| mein |
| 1. det. (possessive) my | |
| Liebchen |
| 1. n-n. (endearing) sweetheart (a term of address) | |
| 2. n-n. dear (anything or anyone dear) | |
| 3. n-n. paramour | |
| trete |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of treten | |
| 2. v. first-person singular subjunctive of treten | |
| 3. v. third-person singular subjunctive of treten | |
| treten |
| 1. v. to step, to walk (a short distance) | |
| Bitte treten Sie hierher. - Please step over here. | |
| 2. v. to appear | |
| Als sie die Tragödie sah, traten ihr Tränen in die Augen. - As she saw the tragedy, tears appeared in her eyes. | |
| 3. v. to come into a state implied by a phrase. | |
| in Kraft treten - to come into effect | |
| an die Stelle treten - to take the place | |
| in Erscheinung treten - to appear (come into appearance) | |
| in den Hintergrund treten - to become less important (step into the background) | |
| in den Ruhestand treten - to retire (come into retirement) | |
| in Kontakt treten - to get in touch (come into contact) | |
| auf den Plan treten - to appear (literally, to come onto the map) | |
| an die Öffentlichkeit treten - to go public (to come into the public) | |
| in Aktion treten - to become active, to take action | |
| zutage (zu Tage) treten - to come to light (literally, day) | |
| 4. v. to step; to tread; to trample | |
| Wasser treten - to tread water | |
| 5. v. to kick | |
| Der Räuber schlug und trat sein Opfer. - The robber beat and kicked his victim. | |
| 6. v. to step; to tread | |
| 7. v. to step (on) | |
| 8. v. to pedal | |
| nich |
| 1. adv. (informal) Alternative form of nicht, from=Northern German | |
| Aus |
| 1. n. (sports) an out; the end of play for an individual or a team | |
| 2. n. (sports) the out of bounds area | |
| 3. n. end | |
| 4. adv. out | |
| 5. adv. (with sein) over; finished; done; up | |
| Das Spiel ist aus! - The game is up! | |
| 6. adj. (of a device) off | |
| 7. prep. out of; from (from the inside of something) | |
| Hol das Besteck aus der Schublade! - Get the cutlery from the drawer! | |
| 8. prep. from (a place; see usage notes below) | |
| Er kommt aus dem selben Dorf wie ich. - He’s from the same village as I am. | |
| 9. prep. of; made of; out of | |
| ein Haus aus Eis - a house made of ice | |
| 10. prep. for; out of (because of a feeling or inner quality) | |
| etwas aus Freundschaft tun - to do something out of friendship (i.e. a sense of friendship) | |
| etwas aus Feigheit unterlassen - to neglect something out of cowardice | |
| 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 | |
| Bürgersteig |
| 1. n. (especially, Germany) pavement , sidewalk (footpath at the side of a street, road) | |
| weil |
| 1. conj. because, given that | |
| Ich kann nicht kommen, weil ich krank bin. - I can't come because I'm sick. | |
| 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 | |
| Autos |
| 1. n. genitive singular of Auto | |
| 2. n. plural of Auto | |
| Auto |
| 1. n. car | |
| Das ist das Auto meines Vaters. - That is my father’s car. | |
| dich |
| 1. pron. personal accusative of du; you, thee direct object. | |
| Ich liebe dich nicht, wenn du mich nicht liebst. - I don't love you if you don't love me. | |
| 2. pron. accusative of du; yourself, thee direct object. | |
| anfahren |
| 1. v. to start (driving); to hit the road | |
| der Zug fuhr langsam an - the train started slowly | |
| 2. v. to approach | |
| der Zug kommt angefahren - the train is coming | |
| 3. v. to drive into, to hit | |
| er hat eine Katze angefahren - he hit a cat | |
| 4. v. to drive, go against | |
| gegen den Wind anfahren | |
| 5. v. to drive towards (a destination) | |
| Mittags habe ich dann München angefahren. - I drove to Munich at noon. | |
| 6. v. (figurative, transitive) to rebuke, to snap at someone | |
| ich wurde vom Chef angefahren | |
| 7. v. to start | |
| die Produktion wieder anfahren - to start production again | |
| Werden |
| 1. n. (gerund of werden); becoming (coming into being) | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense | |
| Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - I will go home. | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs | |
| 4. 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. | |
| 5. v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn | |
| Es wird heißer. - It's getting hotter. | |
| 6. 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.) | |
| 7. 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? | |
| 8. v. (colloquial) to be going to work | |
| Das wird so nichts. - It will not work like that. | |
