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Jetzt
1. n. the present; now
2. adv. now (at this moment, right now)
Ich bin jetzt da. - I’m here now.
Jetzt gibt es sowas gar nicht mehr. - Such things don’t exist anymore now.
Jetzt gab es ein lautes Geräusch. - Just then there was a loud noise.
3. adv. now, then (expressing a logical or temporal consequence)
Wir haben abgewaschen, jetzt müssen wir noch abtrocknen. - We've washed up, now we must dry the dishes.
Was bedeuten jetzt die geschilderten Entwicklungen für unser Land? - Now what do the aforementioned developments mean for our country?
4. adv. now (unstressed and expletive, used for minor emphasis)
Was soll das jetzt heißen? - What's that supposed to mean now?
die
1. art. feminine singular of der
die Frau - the woman
2. art. plural of der
die Männer - the men
3. pron. feminine singular of der
4. pron. plural of der
5. pron. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose
Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. - I know a woman who can do that.
6. pron. (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them
die da - that one/she/they there
der
1. art. the
2. art. feminine singular of der
3. art. genitive plural of der
4. pron. who; that; which
Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. - I know a man who can do that.
5. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that
6. pron. (attributive, stressed) that
Der Mann war es! - It was that man!
7. pron. (indicative) him, he
Der hat es getan! - It was him who did it!
8. pron. (differential) the one, him
Der mit dem Mantel - The one with the coat
9. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her
Schnur
1. n. cord, string
2. n. (chiefly colloquial) cable (electronic wire)
3. n. (dialectal, otherwise obsolete) daughter-in-law
um
1. prep. about
Es geht um den Kuchen. - It's about the pie.
2. prep. around
Um die Ecke - around the corner
3. prep. at, by (qual, when relating to time)
Um acht Uhr reisen wir ab - At eight o’clock we depart
4. prep. by (qual, percentage difference)
Die Verkaufsmengen gingen um 6% zurück. - Sales in volume has decreased by 6%.
5. prep. (Austria) for qual, amount of money
Um einen Euro bekommt man heute nicht besonders viel. - You can't buy much for one euro these days.
Heute im Sonderangebot um nur 99 Euro. - Special offer today for only 99 euros.
6. conj. in order to, so as to
Wir sind gekommen, um zu helfen. - We’ve come (in order) to help.
7. adj. (predicative, not attributive) up, in the sense of finished
Werden dich in kurzem binden/ Erdgeist, deine Zeit ist um - source=Friedrich von Hardenberg, Novalis
8. adv. around, about
9. adv. turned over, changed, from one state to another
die
1. art. feminine singular of der
die Frau - the woman
2. art. plural of der
die Männer - the men
3. pron. feminine singular of der
4. pron. plural of der
5. pron. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose
Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. - I know a woman who can do that.
6. pron. (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them
die da - that one/she/they there
der
1. art. the
2. art. feminine singular of der
3. art. genitive plural of der
4. pron. who; that; which
Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. - I know a man who can do that.
5. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that
6. pron. (attributive, stressed) that
Der Mann war es! - It was that man!
7. pron. (indicative) him, he
Der hat es getan! - It was him who did it!
8. pron. (differential) the one, him
Der mit dem Mantel - The one with the coat
9. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her
Taille
1. n-f. waist, waistline
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?
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.
Festen
1. n. plural of Feste
2. n. dative plural of Fest
3. v. to celebrate, to party
4. adj. form of fest
Knoten
1. n-m. knot (looping)
2. n-m. knot (swelling)
3. n-m. (Austria) interchange (motorway junction)
4. n-m. (nautical) knot (unit of speed)
5. n-m. (graph theory) vertex, node
6. n-m. (obsolete, pejorative) craftsman; journeyman; farmhand
7. n-m. (in compounds) a person of some specified quality or practice; chiefly in Furzknoten, but sometimes other colloquial formations
8. v. to tie into a knot

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