| 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) | |
| Würde |
| 1. n-f. dignity | |
| 2. v. first-person singular subjunctive of werden | |
| 3. v. third-person singular subjunctive of werden | |
| werden |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense | |
| Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - I will go home. | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice | |
| Das Buch wird gerade gelesen. (present tense) - The book is being read. | |
| Ich wurde in Europa geboren. (preterite tense) - I was born in Europe. | |
| Er war geschlagen worden. (past perfect tense) - He had been beaten. | |
| 4. v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn | |
| Es wird heißer. - It's getting hotter. | |
| 5. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition) | |
| Usage: In this sense werden is always conjugated in the third person singular and takes a dative noun. The impersonal subject es may be present, but is often taken as implied. (See the usage no | |
| Wird dir kalt? - Are you getting cold? | |
| Den Kindern wird langweilig. - The children are getting bored. | |
| Von Mayonnaise wird mir schlecht. - Mayonnaise makes me sick. (Literally: From mayonnaise I become sick.) | |
| 6. v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future) | |
| Wir werden zusammen glücklich. - We will be happy together. | |
| Was wird aus mir? - What will become of me? | |
| 7. v. (colloquial) to be going to work | |
| Das wird so nichts. - It will not work like that. | |
| Sagen |
| 1. n. gerund of sagen | |
| 2. n. plural of Sage | |
| 3. v. to say (to pronounce; communicate verbally) | |
| 4. v. to tell (to inform (someone) verbally) | |
| 5. v. to mean (to convey or signify) | |
| 6. v. to speak up (+obj, etwas) | |
| wir |
| 1. pron. we | |
| Warten |
| 1. n. gerund of warten | |
| 2. n. waiting | |
| 3. n. (technology) maintaining | |
| 4. n. plural of Warte | |
| 5. v. to wait (for) (+preo, auf, accusative) | |
| 6. v. to maintain (chiefly a machine, e.g. a car or heating) | |
| noch |
| 1. adv. still, yet (up to and including a given time) | |
| Du magst mich noch. - You still like me. | |
| Ich bin noch nicht fertig. - I’m not ready yet. | |
| 2. adv. yet, eventually (at an unknown time in the future) | |
| Er wird noch kommen. - He will come eventually. | |
| Das brauche ich später noch. - I'll need that sometime. | |
| 3. adv. additionally, in addition, besides, else; (more often expressed in English with) another, more | |
| Da ist noch einer. - There’s another one. | |
| Da sind noch welche. - There are some more. | |
| Ich habe noch Schokolade im Auto. - I have some more chocolate in the car. | |
| Weißt du noch was? - Can you think of anything else? | |
| 4. adv. (only) just; barely (by a small margin) | |
| Ich habe es gerade noch geschafft. - I made it just in time. | |
| 5. adv. (with comparative) even | |
| Deins ist noch schöner! - Yours is even prettier! | |
| 6. conj. (following a negation, especially weder) nor; function word introducing each except the first term or series, indicating none of them is true | |
| Ich mag weder ihn noch dich. - I like neither him nor you. | |
| Er versteht es nicht noch wird er es jemals verstehen. - He doesn’t understand it, nor will he ever understand it. | |
| eine |
| 1. num. feminine singular of ein | |
| 2. art. feminine singular of ein: a, an | |
| 3. pron. feminine singular of einer | |
| 4. pron. masculine nominative singular of einer | |
| 5. pron. singular of einer | |
| Weile |
| 1. n-f. An uncertain duration of time, a period of time. | |
| Darf ich auch mal eine Weile damit fahren? - Would you let me ride it for a while? | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present of weilen | |
| 3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of weilen | |
| 4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of weilen | |
| 5. v. singular imperative of weilen | |
| ab |
| 1. prep. beginning at that time or location; from | |
| Ab heute verfügbar. - Available from today. | |
| 2. adj. (colloquial predicative) off; not attached to anything anymore | |
