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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)
Bitte
1. n-f. request, plea
2. adv. please, if you please (used to make a polite request or affirm an offer)
3. interj. you're welcome (acknowledgement of thanks)
4. interj. excuse me, sorry (request to repeat information)
5. interj. here you are (when handing something over to someone)
6. interj. (sarcastic) OK then, well then, all right (indication of mock acquiescence to someone's apparent demanding attitude)
7. v. first-person singular present of bitten
8. v. first-person singular subjunctive of bitten
9. v. third-person singular subjunctive of bitten
10. v. singular imperative of bitten
bitten
1. v. to ask, to beg, to plead, to request (help, understanding, etc.)
Wir lieben euch–Entschuldigt–Wir bitten um Verzeihung–Vielen Dank - We love you. We are sorry. We plead for your pardon. Many thanks.
Catherine
packe
1. v. first-person singular present of packen
2. v. singular imperative of packen
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of packen
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of packen
packen
1. v. to pack (luggage, a bundle, etc.); to get packed
Du musst deine Sachen packen. - You need to pack your stuff.
Du musst packen. - You need to get packed.
2. v. to grab, to grip, to take
Er packte mich am Arm. - He grabbed me by the arm.
3. v. (informal, transitive) to manage, to stand, to cope
Ich pack das alles nich’... - I can’t manage all of this...
4. v. (slang) to take (a bus, train, etc.)
Lass den Bus packen! - Let’s take the bus!
5. v. (regional, or dated, reflexive) to beat it
Pack dich! - Beat it!
dich
1. pron. personal accusative of du; you, thee direct object.
Ich liebe dich nicht, wenn du mich nicht liebst. - I don't love you if you don't love me.
2. pron. accusative of du; yourself, thee direct object.
um
1. prep. about
Es geht um den Kuchen. - It's about the pie.
2. prep. around
Um die Ecke - around the corner
3. prep. at, by (qual, when relating to time)
Um acht Uhr reisen wir ab - At eight o’clock we depart
4. prep. by (qual, percentage difference)
Die Verkaufsmengen gingen um 6% zurück. - Sales in volume has decreased by 6%.
5. prep. (Austria) for qual, amount of money
Um einen Euro bekommt man heute nicht besonders viel. - You can't buy much for one euro these days.
Heute im Sonderangebot um nur 99 Euro. - Special offer today for only 99 euros.
6. conj. in order to, so as to
Wir sind gekommen, um zu helfen. - We’ve come (in order) to help.
7. adj. (predicative, not attributive) up, in the sense of finished
Werden dich in kurzem binden/ Erdgeist, deine Zeit ist um - source=Friedrich von Hardenberg, Novalis
8. adv. around, about
9. adv. turned over, changed, from one state to another
den
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der
2. art. dative plural of der
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der
Hals
1. n. neck
2. n. throat
stets
1. adv. (formal, literary) always; constantly; the whole time (very often)
2. adv. (formal, literary) every time (whenever some precondition is given)
3. adv. (formal, literary, less common) always (at all times without exception)
Gut
1. n. commodity, property, possession, good
2. n. a large farmstead, estate related to agriculture.
3. adj. good (acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral)
Wir müssen gut sein, um uns gut zu fühlen. - We must be good to feel good.
4. adj. good (effective; useful)
5. adj. good (fortunate)
6. adj. good (having a particularly pleasant taste)
7. adj. all right, fair, proper (satisfactory)
8. adj. good (full; entire; at least as much as)
9. adv. well (accurately, competently, satisfactorily)
Die Mannschaft hat gut gespielt. - The team played well.
10. adv. a little more than (with measurements)
Ich wohne seit gut zwanzig Jahren in Berlin. - I've lived in Berlin for over twenty years/for a good twenty years.
Das Bett ist gut zwei Meter lang. - The bed is a little over two meters long.
11. adv. easily, likely
Dieser Gegenstand ist gut zu finden. - That item is easily found.
Es kann gut sein, dass du nächstes Jahr verheiratet bist. - You may well be married next year.
12. interj. okay, all right, now then
Gut, dann fangen wir mal an. - All right, then let's get started.
warm
1. adj. warm; mildly hot
2. adj. (of clothes) warm; keeping the wearer warm
3. adj. (of rental prices, chiefly adverbial or in compounds) including heating costs, water, and fees (electricity may or may not be included)
Ich zahle 800 € warm für meine Wohnung. - I pay €800 for my apartment, including utilities.
