kannst |
1. v. second-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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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) | |
Bitte |
1. n-f. request, plea | |
2. adv. please, if you please (used to make a polite request or affirm an offer) | |
3. interj. you're welcome (acknowledgement of thanks) | |
4. interj. excuse me, sorry (request to repeat information) | |
5. interj. here you are (when handing something over to someone) | |
6. interj. (sarcastic) OK then, well then, all right (indication of mock acquiescence to someone's apparent demanding attitude) | |
7. v. first-person singular present of bitten | |
8. v. first-person singular subjunctive of bitten | |
9. v. third-person singular subjunctive of bitten | |
10. v. singular imperative of bitten | |
bitten |
1. v. to ask, to beg, to plead, to request (help, understanding, etc.) | |
Wir lieben euch–Entschuldigt–Wir bitten um Verzeihung–Vielen Dank - We love you. We are sorry. We plead for your pardon. Many thanks. | |
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 | |
Tafel |
1. n-f. panel, board (e.g., wooden panel) | |
2. n-f. table (raised dinner table or elevated long table, e.g., one at a banquet) | |
3. n-f. slab, tablet | |
4. n-f. plaque | |
5. n-f. blackboard, chalkboard | |
6. n-f. plate, sheet (of metal) | |
7. n-f. bar (e.g. of chocolate) ((clipping of Schokoladentafel)) | |
8. n-f. food bank | |
9. n-f. sign, notice, board, bulletin board ((clipping of Anschlagtafel)) | |
10. v. first-person singular present of tafeln | |
11. v. singular imperative of tafeln | |
Wischen |
1. n. gerund of wischen | |
2. n. dative plural of Wisch | |
3. v. to wipe | |
4. v. to mop, scrub | |
5. v. (Switzerland) to sweep | |
6. v. (neologism, GUI) to swipe | |