| 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) | |
| dachte |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of denken | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of denken | |
| denken |
| 1. v. to think | |
| Ich denke, also bin ich. - I think, therefore I am. | |
| Er denkt gewichtige Dinge. - He is thinking weighty thoughts. | |
| Ich denke an früher. - I am thinking about the past. | |
| 2. v. not to forget; to remember (to bring along, etc.) | |
| Denk an den Schlüssel! - Don’t forget the key. | |
| 3. v. to imagine | |
| Das kann ich mir denken. - I can imagine that. | |
| Ich denke ihn mir als bärtigen Einsiedler. - I imagine him as a bearded hermit. | |
| 4. v. to think, to believe, to assume, to conjecture | |
| Ja, das dachte ich mir. - Yes, I thought so. | |
| 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) | |
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| müssen |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) to have to (do something); must; to be obliged (to do something); to need (to do something). | |
| Wir müssen es machen. - We must do it. | |
| Wir müssen es nicht machen. - We need not do it. / We do not need to do it. | |
| Ich musste es machen. - I had to do it. | |
| 2. v. to have to do something implied; must; to be obliged. | |
| Ja, ich muss. - Yes, I must. | |
| Ja, ich habe gemusst. - Yes, I had to. | |
| 3. v. (colloquial euphemism) to need to go to the bathroom. | |
| Heute |
| 1. n. today | |
| 2. adv. today | |
| Drei |
| 1. n-f. three (digit/figure 3) | |
| 2. num. (cardinal) three (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 3; or describing a set with three elements) | |
| Stück |
| 1. n. (invariant) one, item, piece (of something ; often untranslated in English) | |
| Ich brauche noch Glühbirnen. Geben Sie mir bitte drei Stück! - I also need light bulbs. Give me three, please! | |
| Wie viel Stück wollen Sie? - How many do you want? | |
| Die Äpfel kosten 50 Cent das Stück. - The apples are 50 cents apiece. | |
| 2. n. (invariant) head (a single animal) | |
| 200 Stück Vieh - 200 head of cattle | |
| 3. n. (declinable, or invariant) piece (portion of something bigger or of an unmass) | |
| Er schneidet das Fleisch in Stücke. - He's cutting the meat in pieces. | |
| Ich nehme zwei Stücke Zucker. - I take two lumps of sugar. | |
| Ich habe drei Stücke Kuchen mitgebracht. - I brought three pieces of cake. | |
| 4. n. Something of artistic or historic value; piece of art (of any kind, but less common of novels and films) | |
| Dieser Tisch ist ein besonders schönes Stück. - This table is a particularly beautiful piece. | |
| Spiel doch bitte mal ein Stück von den Beatles. - Play a Beatles song, please. | |
| Der Regisseur versteht das Stück nicht. - The director doesn’t understand the play. | |
| 5. n. (pejorative and/or sexual) a person, often female | |
| Sie ist ein heißes Stück. - She's a hot thing. | |
| Er ist ein verlogenes Stück. - He’s a lying bastard. | |
| 6. n. (military, obsolete) piece (artillery gun) | |
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| Schlachten |
| 1. n. plural of Schlacht | |
| 2. v. to slaughter (kill livestock; kill people brutally) | |
