| 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) | |
| unserer |
| 1. pron. feminine singular of unser | |
| 2. pron. genitive plural of unser | |
| unser |
| 1. pron. genitive of wir | |
| 2. det. our | |
| Straße |
| 1. n-f. street; road (a way wide enough to be passable for vehicles, generally paved, in or outside a settlement) | |
| Das Kind überquerte die Straße. - The child crossed the street. | |
| Diese Straße führt nach Kirchdorf. - This road goes to Kirchdorf. | |
| Die Straße ist für den Verkehr gesperrt. - The street is closed for traffic. | |
| 2. n-f. carriageway (the part of a road or street used by vehicles, excluding the pavement, etc.) | |
| 3. n-f. (figuratively) public, any area accessible to anyone | |
| 4. n-f. (figuratively) general public, using the locale to describe people not part of a specific group | |
| 5. n-f. the streets, areas or groups of people of no income or criminal affiliation, or the leading of a life associated with these | |
| 6. n-f. strait (channel of water) | |
| 7. n-f. (poker) straight | |
| war |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of sein | |
| sein |
| 1. v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be | |
| Das ist schön. - That is beautiful. | |
| Das ist ein Auto. - That is a car. | |
| 2. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition) | |
| Usage: In this sense sein 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. For example: "Mir i | |
| Ist dir kalt? - Are you cold? | |
| Mir ist schlecht. - I'm sick. | |
| Dem Mann ist schwindelig. - The man feels dizzy. | |
| Den Kindern ist langweilig. - The children are bored. | |
| 3. v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for | |
| Usage: As in the previous sense sein takes a Dative noun and is always conjugated according to the impersonal subject es, although it is usually omitted. | |
| Uns ist nach einem Film zumute. - We feel like watching a movie. | |
| Mir ist nicht danach. - I don't feel like it. | |
| 4. v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs | |
| Er ist alt geworden. - He has become old. | |
| 5. v. to exist; there to be; to be alive | |
| Was nicht ist, kann noch werden. (a common proverb) - That which does not exist now, may come into existence. | |
| Wenn ich nicht mehr bin, erbst du das Haus. - When I am no more, you'll inherit the house. | |
| 6. v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.) | |
| Du bist. - It’s your turn. | |
| Du bist nach mir. - Your turn is after mine. | |
| 7. v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag | |
| Du bist! - You're it! | |
| Ich bin nicht mehr. - I'm not it anymore. | |
| 8. det. his | |
| Daniel schickt seiner Schwester eine SMS. - Daniel is sending a text to his sister. | |
| Der Kater spielt oft mit seinen Spielsachen. - The cat often plays with his toys. | |
| 9. det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun) | |
| der Mond und sein Licht - the moon and its light | |
| das Schaf und seine Lämmer - the sheep and its lambs | |
| 10. det. (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so. | |
| Der kostet so seine zweihundert Euro. - That one costs around two hundred euros. | |
| 11. det. one's | |
| Man muss seinem Herzen folgen. - One must follow one’s heart. | |
| jedes |
| 1. pron. masculine genitive singular of jeder | |
| 2. pron. singular of jeder | |
| each |
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| Haus |
| 1. n. house | |
| In dem Haus haben wir mal gewohnt. - We used to live in that house. | |
| Mein Großvater starb in dem Haus, wo ich geboren wurde. - My grandfather died in the house where I was born. | |
| 2. n. home (in various phrases) | |
| Dann gingen wir nach Hause - Then we went home. | |
| 3. n. theatre | |
| 4. v. singular imperative of hausen | |
| 5. v. colloquial of | |
| außer |
| 1. prep. except; besides; apart from | |
| Alle außer dir sind schon unterwegs. - Everyone except for you is already on their way. | |
| 2. prep. out of | |
| außer Atem - out of breath | |
| außer Betrieb - out of order | |
| außer Frage - out of the question | |
| außer Gefecht - out of action | |
| außer Kontroll - out of control | |
| außer Sicht - out of sight | |
| außer Übung - out of practice | |
| außer Landes - out of the country | |
| außer Haus(es) - away from home; away from work | |
| 3. prep. (with reflexive pronoun, vor -- with) beside oneself | |
| Sie war außer sich vor Wut. - She was beside herself with anger. | |
| 4. conj. (standard) except; referring to a following clause or adverb | |
| Sie können das Spiel nicht mehr gewinnen, außer wenn sie ein Wunder schaffen. - They can’t win the match anymore, except if they produce a miracle. | |
| 5. conj. (colloquial otherwise nonstandard) except; referring to a noun phrase, which follows in the case suggested by the syntax of the clause | |
| Keiner wollte mithelfen außer du und ich. - Nobody wanted to help except you and me. | |
| Außer dich hab ich noch keinen gefragt. - Except for you I haven’t asked anyone so far. | |
| unserem |
| 1. pron. dative singular of unser | |
| unser |
| 1. pron. genitive of wir | |
| 2. det. our | |
| Blau |
| 1. n. the colour blue (as a whole) | |
| 2. n. a particular tone of blue | |
| 3. n. (heraldry) azure; blue in heraldry | |
| 4. n. (generally un) a vast blue area, especially: | |
| 5. n. the sky | |
| Wir jagen mit tausend Sachen durch das weite Blau. - We’re racing through the wide blue at 1000 km/h. | |
| 6. n. the sea | |
| 7. adj. blue | |
| 8. adj. drunk | |
| 9. adj. bruised | |
| blauer Fleck - bruise (literally, blue spot) | |
| blaues Auge - black eye | |