4. adj. (dated, except in warmer Bruder) gay, homosexual (mostly male)
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.)
Wenn
1. n. (informal) if
2. conj. when
Sag bitte Bescheid, wenn du fertig bist! (Tell me when you're done!)
3. conj. if (on the condition that)
Was tun, wenn ich nicht weiß, ob sie mich liebt? (What (to do) if I don't know if she loves me?)
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)
nachts
1. adv. at night, nights
Er arbeitet nachts und schläft tagsüber. - He works at night and sleeps during the day
Aus
1. n. (sports) an out; the end of play for an individual or a team
2. n. (sports) the out of bounds area
3. n. end
4. adv. out
5. adv. (with sein) over; finished; done; up
Das Spiel ist aus! - The game is up!
6. adj. (of a device) off
7. prep. out of; from (from the inside of something)
Hol das Besteck aus der Schublade! - Get the cutlery from the drawer!
8. prep. from (a place; see usage notes below)
Er kommt aus dem selben Dorf wie ich. - He’s from the same village as I am.
9. prep. of; made of; out of
ein Haus aus Eis - a house made of ice
10. prep. for; out of (because of a feeling or inner quality)
etwas aus Freundschaft tun - to do something out of friendship (i.e. a sense of friendship)
etwas aus Feigheit unterlassen - to neglect something out of cowardice
den
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der
2. art. dative plural of der
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der
Zimmern
1. n. noun form of Zimmer, , dat, p
2. n. gerund of zimmern
3. v. to build something from wood
4. v. (with eine + dative, colloquial) to hit; to slap
5. v. to shoot the ball hard
Aus der Drehung zimmert er die Kirsche direkt unters Gebälk.
Zimmer
1. n-n. room (separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling)
kommst
1. v. second-person singular present 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.
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?
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)
Wünsche
1. n. plural of Wunsch
2. v. first-person singular present of wünschen
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of wünschen
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of wünschen
5. v. singular imperative of wünschen
wünschen
1. v. to wish for; to make a wish for; to want; to desire
Ich wünsche mir ein Meerschweinchen. - I want a guinea pig.
2. v. to wish someone something
Ich wünsche dir alles Gute. - I wish you all the best.
3. v. to demand; to order; in negation: not to tolerate
Ich wünsche eine Erklärung! - I demand an explanation!
Ich wünsche ein solches Verhalten nicht. - I won’t tolerate such behaviour.
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)
würdest
1. v. second-person singular subjunctive of werden
werden
1. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense
Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - I will go home.
2. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs
3. v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice
Das Buch wird gerade gelesen. (present tense) - The book is being read.
Ich wurde in Europa geboren. (preterite tense) - I was born in Europe.
Er war geschlagen worden. (past perfect tense) - He had been beaten.
4. v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn
Es wird heißer. - It's getting hotter.
5. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition)
Usage: In this sense werden 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. (See the usage no
Wird dir kalt? - Are you getting cold?
Den Kindern wird langweilig. - The children are getting bored.
Von Mayonnaise wird mir schlecht. - Mayonnaise makes me sick. (Literally: From mayonnaise I become sick.)
6. v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future)
Wir werden zusammen glücklich. - We will be happy together.
Was wird aus mir? - What will become of me?
7. v. (colloquial) to be going to work
Das wird so nichts. - It will not work like that.
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.)
wenig
1. adj. little, few (a small amount, a small number)
von
1. prep. from
Ich fahre von Köln nach Hamburg. - I'm travelling from Cologne to Hamburg.
Ich hab’s von meiner Schwester gehört. - I heard it from my sister.
2. prep. of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below)
das Auto meines Vaters - - = uxi = uxi, das Auto von meinem Vater, my father’s car / the car of my father
3. prep. by (with passive voice)
Das Hotel wird von der Firma bezahlt. - The hotel is paid for by the company.
4. prep. about, of (a topic)
Er hat von seiner Jugend erzählt. - He told about his youth.
5. prep. on, with (a resource)
Von welchem Geld soll ich als Arbeitsloser in Urlaub fahren? - Being unemployed, on what money should I go on holidays?
