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) | |
meiner |
1. pron. mine (substantival possessive) | |
2. pron. genitive of ich | |
3. det. feminine singular of mein | |
4. det. genitive plural of mein | |
Familie |
1. n-f. family | |
kann |
1. v. first-person singular present of können | |
2. v. third-person singular present 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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jeder |
1. pron. each | |
jedem das Seine - to each their own | |
2. det. each, every | |
jedes Mal - every time | |
ziemlich |
1. adv. pretty, quite, rather, fairly, kind of | |
Das Lied ist ziemlich gut. - That song is pretty good. | |
2. adv. pretty much, quite a bit | |
Er hat ziemlich rumgeschrien. - He yelled quite a bit. | |
Gut |
1. n. commodity, property, possession, good | |
2. n. a large farmstead, estate related to agriculture. | |
3. adj. good (acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral) | |
Wir müssen gut sein, um uns gut zu fühlen. - We must be good to feel good. | |
4. adj. good (effective; useful) | |
5. adj. good (fortunate) | |
6. adj. good (having a particularly pleasant taste) | |
7. adj. all right, fair, proper (satisfactory) | |
8. adj. good (full; entire; at least as much as) | |
9. adv. well (accurately, competently, satisfactorily) | |
Die Mannschaft hat gut gespielt. - The team played well. | |
10. adv. a little more than (with measurements) | |
Ich wohne seit gut zwanzig Jahren in Berlin. - I've lived in Berlin for over twenty years/for a good twenty years. | |
Das Bett ist gut zwei Meter lang. - The bed is a little over two meters long. | |
11. adv. easily, likely | |
Dieser Gegenstand ist gut zu finden. - That item is easily found. | |
Es kann gut sein, dass du nächstes Jahr verheiratet bist. - You may well be married next year. | |
12. interj. okay, all right, now then | |
Gut, dann fangen wir mal an. - All right, then let's get started. | |
Singen |
1. n. gerund of singen | |
2. v. to sing | |