| müssen |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) to have to (do something); must; to be obliged (to do something); to need (to do something). | |
| Wir müssen es machen. - We must do it. | |
| Wir müssen es nicht machen. - We need not do it. / We do not need to do it. | |
| Ich musste es machen. - I had to do it. | |
| 2. v. to have to do something implied; must; to be obliged. | |
| Ja, ich muss. - Yes, I must. | |
| Ja, ich habe gemusst. - Yes, I had to. | |
| 3. v. (colloquial euphemism) to need to go to the bathroom. | |
| wir |
| 1. pron. we | |
| eben |
| 1. adj. flat, smooth, even (of a surface) | |
| 2. adv. (modal particle) so, just, simply, indicating that something is generally known, or cannot be changed, or the like; often untranslatable | |
| Er ist eben ein Idiot... - So he's an idiot... | |
| Dann müssen wir eben härter arbeiten. - Then we'll just have to work harder. | |
| 3. adv. (modal particle) just, quickly, indicating that something is done fast or without much complication | |
| Ich geh mal eben zur Theke. - I'll just go to the bar. | |
| Könnten Sie mir vielleicht eben helfen? - Could you maybe help me out really quickly? | |
| 4. adv. just; a moment ago | |
| Wo ist denn dein Mann? Der saß doch eben noch hier. - Where's your husband? He was sitting here just a minute ago. | |
| 5. adv. (literary, with dieser) exactly, very | |
| Es sollte eben diese Entscheidung sein, die ihn in den Bankrott treiben würde. - It would be this very decision that drove him into bankruptcy. | |
| 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 | |
| Sparschweine |
| 1. n. plural of Sparschwein | |
| Sparschwein |
| 1. n. piggy bank (container for coins, prototypically, but not necessarily, in the form of a pig) | |
| Schlachten |
| 1. n. plural of Schlacht | |
| 2. v. to slaughter (kill livestock; kill people brutally) | |
