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) | |
wollte |
1. v. first-person singular preterite of wollen | |
2. v. third-person singular preterite of wollen | |
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of wollen | |
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of wollen | |
wollen |
1. adj. (relational) wool; woolen, woollen | |
2. v. to want; to wish; to desire; to demand | |
Ich will doch nur das Beste. - I want only the best. | |
3. v. (auxiliary) to want (to do something) | |
Ich will gehen. - I want to go. | |
4. v. (auxiliary) to intend, to mean | |
Ich wollte dich nicht erschrecken. - I did not mean to scare you. | |
für |
1. prep. for | |
Das Geschenk ist für dich. - The present is for you. | |
2. prep. in favor of, in support of | |
Ich bin für die erste Option. - I'm in favor of the first option. | |
3. prep. by the standards of | |
Für einen Ausländer sprichst du sehr gut Deutsch. - For a foreigner, you speak German very well. | |
4. prep. on behalf of | |
Mein Anwalt wird das für mich beantworten. - My lawyer will answer to that on my behalf. | |
5. prep. kind / type of | |
Was für ein Kuchen ist das? - What kind of cake is this? | |
6. prep. (informal) instead of | |
Für die Hose hab ich jetzt den Rock genommen. - Instead of the trousers which I chose not to buy, I took the skirt. | |
7. prep. (colloquial nonstandard) in order to (with zu and infinitive) | |
Der Papa holt das Werkzeug, für die Waschmaschine zu reparieren. - Daddy is getting his tools in order to repair the washing machine. | |
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 | |
Frau |
1. n-f. woman (adult female human) | |
2. n-f. wife (married woman, especially in relation to her spouse) | |
Maria ist meine Frau. - Mary is my wife. | |
3. n-f. a title of courtesy, equivalent to Mrs/Ms, (n-g, which has nearly replaced Fräulein in the function of) Miss | |
Sehr geehrte Frau Schmidt - Dear Miss/Ms./Mrs. Schmidt | |
4. n-f. madam (non-gloss, (polite form of address for a woman or lady)) | |
Frau Bundeskanzlerin - Madam Chancellor | |
5. n-f. lady; noblewoman (woman of breeding or higher class) | |
Unsere Liebe Frau - Our Lady | |
Gnädige Frau (polite address to an unknown woman or to a noblewoman) - Gracious lady | |
Frau des Hauses - Mistress of the house | |
6. pron. (indefinite, informal, slang) one, they (indefinite third-person singular pronoun) | |
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 | |
Gerade |
1. n. (geometry) line (infinite one-dimensional figure) | |
2. n. (racing) straightaway | |
3. adj. (of a number) even | |
Zahlen, die durch zwei teilbar sind, heißen gerade Zahlen. - Numbers divisible by two are called even numbers. | |
4. adv. now, at the moment | |
Ich bin gerade in der Küche. - I'm in the kitchen right now. | |
5. adv. just, a short while ago | |
Ich war gerade in der Küche. - I was just in the kitchen. | |
6. adv. just, only, not more than | |
Ich habe gerade mal fünf Euro. - I only have five euro. | |
7. adv. exactly | |
Das ist gerade das Problem. - That is exactly the problem. | |
8. adv. expresses the continuous aspect | |
Ich sehe mir das gerade an. - I am watching that. | |
9. adj. straight | |
eine gerade Straße - a straight street i.e., one without any turns | |
einen |
1. num. masculine accusative singular of ein | |
2. art. masculine accusative singular of ein: a, an | |
3. pron. masculine accusative singular of einer | |
4. pron. singular of einer | |
5. pron. plural of einer | |
6. v. (higher register, transitive) to unite | |
Eine Idee, die alle eint. - An idea that unites everybody. | |
7. v. (higher register, reflexive) to come to terms | |
Nach langem Diskutieren haben sie sich endlich geeint. - After discussing for a long time, they have eventually come to an agreement. | |
Blasentee |
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Kochen |
1. n. cooking, cookery | |
2. v. to cook, to prepare food (chiefly hot food for lunch or supper) | |
3. v. to cook something (in a) liquid (e.g. soup, chili, spaghetti) | |
4. v. to boil | |
5. v. (to reach the boiling point) | |
6. v. (to heat a liquid until it boils) | |
7. v. to be stirred up or agitated, especially with anger | |
Aber |
1. n. an objection, a but | |
2. conj. but; however; though | |
Ich mag keine Orangen, aber ich mag Äpfel. - I don't like oranges, but I like apples. | |
3. adv. (obsolete, except in compounds) again | |
4. adv. (qualifier) rather; quite; unusually; used with adjectives to express a surprising degree, whether this surprise be real or for effect | |
Das ist aber teuer. - That's rather expensive. ≈ That's more expensive than I would’ve thought. | |
Du bist aber groß geworden! - Look how tall you’ve become! (said to a child) | |
5. adv. nonetheless, nevertheless | |
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) | |
finde |
1. v. first-person singular present of finden | |
2. v. first-person singular subjunctive of finden | |
3. v. third-person singular subjunctive of finden | |
4. v. singular imperative of finden | |
finden |
1. v. to find; to discover | |
Ich habe deine Schlüssel gefunden. - I found your keys. | |
2. v. to think that (something) is (a certain way); to consider (something) to be (a certain way); to find | |
Findest du mich interessant? - Do you find me interesting? | |
3. v. to find one’s way | |
den |
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
2. art. dative plural of der | |
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
Zucker |
1. n-m. (usually) sugar | |
ein Stück Zucker - a lump of sugar | |
2. n-m. (slightly, informal) diabetes | |
Zucker haben - to be a diabetic | |
3. v. first-person singular present of zuckern | |
4. v. singular imperative of zuckern | |
nicht |
1. adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb) | |
Bitte nicht stören! - Please do not disturb! | |
Das ist nicht wahr. - That is not true. | |
2. interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
Du bist sicher die Claudia, nicht? - You must be Claudia, aren't you? | |