| lass |
| 1. v. singular imperative of lassen | |
| 2. v. colloquial of | |
| lassen |
| 1. v. to allow; to permit; to let | |
| lasset alle Hoffnung fahren - abandon all hope | |
| 2. v. to have someone (do something); to have (something done); to make (something happen); to cause (something to be done) | |
| Wir haben neue Schränke für die Küche machen lassen. - We had new cabinets made for the kitchen. | |
| Hast du dir die Haare schneiden lassen? - Did you get your hair cut? | |
| 3. v. to let remain, to leave (in a certain state) | |
| Mir ist es lieber, meine Haare grau zu lassen. - I prefer to leave my hair grey. | |
| 4. v. to stop (something); to quit; to refrain from; to help doing (something) | |
| 5. v. to cease; to desist | |
| alles |
| 1. pron. (indefinite) everything; all | |
| Alles ist gut. - All is well. | |
| 2. pron. (indefinite, chiefly colloquial, appositional) all (as in "we all" etc.) | |
| Ihr seid alles Idioten. - You're all idiots. | |
| Die Politiker haben alle keine Ahnung. - The politicians all don’t have a clue. | |
| 3. det. of all | |
| Alles Geld der Welt würde ich für dich geben. - All the money in the world I'd give for you. | |
| Ich wünsche dir alles Gute. - I wish you all the best. | |
| stehen |
| 1. v. to stand (to be upright, support oneself on the feet in an erect position) | |
| Ich stehe an der Ecke. - I'm standing on the corner. | |
| 2. v. to be, to appear, to stand (to be placed or located somewhere) | |
| Das steht nicht in dem Wörterbuch. - This does not appear in the dictionary. | |
| 3. v. to stay; to be still | |
| Das Leben steht. - Life stands still. | |
| 4. v. to stay, to stand, to be (in a certain state, position or circumstance) | |
| Das Haus steht leer. - The house stands empty. | |
| Das Team steht an der Spitze seiner Liga. - The team stands at the top of their league. | |
| 5. v. to suit, to become (to look attractive on, of a garment, color etc.) | |
| Blau steht dir sehr gut! - Blue suits you very well! | |
| Der Tod steht ihr gut - Death Becomes Her (film title) | |
| 6. v. (Swiss) to put, place | |
| 7. v. (indtr, auf, .colloquial) to fancy | |
| Ich glaube sie steht nicht auf dich. - I don't think she fancies you. | |
| 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? | |
| Liegen |
| 1. n. plural of Liege | |
| 2. v. to lie (to be in a horizontal position) | |
| 3. v. (Swiss) to lie down | |
| 4. v. to be, to lie somewhere (of flat objects, also of inpatients in a hospital; otherwise use sitzen or stehen) | |
| 5. v. to be located, to lie somewhere (of countries, towns, houses, etc.) | |
| 6. v. to be, to stand (of indices, measurements) | |
| 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? | |
| komm |
| 1. v. singular imperative of kommen | |
| 2. v. colloquial of | |
| kommen |
| 1. v. to come; to arrive | |
| Er kam letzte Nacht sehr spät nach Hause. - He came home very late last night. | |
| Als ich nach Wuppertal kam, hatte es gerade geschneit - When I arrived in Wuppertal, it had just snowed. | |
| 2. v. to come to; to come over (go somewhere so as to join someone else) | |
| Bleib sitzen! Ich komme zu dir. - Keep your seat! I’m coming over to you. | |
| Und viele kamen zu ihm und sprachen... - And many resorted unto him and said... (John 10:41) | |
| 3. v. to get; to make it (go somewhere in a way that implies an obstacle or difficulty to be overcome) | |
| Ich komme nicht über die Mauer. - I can’t get over this wall. | |
| Wenn er den Zug verpasst, kommt er heute nicht nach Nürnberg. - If he misses the train, he won’t make it to Nuremberg today. | |
| 4. v. to go to; to be put in (go somewhere in a way that is predetermined or prearranged) | |
| Hartnäckige Sünder kommen in die Hölle. - Persistant sinners will go to hell. | |
| Die Gruppensieger kommen ins Halbfinale. - The group winners will go to the semifinals. | |
| 5. v. to come on (Used to encourage someone to do something.) | |
