| 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) | |
| Schlage |
| 1. n. dative of Schlag | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present of schlagen | |
| schlagen |
| 1. v. to beat; to hit; to knock; to strike; to punch; to hammer; to pound | |
| 2. v. to beat; to win against; to defeat | |
| 3. v. to beat; to strike repeatedly; to pound | |
| 4. v. to beat; to whip; to mix food in a rapid aerating fashion | |
| 5. v. (of a clock) to chime | |
| 6. v. to fight | |
| vor |
| 1. prep. in front of, ahead of (relative location in space) | |
| 2. prep. before, prior to, ahead of (relative location in time) | |
| 3. prep. ago (location in the past relative to the present) | |
| vor drei Tagen - three days ago | |
| vor einiger Zeit - a while ago | |
| 4. prep. from, against (a threat or negative outcome) | |
| Er konnte vor dem Tsunami nicht mehr fliehen. - He couldn't escape (from) the tsunami. | |
| Du hast mich vorm Ertrinken gerettet. - You saved me from drowning. | |
| vor Verlusten schützen - to protect against losses | |
| sich vor jemandem verstecken - to hide from somebody | |
| 5. prep. (what) with, (out) of (stating cause) | |
| vor Freude weinen - to cry with joy | |
| Ich sterbe vor Durst. - I'm dying of thirst. | |
| Ich kann dich vor all dem Rauch gar nicht sehen. - I can't even see you, what with all the smoke. | |
| Vor lauter Angst traute sich keiner im Raum mehr zu atmen. - Nobody in the room dared to breathe out of sheer fright. | |
| schlagen vor |
| 1. v. first-person plural present of vorschlagen | |
| 2. v. third-person plural present of vorschlagen | |
| 3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of vorschlagen | |
| 4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of vorschlagen | |
| wir |
| 1. pron. we | |
| Nehmen |
| 1. n. gerund of nehmen | |
| 2. v. to take (something into one's possession or on one's body) | |
| Wer hat meinen Hut genommen? - Who took my hat? | |
| 3. v. (ditransitive) to take from | |
| Die Niederlage nahm der Mannschaft den Mut. - The team's defeat robbed them of their courage. | |
| 4. v. to hold (in one's hands), to grasp | |
| Hier, nimm meine Hand. - Here, take my hand. | |
| 5. v. to take, to consider (a statement, a situation, an idea, etc, in a certain way, for example seriously, badly, personally) | |
| Die Polizei nimmt die Angriffe ernst. - The police are taking the attacks seriously. | |
| Ich nehme diese Bemerkung übel. - I resent (take as offensive) that remark. | |
| Das ist eine Redewendung, also sollte man sie nicht wörtlich nehmen. - That's a figure of speech so you shouldn't take it literally. | |
| 6. v. to capture, to arrest | |
| Die Verbrecher wurden in Gewahrsam genommen. - The criminals were taken into custody. | |
| 7. v. to ingest (e.g. a pill) | |
| Nimm etwas Aspirin, wenn du Kopfschmerzen hast. - Take some aspirin if you have a headache. | |
| 8. v. to move into, to sit at (one's assigned position) | |
| Meine Damen und Herren, bitte nehmen Sie Ihre Plätze. - Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. | |
| 9. v. to use (time, effort, etc. for a specific purpose) | |
| Du solltest dir etwas Zeit nehmen, um dich zu entspannen. - You should take some time to relax. | |
| 10. v. To begin or cause the action implied by a noun to take place, possibly making the sentence more passive or indirect. | |
| Abschied nehmen - to say goodbye, lit=to take farewell | |
| Abstand nehmen - to refrain, lit=to take distance | |
| seinen Anfang nehmen - to begin, lit=to take its beginning | |
| Anstoß nehmen - to take offense | |
| ein Beispiel nehmen - to follow an example, lit=to take an example | |
| Einfluss nehmen - to exert influence, lit=to take influence | |
| ein Ende nehmen - to come to an end, lit=to take an end | |
| seinen Lauf nehmen - to run its course, lit=to take its run | |
| das Leben nehmen - to kill, lit=to take the life | |
| Maß nehmen - to take a measurement | |
| Notiz nehmen - to take notice | |
| Rücksicht nehmen - to consider, lit=to take consideration | |
| Stellung nehmen - to comment, lit=to take position | |
| einen Verlauf nehmen - to follow a course, lit=to take a course | |
| sich Zeit nehmen - to allow sufficient time, lit=to take oneself time | |
| 11. v. to cause oneself to be (in some state); to become; to take oneself (to some state) | |
| Nimm dich in Acht! - Take care! | |
| 12. v. to seize, to capture | |
| 13. v. to receive, to accept | |
| 14. v. to foul | |
| die |
| 1. art. feminine singular of der | |
| die Frau - the woman | |
| 2. art. plural of der | |
| die Männer - the men | |
| 3. pron. feminine singular of der | |
| 4. pron. plural of der | |
| 5. pron. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose | |
| Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. - I know a woman who can do that. | |
| 6. pron. (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them | |
| die da - that one/she/they there | |
| 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 | |
| Treppe |
| 1. n-f. stairs | |