Man kann nicht nur von Luft und Liebe leben. - You can’t live on air and love alone. (proverb)
dem
1. art. dative singular of der: the
2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which
Geld
1. n. money
übrig
1. adj. (attributive) rest of, remaining
2. adj. (predicative) left, left over; spare
Behalten
1. n. (gerund of behalten); retention
2. v. to keep (money, items, etc. in one's possession)
3. v. to keep (information to oneself), to not reveal (a secret)
Ich behalte es für mich. - I'm keeping it secret.
4. v. to remember
das
1. art. singular of der: the
2. pron. singular of der
3. pron. (relative) who, that, which
Ich kenne ein Mädchen, das das kann. - I know a girl who can do that.
Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist.
4. pron. (demonstrative) this, that, it
Das ist mein Haus. - This is my house.
er - Er wissen
Ich hab das nicht. - I don’t have it. (i.e. the thing mentioned)
5. pron. (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb)
Das regnet schon wieder. - It’s raining again.
Wissen Sie, wie spät das ist? - Do you know what time it is?
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
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)
ausgibst
1. v. second-person singular present of ausgeben
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)
will
1. v. first-person singular present of wollen
2. v. third-person singular present of wollen
wollen
1. adj. (relational) wool; woolen, woollen
2. v. to want; to wish; to desire; to demand
Ich will doch nur das Beste. - I want only the best.
3. v. (auxiliary) to want (to do something)
Ich will gehen. - I want to go.
4. v. (auxiliary) to intend, to mean
Ich wollte dich nicht erschrecken. - I did not mean to scare you.
Dir
1. pron. alternative case form of dir
2. pron. personal dative of du; you, to you.
3. pron. dative of du; yourself, to yourself.
mit
1. prep. with (in the company of; alongside)
Ich spiele mit meinen Freunden. - I'm playing with my friends.
2. prep. with, by (using as an instrument; by means of)
Ich schreibe mit einem Bleistift. - I'm writing with a pencil.
Ich fahre mit dem Bus. - I'm going by bus.
3. prep. with (as an accessory to)
4. prep. with (having)
5. prep. at (with the age of)
6. prep. with, including, with ... included
7. adv. among; denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group
Hier gibt es mit das beste Essen in der Stadt. - Here they have some of the best food in town.
Ich war mit der erste, der hier war. - I was one of the very first who arrived.
8. adv. also, too (in addition; besides; as well)
9. adv. (somewhat, informal) with (something), with it
Ich brauch nicht unbedingt Majonäse zu den Fritten, aber mit sind sie natürlich besser. - I don't necessarily need mayonnaise with the chips, but they taste better with it, of course.
Absicht
1. n-f. intention
mit schlechten Absichten. - with bad intentions.
2. n-f. intent
dieses
1. pron. singular of dieser
2. pron. genitive singular of dieser
dieser
1. pron. this one, this
2. pron. that one, that
Kleine
1. n. female equivalent of Kleiner: girl; young woman
2. n. plural of Kleiner
3. n. nominative singular of Kleiner
4. adj. form of klein
klein
1. adj. small, little, tiny, wee, small-scale
2. adj. little, young (in age)
3. adj. insignificant
Buch
1. n. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication)
2. n. (accounting usually in the plural) books (accounting records)
3. n. (rare) omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
4. Proper noun. either of two municipalities in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
5. v. singular imperative of buchen
geben
1. v. (ditransitive) to give (changing ownership)
Meine Frau hat mir eine neue Uhr gegeben. - My wife gave me a new watch.
2. v. (ditransitive) to hand, to pass, to put within reach
Gib mir das! - Give me that!
Gib mir deine Hand. - Give me your hand (to hold).
Könnten Sie mir den Stift geben? - Could you hand me that pen?
3. v. (impersonal, transitive) Used to indicate that something exists (often with a certain property and/or in a certain location). Usually translated as there be or there exist
Gibt es gute Schulen in der Nähe? - Are there good schools in the neighborhood?
Es gibt kein Wasser in dieser Wüste. - There is no water in this desert.
Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist.
4. v. (ditransitive, transitive) to communicate (helpful information such as a hint or advice), to signal (in a certain way such as a sign)
Darf ich dir einen Rat geben? - May I give you some advice?
Der Spieler gab ein Signal, dass er eingewechselt werden wollte. - The player gave a signal that he wanted to be substituted.
5. v. to present; to put
6. v. to result in

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