| mein |
| 1. det. (possessive) my | |
| Vater |
| 1. n. father | |
| Mein Vater erklärt mir jeden Sonntag unsere neun Planeten. - My father explains to me our nine planets every Sunday. | |
| kommt ... um |
| 1. v. third-person singular present of umkommen | |
| 2. v. second-person plural present of umkommen | |
| 3. v. plural imperative of umkommen | |
| umkommen |
| 1. v. to be killed; to perish; to die a (usually) violent death | |
| vor |
| 1. prep. in front of, ahead of (relative location in space) | |
| 2. prep. before, prior to, ahead of (relative location in time) | |
| 3. prep. ago (location in the past relative to the present) | |
| vor drei Tagen - three days ago | |
| vor einiger Zeit - a while ago | |
| 4. prep. from, against (a threat or negative outcome) | |
| Er konnte vor dem Tsunami nicht mehr fliehen. - He couldn't escape (from) the tsunami. | |
| Du hast mich vorm Ertrinken gerettet. - You saved me from drowning. | |
| vor Verlusten schützen - to protect against losses | |
| sich vor jemandem verstecken - to hide from somebody | |
| 5. prep. (what) with, (out) of (stating cause) | |
| vor Freude weinen - to cry with joy | |
| Ich sterbe vor Durst. - I'm dying of thirst. | |
| Ich kann dich vor all dem Rauch gar nicht sehen. - I can't even see you, what with all the smoke. | |
| Vor lauter Angst traute sich keiner im Raum mehr zu atmen. - Nobody in the room dared to breathe out of sheer fright. | |
| kommen vor |
| 1. v. first-person plural present of vorkommen | |
| 2. v. third-person plural present of vorkommen | |
| 3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of vorkommen | |
| 4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of vorkommen | |
| Geiz |
| 1. n-m. meanness, miserliness, stinginess | |
| 2. v. singular imperative of geizen | |
| 3. v. colloquial of | |
| bald |
| 1. adv. soon, near in time | |
| Bald ist der Urlaub vorbei. - The vacation will soon be over. | |
| 2. adv. almost | |
| Mit bald 80 Jahren ist mein Vater noch auf Apfelbäume geklettert. - At almost 80 years, my father still used to climb on apple trees. | |
| 3. adv. (repeated) Indicates a quick succession of events. | |
| bald Regen und bald Sonnenschein | |
