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. | |
eigentlich |
1. adv. actually | |
2. adj. actual, proper | |
dass |
1. conj. (subordinating) that | |
Ich habe gehört, dass du krank bist. - I was told that you are sick. | |
2. conj. (subordinating, chiefly colloquial) so that | |
Beeil dich, dass wir bald losfahren können. - Hurry up so that we can take off soon. | |
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) | |
besser |
1. adj. comparative of gut; better | |
2. v. first-person singular present of bessern | |
3. v. singular imperative of bessern | |
bessern |
1. v. to improve, to better | |
Gitarre |
1. n-f. guitar | |
Spielen |
1. n. gerund of spielen | |
2. n. dative plural of Spiel | |
3. v. to play (engage in some activity for fun or entertainment) | |
Die Kinder spielen draußen. - The children are playing outside. | |
Die Katze spielt mit einer Schnur. - The cat is playing with a string. | |
4. v. to play, to engage in (a game, a sport, etc.) | |
Karten spielen - to play cards | |
5. v. to play, to perform (a piece of music, a role in theater or a movie) | |
6. v. to play, to listen to (a radio, a recording, etc.) | |
7. v. to play, to perform on (a musical instrument) | |
8. v. to act like, to behave like | |
den Narren spielen - to play the fool | |
9. v. to take place , to be set (in a particular time or place; of fiction) | |
Das Spiel spielt in einer postapokalyptischen Zukunft. - The game is set in a post-apocalyptic future. | |
kannst |
1. v. second-person singular present 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 | |
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