| 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) | |
| schäme |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of schämen | |
| 2. v. first-person singular subjunctive of schämen | |
| 3. v. third-person singular subjunctive of schämen | |
| 4. v. singular imperative of schämen | |
| schämen |
| 1. v. to be ashamed or (less often) embarrassed, bashful | |
| Du solltest dich schämen. - You should be ashamed. | |
| Sie ist stolz auf ihre ausländischen Wurzeln und schämt sich nicht dafür / schämt sich ihrer nicht. - She is proud of her foreign roots and not ashamed of them. | |
| Ich schäme mich für meine Wohnung. - I am ashamed of my apartment. | |
| mich |
| 1. pron. accusative of ich: me | |
| So |
| 1. n. (nonstandard) abbreviation of Sonntag, t=Sunday Alternative form of So. | |
| 2. adv. so, such, that | |
| Die Leute sind so nett. - People are so nice. | |
| Dieser Hammer ist nicht so gut. - This hammer is not that good. | |
| Das ist so eine gute Idee! - That is such a good idea! | |
| so und so - such and such | |
| 3. adv. as (followed by an adjective or adverb plus wie in a statement of equality) | |
| Er rennt so schnell wie der Blitz. - He runs as fast as lightning. | |
| 4. adv. thus, like this/that, in this/that way, in this/that manner | |
| Wenn du den Ball so wirfst, triffst du die Zielscheibe. - If you throw the ball like this, you'll hit the target. | |
| 5. adv. then (in that case) | |
| Wirst du wieder gesund, so freue ich mich. - If you get healthy again, then I'll be happy. | |
| 6. adv. (colloquial) expletive; sometimes intensifying, sometimes with no noticeable meaning | |
| Wir sind runtergegangen und haben uns hier so hingesetzt. - We went downstairs and, like, sat down here. | |
| 7. conj. (coordinating) thus, so, pursuant to the aforementioned premises | |
| 8. conj. (subordinating, chiefly archaic, sometimes legal and regional) an, if | |
| So es Euch beliebt. - If it pleases you. | |
| 9. part. (colloquial) (quotative particle, somewhat similar to be like but also combinable with other verbs) | |
| Ich so: "Mach mal dalli!", und er dann so: "Ich bin ja schon dabei!" - I was like, "Hurry up!" and he was like, "I'm already on it!". | |
| Ich dachte mir nur so: "Ja komm, lass stecken." - All I thought to myself at that moment was, "Yeah whatever, forget about it.". | |
| 10. pron. (obsolete, relative) that, which, who | |
| Derhalben sind die Christen schuldig, der Obrigkeit unterthan ... zu seyn in Allem, so ohne Sünde geschehen mag. - That do the Christians owe: to be obedient to the authority ... zu seyn in All | |
| 11. interj. (tlb, colloquial) (a discourse marker in the beginning of a sentence indicating a topic having been dealt with and another being tackled) | |
| 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. | |
| 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) | |
| ein |
| 1. art. a, an | |
| ein Mann - a man | |
| eine Frau - a woman | |
| ein Kind - a child | |
| 2. adv. (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something | |
| ein und aus gehen, weder ein noch aus wissen | |
| darein, derein, feldein, feldein, hafenein, hafenein, herein, herein, hierein, hierein, hinein, hinein, jahrein, jahrein, waldein, waldein (older spellings include Wald-ein), worein, wor | |
| 3. adj. (predicative) on | |
| Ist der Schalter ein oder aus? (d. h., Ist der Schalter ein- oder ausgeschaltet?) - Is the switch on or off. (i.e., Is the switch switched on or off.) | |
| Loch |
| 1. n. hole; perforation | |
| 2. n. hole in the ground; pit | |
| 3. n. gap; bare spot | |
| 4. n. (dentistry) cavity | |
| 5. n. dungeon; underground prison | |
| 6. n. (colloquial) prison; jail / gaol | |
| 7. n. (colloquial) apartment, flat or house in a bad condition; dump | |
| 8. n. (colloquial) boring small town or village | |
| 9. n. loch, lough (a lake or bay in Scotland or Ireland) | |
| Graben |
| 1. n. ditch | |
| 2. n. (military) trench | |
| 3. n. (geology) graben | |
| Oberrheingraben - Upper Rhine graben | |
| 4. v. to dig | |
| 5. v. to burrow | |
| 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? | |
| mich |
| 1. pron. accusative of ich: me | |
| darin |
| 1. adv. in it, in that, therein | |
| Verkriechen |
| 1. n. gerund of verkriechen | |
| 2. v. to creep away | |
| 3. v. to hide away, to be holed up | |
| könnte |
| 1. v. first-person singular subjunctive of können | |
| 2. v. third-person singular subjunctive 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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