| möge |
| 1. v. first-person singular subjunctive of mögen | |
| 2. v. third-person singular subjunctive of mögen | |
| mögen |
| 1. v. to like (something or someone) | |
| Ich mag keinen Käse. - I don't like cheese. | |
| 2. v. to want to go | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) may (expresses a possibility with uncertainty with a degree of admission of the statement) | |
| Das mag ja alles stimmen. - That may all be true. | |
| 4. v. (auxiliary) to be hesitant to (do something) | |
| Ich mag sie nicht fragen. - I am hesitant to ask her. | |
| 5. v. (auxiliary) may (paraphrases the optative). | |
| Möge die Macht mit dir sein. - May the Force be with you. | |
| 6. v. to want; would like (to have or to do something) | |
| Ich möchte Käse. - I would like cheese. | |
| Ich möchte keinen Käse. - I don't want cheese. | |
| 7. v. (auxiliary) to want to; would like to; to wish to (do something) | |
| Ich möchte sie nicht fragen. - I don't want to ask her. | |
| 8. v. (obsolete, auxiliary, with infinitive) to be able to, may, can | |
| sich |
| 1. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular: herself, himself, itself, oneself (direct or indirect object). | |
| 2. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person plural: themselves (direct or indirect object). | |
| wer |
| 1. pron. (interrogative) who (what person or people) | |
| Wer hat das gesagt? - Who said that? | |
| 2. pron. (interrogative, colloquial) what, which (one) (see usage notes) | |
| 3. pron. (relative) whoever, he who, someone who, the person who, anyone who (whatever person or persons) | |
| Wer eine Frage hat, kann sich jetzt melden. - Whoever has a question, put up their hands now. | |
| ux, Wer im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen., People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. | |
| 4. pron. (indefinite, colloquial) somebody, someone; anybody, anyone (an unspecified person) | |
| Da ist wer an der Tür. - There's somebody at the door. | |
| Auch |
| 1. Proper noun. , common in Southern Germany as an occupational surname for those who watched livestock at night | |
| 2. adv. also; too; as well (in addition to whatever or whoever has previously been listed) | |
| Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “auch”: I too want icecream. | |
| Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “Eis”: I want icecream, too. | |
| 3. adv. Used for emphasis. | |
| 4. adv. (To confirm a preceding statement by someone else): really, actually, indeed, in fact | |
| Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “will”: I do indeed want icecream. | |
| Das ist auch so. - Stress on “ist”: It really is like that. | |
| Du solltest zur Polizei gehen. ― Mach ich auch. - You should go to the police. ― I will. | |
| 5. adv. (To ask for confirmation of something one considers necessary.) | |
| Hast du das Licht auch ausgemacht? - Did you make sure to turn off the light? | |
| 6. adv. (To imply that something is unreasonable.) | |
| Du bist auch witzig... Wie soll ich das denn ohne Auto alles schaffen?! - You’re oh so ingenious... How am I supposed to get all of this done wit | |
| Warum müssen die auch alle ihren Müll hier abladen! - Why do they all have to dump their rubbish here! | |
| 7. adv. even ((implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality)) | |
| Auch wenn das stimmt, ist es noch kein endgültiger Beweis. - Even if this is true, it is no definite proof. | |
| Auch ein Professor schreibt schon mal was falsch. - Even a professor may misspell something at times. | |
| 8. adv. ever (as in whatever, whenever, however, etc.) | |
| Was du auch tust, es wird immer einer besser sein. - Whatever you do, someone will always do it better. | |
| 9. interj. (in answering a yes-no question, used to express that the thing asked about covers part of the truth but not all of it); “yes, and more” | |
| Ach, du bist Bauingenieur. Dann baust du Brücken? — Auch. - Oh, you’re a construction engineer. So you build bridges? — Yeah. And other things, too. | |
| immer |
| 1. adv. always | |
| 2. adv. at all times without exception | |
| Irgendwo scheint immer die Sonne. - The sun is always shining somewhere. | |
| 3. adv. very often; all the time; constantly | |
| Er will immer nur fernsehen. - He just wants to watch telly all the time. | |
| 4. adv. every time; whenever some precondition is given | |
| Er erzählt immer dieselbe Geschichte. - He always tells that same story. | |
| 5. adv. (with) to a greater degree over time, more and more | |
| Es wird immer kälter. - It's getting colder and colder. | |
| 6. adv. (colloquial unstressed) used to emphasize another adverb of time, which itself is stressed | |
| Er kommt immer nie pünktlich. - He’s never on time. | |
