| 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) | |
| spürte |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of spüren | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of spüren | |
| 3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of spüren | |
| 4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of spüren | |
| 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. | |
| 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) | |
| meine |
| 1. pron. feminine singular of meiner | |
| 2. pron. plural of meiner | |
| 3. det. feminine singular of mein | |
| 4. det. plural of mein | |
| 5. v. first-person singular present of meinen | |
| 6. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of meinen | |
| 7. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of meinen | |
| 8. v. singular imperative of meinen | |
| mein |
| 1. det. (possessive) my | |
| 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 | |
| ganze |
| 1. adj. form of ganz | |
| ganz |
| 1. adj. entire, whole, complete | |
| Er hat ein ganzes Hähnchen gegessen. - He ate a whole chicken. | |
| 2. adj. (informal) all (with definite article or determiner) | |
| Ich hab meine ganzen Freunde eingeladen. - I’ve invited all my friends. | |
| 3. adj. (colloquial) whole, intact | |
| Ist die Tasse noch ganz? - Is the cup still whole? | |
| 4. adj. (in certain combinations) true; real | |
| uxi, ein ganzer Kerl, a true man | |
| 5. adj. (mathematics) integer (of a number) | |
| 6. adv. quite, rather | |
| 7. adv. very | |
| 8. adv. wholly, entirely, all | |
| Emotion |
| 1. n-f. emotion | |
| 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) | |
| den |
| 1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
| 2. art. dative plural of der | |
| 3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
| Song |
| 1. n. (colloquial) a song of modern popular music | |
| Legen |
| 1. n. (gerund of legen); laying, placement | |
| 2. v. to lay, to put, to place, to position, so that it afterwards lies as opposed to being setzen, stellen | |
| Leg deine Sachen auf den Stuhl! - Put your things on the chair! | |
| Ich lege mich auf das Bett. - I lie down on the bed. | |
| Eier legen - to lay eggs | |
| ein Feuer legen - to set a fire | |
| Leg dich auf den Boden! - Lie down on the floor! | |
| 3. v. (animal husbandry) to castrate | |
| Ich habe meinen Hengst legen lassen. - I had my stallion castrated. | |
| 4. v. (colloquial especially video games) to slay, to defeat | |
| 5. v. (colloquial impersonal) to cause great amusement, to make someone collapse in laughter, to kill, to slay | |
| Bei dem zweiten Witz hat's ihn komplett gelegt. - The second joke totally killed him. | |
| konnte |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of können | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite 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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| 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. | |
| hart |
| 1. adj. hard | |
| 2. adj. severe, harsh | |
| 3. adj. (figurative) unmoved, cold, cruel | |
| 4. adv. hard (with force or effort) | |
| Sie haben die ganze Woche hart gearbeitet. - They worked hard all week. | |
| 5. adv. sharply, roughly, severely | |
| 6. adv. close (an (+ dative) to) | |
| 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) | |
| plötzlich |
| 1. adj. sudden | |
| 2. adj. abrupt | |
| 3. adj. brusque | |
| 4. adv. suddenly | |
| spielte |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of spielen | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of spielen | |
| 3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of spielen | |
| 4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of spielen | |
| spielen |
| 1. v. to play (engage in some activity for fun or entertainment) | |
| Die Kinder spielen draußen. - The children are playing outside. | |
| Die Katze spielt mit einer Schnur. - The cat is playing with a string. | |
| 2. v. to play, to engage in (a game, a sport, etc.) | |
| Karten spielen - to play cards | |
| 3. v. to play, to perform (a piece of music, a role in theater or a movie) | |
| 4. v. to play, to listen to (a radio, a recording, etc.) | |
| 5. v. to play, to perform on (a musical instrument) | |
| 6. v. to act like, to behave like | |
| den Narren spielen - to play the fool | |
| 7. v. to take place , to be set (in a particular time or place; of fiction) | |
| Das Spiel spielt in einer postapokalyptischen Zukunft. - The game is set in a post-apocalyptic future. | |
