mein |
1. det. (possessive) my | |
Haus |
1. n. house | |
In dem Haus haben wir mal gewohnt. - We used to live in that house. | |
Mein Großvater starb in dem Haus, wo ich geboren wurde. - My grandfather died in the house where I was born. | |
2. n. home (in various phrases) | |
Dann gingen wir nach Hause - Then we went home. | |
3. n. theatre | |
4. v. singular imperative of hausen | |
5. v. colloquial of | |
liegt |
1. v. third-person singular present of liegen | |
2. v. second-person plural present of liegen | |
3. v. plural imperative of liegen | |
liegen |
1. v. to lie (to be in a horizontal position) | |
2. v. (Swiss) to lie down | |
3. v. to be, to lie somewhere (of flat objects, also of inpatients in a hospital; otherwise use sitzen or stehen) | |
4. v. to be located, to lie somewhere (of countries, towns, houses, etc.) | |
5. v. to be, to stand (of indices, measurements) | |
nur |
1. adv. only, just, merely, simply | |
Nur reife Kirschen dürfen auf den Kuchen. - Only ripe cherries may go on the cake. | |
Du musst nur die Werte eingeben und den Rest macht der Computer. - You just have to enter the values and the computer will do the rest. | |
2. adv. ever; at all | |
Ich helfe dir, wo ich nur kann. - I’ll help you wherever I can. | |
3. adv. however, though | |
Wir könnten es versuchen. Nur wären die Risiken sehr hoch. - We could try. The risks would be very high, however. | |
4. conj. (chiefly colloquial) but | |
Ich wär auf jeden Fall dabei, nur ich hab echt keine Zeit. - I’d definitely come along, but I really don’t have the time. | |
Fünf |
1. n-f. five | |
2. num. (cardinal) five (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 5; or describing a set with five elements) | |
Minuten |
1. n. plural of Minute | |
Minute |
1. n-f. minute (unit of time; unit of angle) | |
zu |
1. prep. to, towards (indicates directionality) | |
zum Bahnhof - to the train station | |
2. prep. with respect to; regarding | |
Zu Punkt 1 möchte ich bemerken, dass... - With respect to item 1, let me remark that... | |
3. prep. along with; with (accompanying (the main thing in question)) | |
Wasser zum Essen trinken - to drink water with one’s meal | |
4. prep. at, on (indicates location) | |
zu Hause - at home | |
5. prep. at (indicates time) | |
zur richtigen Zeit - at the right time | |
zu Beginn - at the beginning | |
6. prep. by, in, on, at (indicates mode (of transportation, speech, etc.)) | |
zu Pferd - on horseback | |
7. prep. (with a verb) for; (with a noun) as, by way of (for the purpose of) | |
8. prep. for (in honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of) | |
9. prep. into (indicates transition into another form or substance) | |
10. prep. as, for, to be (to take on the role of) | |
11. prep. to (used to indicate ratios) | |
12. prep. at (denotes a price or rate) | |
13. part. (with infinitives of verbs) to | |
etwas zu essen - something to eat | |
14. adv. (with adjectives and adverbs) too (excessively) | |
zu schnell - too fast | |
15. adv. (by extension, slang) (An intensifier.) | |
Dieses Essen ist zu lecker! - This food tastes so good! | |
16. adv. towards; at | |
17. adv. (somewhat, informal) shut; closed; locked | |
18. adv. ahead, on (along, forwards (continuing an action)) | |
19. adj. (somewhat, informal) shut, closed (made inaccessible or impassable; not open) | |
Das Geschäft war zu. - The shop was closed. | |
Die Tür muss aus Brandschutzgründen immer zu sein. - This door must be shut at all times for reasons of fire safety. | |
Die Tür ist zu, ich komm nicht rein. - The door is locked, I can’t get in there. | |
20. adj. closed (not operating or conducting trade) | |
21. adj. done up (fastened) | |
22. adj. (slang) hammered; very drunk | |
Fuß |
1. n. foot (body part) | |
2. n. footing | |
3. n. (architecture) pedestal | |
4. n. (dated) foot, foot (unit of length; always in the singular) | |
5. n. metrical foot | |
6. n. (regional) leg | |
zu Fuß |
1. adv. on foot | |
vom |
1. contraction. from the, of the; about the (contraction of von + dem) | |
von |
1. prep. from | |
Ich fahre von Köln nach Hamburg. - I'm travelling from Cologne to Hamburg. | |
Ich hab’s von meiner Schwester gehört. - I heard it from my sister. | |
2. prep. of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below) | |
das Auto meines Vaters - - = uxi = uxi, das Auto von meinem Vater, my father’s car / the car of my father | |
3. prep. by (with passive voice) | |
Das Hotel wird von der Firma bezahlt. - The hotel is paid for by the company. | |
4. prep. about, of (a topic) | |
Er hat von seiner Jugend erzählt. - He told about his youth. | |
5. prep. on, with (a resource) | |
Von welchem Geld soll ich als Arbeitsloser in Urlaub fahren? - Being unemployed, on what money should I go on holidays? | |
Man kann nicht nur von Luft und Liebe leben. - You can’t live on air and love alone. (proverb) | |
dem |
1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
Bahnhof |
1. n. railway depot, railroad station, railway station, train station | |
entfernt |
1. Participle. past participle of entfernen | |
2. adj. distant | |
3. adj. (with a spatial or temporal measure) away | |
Der Bahnhof ist 15 Minuten vom Stadtzentrum entfernt. - The railway station is 15 minutes away from the city centre. | |
entfernen |
1. v. to remove | |
Der Hausmeister entfernt die Graffitis von der Wand. - The caretaker is removing the graffiti from the wall. | |
2. v. to gradually move away; to recede; to retreat; to diverge | |
Das Schiff entfernt sich von der Insel. - The ship is moving away from the island. | |
Die beiden verwandten Sprachen haben sich voneinander entfernt. - The two related languages have diverged from each other. | |
3. v. to stray; to deviate; to depart (from a group, a route, etc.) | |
Ein junges Schaf hat sich von der Herde entfernt. - A young sheep has strayed from the flock. | |
Das Flugzeug entfernte sich auf unerklärliche Weise von seinem Kurs. - The airplane mysteriously departed from its course. | |
4. v. to desert; to go absent; to leave without permission | |
Der Gefreite hat sich absichtlich von seiner Einheit entfernt. - The private has deliberately gone absent from his unit. | |
5. v. to leave a place; to remove oneself | |
Herr Hoffmann, Sie entfernen sich sofort aus meinem Büro! - Mr Hoffmann, you will immediately remove yourself from my office! | |