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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)
sah
     1. v. first-person singular preterite of sehen
     2. v. third-person singular preterite of sehen
     sehen
          1. v. to see; to have sight
                Er sieht nicht gut. - He doesn’t see well.
          2. v. to see (something); to perceive by vision
          3. v. to realize; to notice; to see; to find out
          4. v. to meet (somebody); to meet up; to see; (butnot in the sense of “pay a visit to”, nor as a euphemism for having a romantic or sexual relation)
                Siehst du den Markus noch? - Do you still see Markus? (Do you meet him regularly? Are you still friends with him?)
          5. v. to look at; to watch; (the construction with nach often implies a turning of the head; other prepositions can be used depending on the context)
                auf/nach etwas sehen - to look at something
          6. v. to check on; to look after; to see to (+preo, nach)
                Hast du in letzter Zeit nach dem Baby gesehen? - Have you seen to the baby recently?
          7. v. to decide spontaneously and/or by personal preference; to wait and see
                Das werden wir dann sehen. - We’ll see then. / We’ll play it by ear.
                Soll ich Nudeln oder Pizza nehmen? — Das musst du selber sehen. - Should I take pasta or pizza? — You’ll have to decide for yourself.
wie
     1. adv. how
           Wie groß bist du? - How tall are you?
           Ich weiß nicht, wie die Katze hereingekommen ist. - I don't know how the cat got in.
           Wie wunderbar! - How wonderful!
     2. conj. like
           Freunde sind wie Sterne in der Nacht. - Friends are like stars in the night.
     3. conj. as
           Wie ihr wisst, bin ich in Dortmund aufgewachsen. - As you know, I grew up in Dortmund.
           Ich bin so schnell wie du. - I’m as fast as you are.
     4. conj. (colloquial nonstandard) than
           Der Junge ist größer wie sein Vater. - The boy is taller than his father.
     5. conj. (chiefly colloquial) when referring to the past
           Ich hab ihn gesehen, wie ich in Köln war. - I saw him when I was in Cologne.
           Wie ich zur Tür herauskomme, steht da mein alter Schulfreund. - When I came out the door, my old school-day friend was standing in front of me.
der
     1. art. the
     2. art. feminine singular of der
     3. art. genitive plural of der
     4. pron. who; that; which
           Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. - I know a man who can do that.
     5. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that
     6. pron. (attributive, stressed) that
           Der Mann war es! - It was that man!
     7. pron. (indicative) him, he
           Der hat es getan! - It was him who did it!
     8. pron. (differential) the one, him
           Der mit dem Mantel - The one with the coat
     9. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her
Junge
     1. n. boy
     2. n. (card games) jack
     3. n. plural of Junges
     4. n. singular of Junges
     5. adj. form of jung
über
     1. prep. (accusative, or dative) above, over (spatially)
           Über dem Wald ist der Himmel blau. - Over the forest, the sky is blue.
           Die Vögel flogen über den Wald. - The birds flew over the forest.
     2. prep. about, concerning, over, at (in reference to)
           Die ganze Klasse lachte über ihren Witz. - The entire class laughed at her joke.
     3. prep. (accusative) via, through, by way of
           Der Zug fährt über den Hauptbahnhof. - The train goes via the main station.
           Ich kaufe alles über das Internet. - I buy everything through the internet.
     4. prep. (accusative) across
           Ich fahre mit der Fähre über die Ostsee. - I travel on the ferry across the Baltic Sea.
     5. prep. (accusative) during, for, over a time period
           Es regnete über das Wochenende. - It rained over the weekend.
           Er hat uns über Jahre belogen. - He's lied to us for years.
     6. prep. (accusative) about
           Ich schreibe ein Buch über Goethes Leben. - I'm writing a book about Goethe's life.
     7. prep. around, among
     8. prep. over, more than, above (a quantity)
     9. prep. beyond
           Die technischen Probleme in der Welt von heute gehen weit über den Rahmen des Technischen hinaus. - The technological problems in today's world extend far beyond the scope of technology.
     10. prep. at (when 'over' or 'about' could roughly be substituted)
     11. adj. (tlb, colloquial) left over, remaining, (replaces übrig in all its predicative instances, including those lexicalized as verb prefixoids.)
           überbleiben - to be left over, to remain
           Hier sind noch zwei Gurken über. Willst du die haben? - Here there are two gherkins left. Wanna have em?
     12. adv. over (in certain select phrases)
           über und über - over and over
     13. post. (following accusative) throughout
           Den ganzen Tag über. - Throughout the entire day.
den
     1. art. masculine accusative singular of der
     2. art. dative plural of der
     3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der
Zaun
     1. n. fence
sprang
     1. v. first-person singular preterite of springen
     2. v. third-person singular preterite of springen
     springen
          1. v. to spring; to leap; to bounce
          2. v. to dive; to jump; to vault
          3. v. to break; to burst; to pop
          4. v. to run; to dash
und
     1. conj. (co-ordinating) and
           Kaffee und Kuchen - coffee and cake
           Ich kam, sah und siegte. - I came, saw, and conquered.
     2. conj. (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them
           Er und Abwaschen? Vielleicht einmal im Jahr! - Him doing the dishes? Maybe once per year!
     3. interj. so?, now?, and?
           Und? Wie ist es gelaufen? - So? How did it go?
weglief
     1. v. first-person singular preterite of weglaufen
     2. v. third-person singular preterite of weglaufen
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