| Ach komm, das wird so schlimm nicht werden. - Aw, come on, it won’t be so bad. | |
| Kommt, deckt schon mal den Tisch! - Come on, just set the table already. | |
| 6. v. to occur; to happen; to come to be | |
| Dann kam, was alle befürchtet hatten. - Then happened that which everybody had feared. | |
| Wie kommt es, dass...? - Why is it that ...? How come that...? | |
| 7. v. (impersonal) to be played (of a song or film) | |
| Eben kam mein Lieblingslied. - They just played my favourite song. | |
| 8. v. to be due to; to be the result of | |
| Das kommt alles von deiner Faulheit. - All of that is due to your laziness. | |
| 9. v. to come from (to have a social or geographic background) (+preo, aus, dative) | |
| Sie kommt aus der Schweiz. - She comes from Switzerland. | |
| Sie kommt aus einer Diplomatenfamilie. - She comes from a family of diplomats. | |
| 10. v. to orgasm; to cum | |
| Ich komme gleich! - I’m about to cum! | |
| Mir kommt's gleich! - I’m about to cum! | |
| 11. v. to be statistically equivalent to; to be there for (+preo, auf, accusative) | |
| Auf jeden Verkehrstoten kommen zwanzig Verletzte. - For each traffic fatality there are twenty injured people. | |
| 12. v. to obtain (a solution or result) (+preo, auf, accusative) | |
| Die Werte wurden frisiert, um auf das gewünschte Ergebnis zu kommen. - The values were manipulated in order to obtain the desired result. | |
| 13. v. to get an idea; to think of; to remember; to imagine (+preo, auf, accusative) | |
| Ich komme im Moment nicht drauf, aber ich sag’s dir später. - I can’t think of it right now, but I’ll tell you later. | |
| Ich weiß wirklich nicht, wie du immer auf diese Einfälle kommst. - I really don’t know how you always get all those ideas. | |
| 14. v. to lose; to forfeit; not to get (+preo, um) | |
| Er hat Angst, dass er um seinen Anteil kommt. - He fears that he won’t get his share. | |
| 15. v. to touch inadvertently | |
| Pass auf, dass du nicht an die frische Farbe kommst. - Be careful not to touch the wet paint. | |
| 16. v. to manage to reach (something high up etc.) (+preo, an, accusative) | |
| Hilf ihm mal, er kommt nicht an den Griff. - Help him, he can't reach the handle. | |
| 17. v. (colloquial copulative with gut or in Ordnung) to turn out (well) | |
| Am Ende kommt hoffentlich alles gut. - In the end, hopefully all will turn out well. | |
| nach |
| 1. prep. after, past (later in time) | |
| Viertel nach sechs (a quarter past six) | |
| nach einer Woche (after a week) | |
| 2. prep. after, behind (in sequence) | |
| B kommt nach A. (B comes after A.) | |
| 3. prep. to, towards (with geographical names; see usage notes below) | |
| die Flucht nach Ägypten (the flight into Egypt) | |
| 4. prep. according to; guided by | |
| 5. prep. by the authority of; following | |
| die Analyse nach Marx (the analysis following Marx) | |
| 6. prep. (with verbs of sensual perception) like (see usage notes below) | |
| Das riecht nach Knoblauch. - This smells like garlic. | |
| 7. prep. for (qual, indicating desire for an object) | |
| nach etwas greifen - to reach for something | |
| nach etwas streben - to strive for/after something | |
| nach etwas suchen - to search for something | |
| 8. post. according to | |
| meiner Meinung nach - in my opinion | |
| meinem Urteil nach - in my judgement | |
| 9. adv. (in compound verbs) after, behind, later, next to | |
| Meine Uhr geht nach. - My watch is slow. | |
| Hause |
| 1. n. noun form of Haus, , dat, s | |
| Gestern war ich im Hause meines besten Freundes. - Yesterday, I was in the house of my best friend. | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present of hausen | |
| 3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of hausen | |
| 4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of hausen | |
| 5. v. singular imperative of hausen | |
| nach Hause |
| 1. adv. home, homeward (mobile, goal-oriented) | |
