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Ich
1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego
2. n. self, me, him, etc.
das wahre Ich - the real me
3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun)
überlegte
1. v. first-person singular preterite of überlegen
2. v. third-person singular preterite of überlegen
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of überlegen
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of überlegen
überlegen
1. adj. superior (higher in quality)
2. v. to think about, to think over
Ich überlege es mir. - I'll think about it.
Ich habe es mir anders überlegt. - I've changed my mind. (Lit. I've thought about it differently.)
mir
1. pron. personal dative of ich: me, to me:
Er gab es mir. - He gave it to me.
2. pron. (dialectal, or colloquial) Alternative form of wir, t=we
Gerade
1. n. (geometry) line (infinite one-dimensional figure)
2. n. (racing) straightaway
3. adj. (of a number) even
Zahlen, die durch zwei teilbar sind, heißen gerade Zahlen. - Numbers divisible by two are called even numbers.
4. adv. now, at the moment
Ich bin gerade in der Küche. - I'm in the kitchen right now.
5. adv. just, a short while ago
Ich war gerade in der Küche. - I was just in the kitchen.
6. adv. just, only, not more than
Ich habe gerade mal fünf Euro. - I only have five euro.
7. adv. exactly
Das ist gerade das Problem. - That is exactly the problem.
8. adv. expresses the continuous aspect
Ich sehe mir das gerade an. - I am watching that.
9. adj. straight
eine gerade Straße - a straight street i.e., one without any turns
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
Taktik
1. n-f. tactics, strategy (art of anticipation and planning)
2. n-f. tactic, strategy, policy (plan, approach)
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.
Ich
1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego
2. n. self, me, him, etc.
das wahre Ich - the real me
3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun)
meine
1. pron. feminine singular of meiner
2. pron. plural of meiner
3. det. feminine singular of mein
4. det. plural of mein
5. v. first-person singular present of meinen
6. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of meinen
7. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of meinen
8. v. singular imperative of meinen
mein
1. det. (possessive) my
meinen
1. v. to opine, to think; to believe; to suppose
Ich meine, das war letztes oder vorletztes Jahr. - I think it was last year or the year before.
2. v. to say; to utter; (not used with nouns; not used in the imperative and rarely in the infinitive)
Entschuldige, was meintest du gerade? - Sorry, what did you just say?
3. v. to mean; to be convinced or sincere about something
Das sagt er nicht nur, das meint er auch. - He doesn’t just say it, he means it.
4. v. to mean; to have in mind; to convey
Was meintest du damit? - What did you mean by that?
Meinst du das rote oder das gelbe Haus? - Do you mean the red or the yellow house?
5. v. (now rare) to mean; to signify
Was meint dieses Wort? - What does this word mean?
6. det. (possessive) masculine accusative singular of mein
7. det. (possessive) dative plural of mein
überlebenschancen
Vergrößern
1. n. gerund of vergrößern
2. v. to enlarge, to amplify, to increase
3. v. to become larger
konnte
1. v. first-person singular preterite of können
2. v. third-person singular preterite 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

Als
1. n. creek, drainage channel
2. conj. (subordinating, referring to time of occurrence) at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as
Als er ankam, öffnete sie die Tür. - When he arrived, she opened the door.
Als wir jung waren, spielten wir im Wald. - We played in the forest when we were young.
3. conj. (used with a comparison or as an exception) than
Zwei ist größer als eins. - Two is greater than one.
Die Kopie sieht anders aus als das Original. - The copy looks different than the original.
Er sagt nichts anderes als die Wahrheit. - He tells nothing other than the truth.
4. conj. as; like; in the function of; in the form of
Als Polizist muss ich es tun. - As a policeman, I must do it.
Wir sind Feinde, aber im Moment müssen wir uns als Freunde verhalten. - We are enemies, but for now we must act like friends.
Sie verkleidete sich als Krankenschwester, um das Krankenhaus zu betreten. - She disguised herself as a nurse to enter the hospital.
5. conj. as if
6. conj. (after negative pronoun) but, other than
plötzlich
1. adj. sudden
2. adj. abrupt
3. adj. brusque
4. adv. suddenly
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
Hölle
1. n-f. hell
2. Paronyms. col4, de
3. Paronyms. , Höhle
Los
1. n-n. lottery ticket
2. n-n. lot, fate
3. n-n. (economics) batch, a calculated amount of produced units (such as in batch production, but even used in architecture to mean sections of a building project)
4. adj. (colloquial or dated) Alternative form of lose, , loose
5. adv. off, rid of
Ich bin meine Erkältung los. - I've got rid of my cold.
6. adv. going on
Hier ist einiges los. - There's a lot going on here.
Was ist los? - What's going on? / What's up? / What's wrong?
7. adv. (colloquial regional Westphalia Lower Saxony) open
Die Tür stand los. - The door stood open.
8. interj. come on!, let's go!
Los! An die Arbeit! - Come on! Let's get to work!
9. interj. (racing) Go!
10. v. singular imperative of losen
losen
1. adj. form of lose
2. v. to draw lots; to draw straws; to toss up
war
1. v. first-person singular preterite 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.

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