| Ich bin oft immer sehr vergesslich. - I’m often very forgetful. | |
| Manchmal hab ich immer das Gefühl, dass... - Sometimes I get the feeling that... | |
| wer auch immer |
| 1. pron. whoever | |
| Wer auch immer dahintersteckt: Es muss umgehend aufhören. - Whoever is behind it: this has to stop immediately. | |
| will |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of wollen | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present of wollen | |
| wollen |
| 1. adj. (relational) wool; woolen, woollen | |
| 2. v. to want; to wish; to desire; to demand | |
| Ich will doch nur das Beste. - I want only the best. | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) to want (to do something) | |
| Ich will gehen. - I want to go. | |
| 4. v. (auxiliary) to intend, to mean | |
| Ich wollte dich nicht erschrecken. - I did not mean to scare you. | |
| gegen |
| 1. prep. against | |
| Die Erklärung der Vereinten Nationen über die Beseitigung der Gewalt gegen Frauen. - The United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women. | |
| 2. prep. toward (i.e. directed to someone/something) | |
| 3. prep. toward (i.e. in the direction of) | |
| 4. prep. approximately, around | |
| 5. prep. in exchange for | |
| 6. prep. facing | |
| 7. prep. compare to | |
| 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 | |
| Plan |
| 1. n. project | |
| 2. n. plan (way of procedure) | |
| 3. n. technical drawing or diagram | |
| 4. n. detailed map | |
| 5. n. (colloquial) idea, clue (insight or understanding) | |
| Ich hab davon keinen Plan. - I have no idea about that. | |
| 6. adj. (technical) planar, flat, level, smooth | |
| Wenden |
| 1. n. gerund of wenden | |
| 2. Proper noun. in the Sauerland | |
| 3. n. plural of Wende | |
| 4. v. to turn something so as to cook or roast it from both sides | |
| 5. v. to turn something (in general) | |
| 6. v. to avert; to curb | |
| 7. v. to make a u-turn; to turn around one’s car or vehicle | |
| 8. v. to turn around | |
| 9. v. to turn to; to consult (+preo, an, accusative) | |
| Ich |
| 1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego | |
| 2. n. self, me, him, etc. | |
| das wahre Ich - the real me | |
| 3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun) | |
| werde |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of werden | |
| 2. v. first-person singular subjunctive of werden | |
| 3. v. third-person singular subjunctive of werden | |
| 4. v. singular imperative of werden | |
| werden |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense | |
| Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - I will go home. | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice | |
| Das Buch wird gerade gelesen. (present tense) - The book is being read. | |
| Ich wurde in Europa geboren. (preterite tense) - I was born in Europe. | |
| Er war geschlagen worden. (past perfect tense) - He had been beaten. | |
| 4. v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn | |
| Es wird heißer. - It's getting hotter. | |
| 5. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition) | |
| Usage: In this sense werden 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. (See the usage no | |
| Wird dir kalt? - Are you getting cold? | |
| Den Kindern wird langweilig. - The children are getting bored. | |
| Von Mayonnaise wird mir schlecht. - Mayonnaise makes me sick. (Literally: From mayonnaise I become sick.) | |
| 6. v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future) | |
| Wir werden zusammen glücklich. - We will be happy together. | |
| Was wird aus mir? - What will become of me? | |
| 7. v. (colloquial) to be going to work | |
| Das wird so nichts. - It will not work like that. | |
| ihn |
| 1. pron. personal accusative of er; him, it (masculine, direct object). | |
| Ich suche Matthias. Hast du ihn gesehen? - I'm looking for Matthias. Have you seen him? | |
| Ich suche den Dosenöffner. Hast du ihn gesehen? - I'm looking for the can opener. Have you seen it? | |
| 2. pron. personal dative of sie; them (indirect object). | |
| dennoch |
| 1. adv. anyhow, however | |
| ausführen |
| 1. v. to take out (also for a walk) | |
| Heute früh habe ich meinen Hund ausgeführt. - I took my dog out for a walk early today. | |
| 2. v. to export | |
| Entwicklungsländer führen meist einfache landwirtschaftliche Produkte aus. - Developing countries generally export simple agricultural products. | |
| 3. v. (also, computing) to carry out, to execute | |
| einen Plan ausführen - to carry out a plan | |
| ein Programm ausführen - to execute a programm | |
| 4. v. (also, intransitive) to elaborate on, to explain in detail | |
| Ich führte meine Meinung mit Beispielen aus. - I elaborated on my opinion with examples. | |