| Der Arm ist ab. - The arm is (hewn) off. | |
| 3. adj. (nonstandard) off; not attached to anything anymore | |
| Der abbe Arm ist verschwunden. - The (hewn) off arm has disappeared. | |
| 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? | |
| dann |
| 1. adv. then, after that | |
| Ich ziehe mich erst an, dann frühstücke ich. - First I'm getting dressed, then I'll have breakfast. | |
| 2. adv. then, in that case | |
| Wenn du dich anstrengst, dann schaffst du es. - If you make an effort, then you'll be able to do it. | |
| erkundigen |
| 1. v. to inquire (to get information) | |
| wir |
| 1. pron. we | |
| uns |
| 1. pron. of wir: us | |
| was |
| 1. pron. (interrogative) what | |
| Was machst du heute? - What are you doing today? | |
| 2. pron. (relative) which ((referring to the entire preceding clause)) | |
| Sie tanzte gut, was er bewunderte. - She was a good dancer, which he admired. | |
| 3. pron. (relative) that, which ((referring to das, alles, etwas, nichts, and neuter substantival adjectives)) | |
| Das ist alles, was ich weiß. - That's all that I know. | |
| Das ist das Beste, was mir passieren konnte. - That's the best that could have happened to me. | |
| 4. pron. (relative, colloquial) that, which ((referring to neuter singular nouns, instead of standard das)) | |
| Siehst du das weiße Haus, was renoviert wird? - Do you see that white house, which is being renovated? | |
| 5. pron. (indefinite, colloquial) something, anything ((instead of standard etwas)) | |
| Ich hab was gefunden. - I've found something. | |
| 6. pron. (interrogative, dated) why (with emphasis, astonishment or disapproval) | |
| Was birgst du so bang dein Gesicht? - Why on earth are you hiding your face so fearfully? | |
| 7. adv. (colloquial) a little, somewhat | |
| Ich komm was später. - I'll arrive a little later. | |
| 8. adv. (interrogative, colloquial) why, what for | |
| Was bist du heute so stumm? - Why are you so silent today? | |
| wir |
| 1. pron. we | |
| dafür |
| 1. adv. for that, for it | |
| Dafür brauchen wir gut ausgebildete Fachleute wie Sie. - For that we need well-trained specialists like you. | |
| Der Täter allein ist dafür verantwortlich. - The offender alone is responsible for his actions. | |
| Natürlich ist das jederzeit möglich, wenn wichtige Gründe dafür sprechen. - Of course it is possible to finish a week early, if you have important reasons. | |
| Ich werde mich dafür einsetzen, dass es nicht wieder vorkommt. - I will try to see to it that it does not happen again. | |
| dafür bezahlen. - to pay for it. | |
| dafür kämpfen. - to fight for it. | |
| dafür notwendig. - necessary for this. | |
| Auf diese Weise haben wir zumindest etwas dafür bekommen. - This way, we at least got something for it. | |
| dafür aussprechen. - to speak in favour of it. | |
| dafür stimmen. - to vote in favour of it. | |
| dafür entscheiden. - to decide on it. | |
| dafür ausgeben. - to spend on it. | |
| 2. adv. instead, at least, as a compensation | |
| Wir mussten ganz hinten sitzen. Dafür waren die Karten billiger. - We had to sit at the very back. At least the tickets were cheaper. | |
| Ich gebe Ihnen dafür meine Stimme. - I'll give you my voice in exchange. | |
| Bekommen |
| 1. n. gerund of bekommen | |
| 2. v. to receive; to get (+aux, haben) | |
| Hunger bekommen - to get hunger | |
| ein Kind bekommen - to have a child | |
| 3. v. to catch (+aux, haben) | |
| den Schnupfen bekommen - to catch a cold | |
| 4. v. (with dative object) to agree with (someone); to sit well with (someone) i, of food or drink +aux, sein | |
| Das Essen bekommt ihm nicht. - The food does not agree with him. | |
| 5. v. to get (with the past participle form of a verb) (+aux, haben) | |
| Das bekommt er ständig gesagt. - He gets told that all the time. | |
| Wir haben sie ins Krankenhaus gebracht, wo sie einen Gips angelegt bekommen hat. - We brought her to the hospital where she got a cast applied. | |
| Haben Sie jemals Antidepressiva verordnet bekommen? - Have you ever been prescribed antidepressants? | |
