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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)
Muß
     1. n. Superseded spelling of used=pre-1996
     2. v. Superseded spelling of used=pre-1996
     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.
Mal
     1. n. time (as in the first time; many times)
     2. n. occasion, case, occurrence
     3. n. a mark on the body, e.g. a scar, mole, etc.
     4. n. (chiefly in compounds) mark, sign in the landscape, e.g. a milestone
     5. n. (ball games) base
     6. adv. times (indicating multiplication of two numbers)
           sechs mal sieben ist zweiundvierzig - six times seven is forty-two
     7. adv. (informal) Alternative form of einmal, , sometime, ever, once, may serve to introduce a new information.
           Wenn du in Köln bist, musst du mal bei deiner Tante anrufen. - When you’re in Cologne, you must call your aunt sometime.
           Ich geh mal zum Kaffeestand. - I’m off to the coffee stall.
     8. adv. (informal) Softening a sentence, thus making a request or command more polite. By extension, indicating a command or request.
           Haben Sie mal Feuer? - Do you have a lighter please?
           Haste Feuer? - D'ya have fire?
           Du musst mal deine Tante anrufen. - You have to call your aunt.
     9. v. singular imperative of malen
     10. v. colloquial of
     malen
          1. v. to paint (do paintwork)
          2. v. to paint (create a painting)
          3. v. (loosely) to draw, depict (with a pencil, computer program, etc.)
eben
     1. adj. flat, smooth, even (of a surface)
     2. adv. (modal particle) so, just, simply, indicating that something is generally known, or cannot be changed, or the like; often untranslatable
           Er ist eben ein Idiot... - So he's an idiot...
           Dann müssen wir eben härter arbeiten. - Then we'll just have to work harder.
     3. adv. (modal particle) just, quickly, indicating that something is done fast or without much complication
           Ich geh mal eben zur Theke. - I'll just go to the bar.
           Könnten Sie mir vielleicht eben helfen? - Could you maybe help me out really quickly?
     4. adv. just; a moment ago
           Wo ist denn dein Mann? Der saß doch eben noch hier. - Where's your husband? He was sitting here just a minute ago.
     5. adv. (literary, with dieser) exactly, very
           Es sollte eben diese Entscheidung sein, die ihn in den Bankrott treiben würde. - It would be this very decision that drove him into bankruptcy.
meinen
     1. v. to opine, to think; to believe; to suppose
           Ich meine, das war letztes oder vorletztes Jahr. - I think it was last year or the year before.
     2. v. to say; to utter; (not used with nouns; not used in the imperative and rarely in the infinitive)
           Entschuldige, was meintest du gerade? - Sorry, what did you just say?
     3. v. to mean; to be convinced or sincere about something
           Das sagt er nicht nur, das meint er auch. - He doesn’t just say it, he means it.
     4. v. to mean; to have in mind; to convey
           Was meintest du damit? - What did you mean by that?
           Meinst du das rote oder das gelbe Haus? - Do you mean the red or the yellow house?
     5. v. (now rare) to mean; to signify
           Was meint dieses Wort? - What does this word mean?
     6. det. (possessive) masculine accusative singular of mein
     7. det. (possessive) dative plural of mein
Taschenrechner
     1. n-m. electronic pocket calculator
holen
     1. v. to (go) get, to fetch (to go somewhere and take something)
           Hol noch einen Stuhl! - Go get another chair!
     2. v. to get (to acquire, buy)
           Ich hole mir morgen ’n neuen Fernseher. - I’m getting a new TV tomorrow.
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