| 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) | |
| möchte |
| 1. v. first-person singular subjunctive of mögen | |
| 2. v. third-person singular subjunctive of mögen | |
| mögen |
| 1. v. to like (something or someone) | |
| Ich mag keinen Käse. - I don't like cheese. | |
| 2. v. to want to go | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) may (expresses a possibility with uncertainty with a degree of admission of the statement) | |
| Das mag ja alles stimmen. - That may all be true. | |
| 4. v. (auxiliary) to be hesitant to (do something) | |
| Ich mag sie nicht fragen. - I am hesitant to ask her. | |
| 5. v. (auxiliary) may (paraphrases the optative). | |
| Möge die Macht mit dir sein. - May the Force be with you. | |
| 6. v. to want; would like (to have or to do something) | |
| Ich möchte Käse. - I would like cheese. | |
| Ich möchte keinen Käse. - I don't want cheese. | |
| 7. v. (auxiliary) to want to; would like to; to wish to (do something) | |
| Ich möchte sie nicht fragen. - I don't want to ask her. | |
| 8. v. (obsolete, auxiliary, with infinitive) to be able to, may, can | |
| keinen |
| 1. en:not a | |
| 2. pron. masculine accusative of kein | |
| Ich suche keinen Job. - I'm not looking for a job. | |
| uxi, Ich suche kein Job., I'm not looking for a job. | |
| 3. pron. dative plural of kein | |
| es gehört keinen Leuten - it does not belong to anyone | |
| 4. pron. masculine accusative of keiner | |
| 5. pron. dative plural of keiner | |
| kein |
| 1. pron. no; not a(n); not one; not any | |
| Das ist kein Bett. - That is no bed. | |
| uxi, Es gibt kein Brot., There is no bread. | |
| Anfänger |
| 1. n-m. (agent noun of anfangen); beginner, novice | |
| Verstehen |
| 1. n. gerund of verstehen | |
| 2. v. to understand | |
| 3. v. to hear and interpret (speech) | |
| Ich verstehe dich nicht bei dem Lärm. - I can't understand you with this noise. | |
| 4. v. to comprehend, make sense of | |
| Ich verstehe nicht, was du meinst. - I don't understand what you mean. | |
| 5. v. to take, see, gather (impute what is not explicitly stated) | |
| Ich verstehe das so, dass Sie unzufrieden sind. - I understand this in such a way that you are dissatisfied. | |
| 6. v. to know, have knowledge or understanding of (through experience or study) | |
| Er versteht viel von Autos. - He knows a lot about cars. | |
| 7. v. to understand oneself, understand each other, be understood | |
| 8. v. (with als) to see oneself as, to think of oneself as | |
| Wir verstehen uns als Dienstleister. - We see ourselves as a service provider. | |
| 9. v. to understand one another, be able to communicate | |
| Ich hoffe, wir verstehen uns. - I hope we understand each other. | |
| 10. v. (with mit) to get along with | |
| Die beiden verstehen sich gut. - The two get along well. | |
| Wie verstehst du dich mit deinem Chef? - How do you get along with your boss? | |
| 11. v. (with auf) to be an expert (at something) | |
| Sie versteht sich auf gut getarnte Beleidigungen. - She is an expert at making well disguised insults. | |
| 12. v. to be meant, to have to be interpreted (in some way) | |
| Die angegebenen Preise verstehen sich ohne Mehrwertsteuer. - The indicated prices should be understood as without VAT. | |
| 13. v. (impersonal) to go without saying, to be obvious | |
| Es versteht sich, dass ... - It goes without saying that ... | |
| Sie |
| 1. pron. you (polite; singular and plural) | |
| Was möchten Sie, Frau Wagner? - What would you like to have, Mrs. Wagner? | |
| 2. pron. she | |
| Ist sie noch krank? - Is she still sick? | |
| Das ist meine Katze. Sie heißt Lili. - This is my cat. Her name is Lili. | |
| Ich suche Vanessa. Hast du sie gesehen? - I'm looking for Vanessa. Have you seen her? | |
| 3. pron. it (when the object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine die) | |
| Scheint die Sonne noch? Nein, sie ist schon untergegangen. - Is the Sun still shining? No, it has already gone down. | |
| Ich suche meine Brieftasche. Hast du sie gesehen? - I'm looking for my wallet. Have you seen it? | |
| 4. pron. he (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a male person, is feminine die) | |
| Die Geisel Richard Meier versuchte, sich zu befreien, aber sie schaffte es nicht. - The hostage Richard Meier tried to break free, but he didn’t succeed. | |
| Die Wache Michael Müller beschädigte ihr Gewehr, wofür ihr Vorgesetzter sie bestrafte. - The guardsman Michael Müller damaged his rifle, and his supervisor punished him for that. | |
| 5. pron. they; them | |
