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 | |
nicht |
1. adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb) | |
Bitte nicht stören! - Please do not disturb! | |
Das ist nicht wahr. - That is not true. | |
2. interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
Du bist sicher die Claudia, nicht? - You must be Claudia, aren't you? | |
Lesen |
1. n. (gerund of lesen); reading | |
2. v. to read (look at and understand symbols, words, or data) | |
3. v. to select and gather or harvest (things like grapes) | |
was |
1. pron. (interrogative) what | |
Was machst du heute? - What are you doing today? | |
2. pron. (relative) which ((referring to the entire preceding clause)) | |
Sie tanzte gut, was er bewunderte. - She was a good dancer, which he admired. | |
3. pron. (relative) that, which ((referring to das, alles, etwas, nichts, and neuter substantival adjectives)) | |
Das ist alles, was ich weiß. - That's all that I know. | |
Das ist das Beste, was mir passieren konnte. - That's the best that could have happened to me. | |
4. pron. (relative, colloquial) that, which ((referring to neuter singular nouns, instead of standard das)) | |
Siehst du das weiße Haus, was renoviert wird? - Do you see that white house, which is being renovated? | |
5. pron. (indefinite, colloquial) something, anything ((instead of standard etwas)) | |
Ich hab was gefunden. - I've found something. | |
6. pron. (interrogative, dated) why (with emphasis, astonishment or disapproval) | |
Was birgst du so bang dein Gesicht? - Why on earth are you hiding your face so fearfully? | |
7. adv. (colloquial) a little, somewhat | |
Ich komm was später. - I'll arrive a little later. | |
8. adv. (interrogative, colloquial) why, what for | |
Was bist du heute so stumm? - Why are you so silent today? | |
da |
1. adv. (local) there; here | |
Wir fahren nach Hamburg. Meine Frau hat eine Freundin, die da wohnt. - We’re going to Hamburg. My wife has a friend who lives there. | |
Die Gäste sind noch nicht da. - The guests aren’t here yet. | |
2. adv. (temporal) then; so; at that moment | |
Ich war gerade eingeschlafen, und da kam ein Anruf. - I had just fallen asleep, and that’s when someone called. | |
Er hat immer weiter auf mich eingeschrien. Da bin ich einfach gegangen. - He just kept on shouting at me. So I just left. | |
3. adv. (colloquial) (replaces any takes a reflexive pronoun adverb when the context is clear) | |
Ich wollte eigentlich Linsensuppe machen, aber da (= dafür, dazu) hatte ich das Rezept nicht. | |
I was actually going to make lentil soup, but I didn’t have the recipe for it. | |
Wir haben jetzt ein Angebot gekriegt, aber da (= darüber) müssen wir noch diskutieren. | |
We’ve now received an offer, but we’ll still need to have discussion about that. | |
4. conj. since; as; because; given that | |
Da die Stelle mit häufigen Auslandskontakten verbunden ist, sind gute Fremdsprachenkenntnisse unerlässlich. - Since the position involves frequent international contacts, good foreign-language | |
5. conj. (literary, dated) when | |
Am Tag, da die Wahrheit offenbar wird, ist es zur Umkehr zu spät. - On the day when the Truth will become manifest, it will be too late for penitence. | |
nachher |
1. adv. afterwards, later | |
in |
1. prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building) | |
Es ist in dem Haus. - It is in the house. | |
Ich habe die Schlüssel im (in dem) Kühlschrank gefunden. - I found the keys in the refrigerator. | |
Unsere Kinder sind in der Schule. - Our kids are at school. | |
Er ist in einem Café. - He is at a coffee shop. | |
Letzte Nacht waren sie im (in dem) Club. - They were at the club last night. | |
2. prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to) | |
in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense | |
3. prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time) | |
Er schloss sein Studium im Alter von vierzehn. - He completed his studies at/by the age of fourteen. | |
im Alter - in old age | |
im Mittelalter - during the middle ages | |
in den 1960er Jahren - in the 1960s | |
4. prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of)) | |
Er geht ins Haus. - He goes into the house. | |
Wir gehen in die Schweiz. - We are going to Switzerland. | |
Wir treten in ein neues Zeitalter ein. - We are coming into a new age. | |
5. adj. in, popular (in fashion) | |
Ihrem |
1. pron. (possessive) dative singular of Ihr | |
2. det. dative singular of ihr: her, its, their i;referring to a masculine or neuter object in the dative case | |
ihr |
1. pron. you, ye (plural, familiar) | |
2. pron. dative of sie | |
Hast du ihr das Buch gegeben? - Did you give her the book? | |
3. det. her (possessive) | |
Laura hat mir ihr neues Auto gezeigt. - Laura showed me her new car. | |
Die Katze spielt oft mit ihren Spielsachen. - The cat often plays with her toys. | |
4. det. its (when the owning object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine) | |
die Sonne und ihre Wärme - the sun and its warmth | |
5. det. their | |
Die Kinder spielen mit ihrem Hund. - The kids are playing with their dog. | |
die Wolken und ihre Schönheit - the clouds and their beauty | |
Block |
1. n. bloc | |
2. n. block (thick, roughly cuboid object, e.g. cake of soap, block of ice, wood, etc.) | |
3. n. block (large building or group of such) | |
4. n. pad (of paper) | |
5. v. singular imperative of blocken | |
steht |
1. v. third-person singular present of stehen | |
2. v. second-person plural present of stehen | |
3. v. plural imperative of stehen | |
stehen |
1. v. to stand (to be upright, support oneself on the feet in an erect position) | |
Ich stehe an der Ecke. - I'm standing on the corner. | |
2. v. to be, to appear, to stand (to be placed or located somewhere) | |
Das steht nicht in dem Wörterbuch. - This does not appear in the dictionary. | |
3. v. to stay; to be still | |
Das Leben steht. - Life stands still. | |
4. v. to stay, to stand, to be (in a certain state, position or circumstance) | |
Das Haus steht leer. - The house stands empty. | |
Das Team steht an der Spitze seiner Liga. - The team stands at the top of their league. | |
5. v. to suit, to become (to look attractive on, of a garment, color etc.) | |
Blau steht dir sehr gut! - Blue suits you very well! | |
Der Tod steht ihr gut - Death Becomes Her (film title) | |
6. v. (Swiss) to put, place | |
7. v. (indtr, auf, .colloquial) to fancy | |
Ich glaube sie steht nicht auf dich. - I don't think she fancies you. | |