| könntest |
| 1. v. second-person singular subjunctive 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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| Du |
| 1. pron. alternative case form of du you (singular) (especially when used as a direct address in letters) | |
| 2. n. (literally) the thou, the you (singular) | |
| jemandem das Du anbieten - to offer somebody the thou | |
| 3. pron. you (thou, singular familiar) | |
| während |
| 1. conj. while | |
| 2. prep. (+ genitive or dative) during, at the time of | |
| meiner |
| 1. pron. mine (substantival possessive) | |
| 2. pron. genitive of ich | |
| 3. det. feminine singular of mein | |
| 4. det. genitive plural of mein | |
| Abwesenheit |
| 1. n-f. absence (state of being absent) | |
| 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 | |
| Garten |
| 1. n. garden, yard (grounds at the front or back of a house) | |
| Wir sitzen im Garten. - We're sitting in the garden. | |
| 2. n. garden (outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes) | |
| 3. n. orchard (garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees) | |
| 4. v. first-person plural preterite of garen | |
| 5. v. third-person plural preterite of garen | |
| 6. v. first-person plural subjunctive of garen | |
| 7. v. third-person plural subjunctive of garen | |
| Gießen |
| 1. n. gerund of gießen | |
| 2. v. to pour; (usually only of liquids, especially of large quantities) | |
| Das Öl wird in die Tanks gegossen. - The oil is poured into the tanks. | |
| Bleigießen - lead-pouring | |
| 3. v. to pour; to cast; to found (shape molten metal or glass by pouring) | |
| Die Statue wurde vom Künstler selbst gegossen. - The statue was cast by the artist himself. | |
| Stahlgießen - steel pouring | |
| 4. v. to water | |
| die Blumen gießen - to water the flowers | |
| Gießkanne - watering can | |
| 5. v. (impersonal, intransitive, of rain) to pour down; to rain strongly | |
| Es gießt. - It’s pouring. | |
| Es gießt wie aus Kübeln/Eimern. - It’s pouring as though out of buckets. | |
