mauer. - I can’t get over this wall. | |
Wenn er den Zug verpasst, kommt er heute nicht nach Nürnberg. - If he misses the train, he won’t make it to Nuremberg today. | |
4. v. to go to; to be put in (go somewhere in a way that is predetermined or prearranged) | |
Hartnäckige Sünder kommen in die Hölle. - Persistant sinners will go to hell. | |
Die Gruppensieger kommen ins Halbfinale. - The group winners will go to the semifinals. | |
5. v. to come on (Used to encourage someone to do something.) | |
Ach komm, das wird so schlimm nicht werden. - Aw, come on, it won’t be so bad. | |
Kommt, deckt schon mal den Tisch! - Come on, just set the table already. | |
6. v. to occur; to happen; to come to be | |
Dann kam, was alle befürchtet hatten. - Then happened that which everybody had feared. | |
Wie kommt es, dass...? - Why is it that ...? How come that...? | |
7. v. (impersonal) to be played (of a song or film) | |
Eben kam mein Lieblingslied. - They just played my favourite song. | |
8. v. to be due to; to be the result of | |
Das kommt alles von deiner Faulheit. - All of that is due to your laziness. | |
9. v. to come from (to have a social or geographic background) (+preo, aus, dative) | |
Sie kommt aus der Schweiz. - She comes from Switzerland. | |
Sie kommt aus einer Diplomatenfamilie. - She comes from a family of diplomats. | |
10. v. to orgasm; to cum | |
Ich komme gleich! - I’m about to cum! | |
Mir kommt's gleich! - I’m about to cum! | |
11. v. to be statistically equivalent to; to be there for (+preo, auf, accusative) | |
Auf jeden Verkehrstoten kommen zwanzig Verletzte. - For each traffic fatality there are twenty injured people. | |
12. v. to obtain (a solution or result) (+preo, auf, accusative) | |
Die Werte wurden frisiert, um auf das gewünschte Ergebnis zu kommen. - The values were manipulated in order to obtain the desired result. | |
13. v. to get an idea; to think of; to remember; to imagine (+preo, auf, accusative) | |
Ich komme im Moment nicht drauf, aber ich sag’s dir später. - I can’t think of it right now, but I’ll tell you later. | |
Ich weiß wirklich nicht, wie du immer auf diese Einfälle kommst. - I really don’t know how you always get all those ideas. | |
14. v. to lose; to forfeit; not to get (+preo, um) | |
Er hat Angst, dass er um seinen Anteil kommt. - He fears that he won’t get his share. | |
15. v. to touch inadvertently | |
Pass auf, dass du nicht an die frische Farbe kommst. - Be careful not to touch the wet paint. | |
16. v. to manage to reach (something high up etc.) (+preo, an, accusative) | |
Hilf ihm mal, er kommt nicht an den Griff. - Help him, he can't reach the handle. | |
17. v. (colloquial copulative with gut or in Ordnung) to turn out (well) | |
Am Ende kommt hoffentlich alles gut. - In the end, hopefully all will turn out well. | |
keiner |
1. pron. none | |
2. pron. no one, nobody | |
Keiner fühlte sich verantwortlich. - Nobody felt responsible. | |
3. pron. neither | |
keiner von uns / euch / ihnen - neither of us / you / them | |
4. pron. feminine of kein | |
von keiner großen Bedeutung - of no great importance | |
5. pron. genitive of kein | |
es bedarf keiner Gründe - there is no need for reasons | |
durch |
1. prep. by means of; by; through | |
Das Haus wurde durch ein Feuer zerstört. - The house was destroyed by fire. | |
2. prep. through; entering, then exiting | |
Wir wandern durch den Wald. - We're hiking through the forest. | |
3. prep. through (a period of time) | |
Sie hat mir durch eine schwierige Zeit geholfen. - She helped me through a difficult period. | |
4. prep. via | |
5. prep. owing to; because of | |
6. prep. (mathematics) divided by | |
7. adv. during; throughout; through | |
den ganzen Tag durch - the whole day through | |
8. adv. (colloquial with a time) past | |
Es ist acht Uhr durch. - It is past eight o’clock. | |
gleich |
1. adj. equal | |
Zwei plus zwei ist gleich vier. - Two plus two is equal to four. | |
2. adj. same; very similar | |
Zufälligerweise hatten wir beide die gleiche Idee. - Coincidentally, we both had the same idea. | |
3. adj. (often proscribed) same; identical | |
4. adv. alike | |
Er malt alle seine Bilder gleich. - He paints all of his pictures alike. | |
5. adv. in a moment | |
Warte, ich komme gleich zu dir. - Hold on, I'll come to you in a moment. | |
6. adv. at once, at a time, simultaneously | |
Weil ich hungrig war, habe ich mir gleich zwei Stücke Kuchen vom Buffet genommen. - Because I was hungry, I took two piece of cake at once from the buffet. | |
7. adv. right; just; directly | |
Mein Haus befindet gleich neben dem Stadtpark. - My house is located right next to the city park. | |
8. adv. now; immediately; straight away | |
Nachdem sie im Hotel angekommen war, legte sie sich gleich ins Bett. - After she had arrived at the hotel, she immediately went to bed. | |
ob |
1. conj. (qual, subordinating) Introduces an indirect question, a doubt. if, whether. | |
ob ... oder - if ... or | |
Ich weiß nicht, ob sie krank ist. - I don't know if she's sick | |
Hast du sie gefragt, ob sie kommt? - Did you ask her if she's coming? | |
Ob das wirklich wahr ist? - Is it really true? | |
2. conj. (conditional, obsolete, except in als ob) if, in case | |
3. prep. (formal, literary, + genitive; rare with dative) on account of | |
Mensch |
1. n. human, human being, man | |
2. n. woman | |
3. n. (nowadays often pejorative) woman, broad | |
4. interj. man! rah! | |
5. pron. (indefinite, informal, slang) one, they (indefinite third-person singular pronoun) | |
ob |
1. conj. (qual, subordinating) Introduces an indirect question, a doubt. if, whether. | |
ob ... oder - if ... or | |
Ich weiß nicht, ob sie krank ist. - I don't know if she's sick | |
Hast du sie gefragt, ob sie kommt? - Did you ask her if she's coming? | |
Ob das wirklich wahr ist? - Is it really true? | |
2. conj. (conditional, obsolete, except in als ob) if, in case | |
3. prep. (formal, literary, + genitive; rare with dative) on account of | |
Frosch |
1. n. frog | |
ob |
1. conj. (qual, subordinating) Introduces an indirect question, a doubt. if, whether. | |
ob ... oder - if ... or | |
Ich weiß nicht, ob sie krank ist. - I don't know if she's sick | |
Hast du sie gefragt, ob sie kommt? - Did you ask her if she's coming? | |
Ob das wirklich wahr ist? - Is it really true? | |
2. conj. (conditional, obsolete, except in als ob) if, in case | |
3. prep. (formal, literary, + genitive; rare with dative) on account of | |
Lurch |
1. n. (biology) amphibian | |
2. n. (colloquial) penis | |
3. n. (Austria) dust bunny, dust mouse, dust kitten | |