meine |
1. pron. feminine singular of meiner | |
2. pron. plural of meiner | |
3. det. feminine singular of mein | |
4. det. plural of mein | |
5. v. first-person singular present of meinen | |
6. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of meinen | |
7. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of meinen | |
8. v. singular imperative of meinen | |
mein |
1. det. (possessive) my | |
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 | |
Kinder |
1. en:children | |
2. n. plural of Kind | |
Kind |
1. n. kid; child (young person) | |
2. n. child; offspring (person with regard to his or her parents; also a baby animal or young animal, especially as the second component in numerous compound nouns) | |
Er war das zweitgeborene Kind in der Familie. - He was the second-born child in the family. | |
Er ist das Kind zweier blinder Eltern. - He is the child of two blind parents. | |
Sitzen |
1. n. dative plural of Sitz | |
2. v. to sit; to perch | |
3. v. to stay (in one place); to remain; to be (in a particular place or state) | |
Wir saßen fest! - We were stuck! | |
4. v. to fit | |
5. v. to be (i, e.g. with voller) | |
Der Schrank sitzt voller Motten. - The cupboard is full of moths. | |
6. v. to do time; to spend time in jail | |
im Gefängnis sitzen. - to be in jail. | |
7. v. to hit home; to have a significant effect | |
8. v. to sit down | |
am |
1. contraction. an + dem, at the, on the | |
am Ende - at the end | |
am Rande - on the margin(s) | |
am Leben - alive | |
2. contraction. auf + dem, on the, at the | |
am Berg - on the mountain | |
am Fest - at the festival | |
am Schirm - on the screen | |
3. contraction. Forms the superlative in adverbial and predicate use. | |
am schnellsten - fastest | |
am schwächsten - weakest | |
am wichtigsten - most important | |
Er spielt am besten. - He plays best. | |
an |
1. prep. (local) on; upon; at; in; against | |
Das Bild hängt an der Wand. - The picture hangs on the wall. | |
2. prep. by; near; close to; next to | |
3. prep. (temporal, with days or times of day) on; in; at | |
Wir treffen uns am (an dem) Dienstag. - We're meeting on Tuesday. | |
Ich werde sie am (an dem) Abend sehen. - I will see her in the evening. | |
4. prep. (temporal) a; per; only used with the word Tag, otherwise use in | |
zweimal am Tag - twice a day | |
5. prep. on; onto | |
Ich hänge das Bild an die Wand. - I hang the picture on the wall. | |
6. prep. at; against | |
Schauen Sie an die Tafel. - Look at the blackboard. | |
7. prep. to; for | |
Ein Brief an Anna. - A letter for Anna. | |
8. adv. onward; on | |
von heute an - from today on | |
9. adj. (predicative) on | |
Ist der Schalter an oder aus? = Ist der Schalter an- oder ausgeschaltet? - Is the switch on or off. Is the switch switched on or off. | |
dem |
1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
Tisch |
1. n. table (a piece of furniture with a relatively deep surface at roughly waist or knee level); (specific uses include:) | |
2. n. dining table, dinner table | |
Kommt, der Tisch ist gedeckt! - Come, the table is set! | |
3. n. desk (table used for writing) | |
Legen amerikanische Chefs wirklich die Füße auf den Tisch? - Do American bosses really put their feet on the desk? | |
4. n. bench, workbench (table at which manual work is done) | |
5. n. (figuratively, now only in compounds and expressions) meal (food served or eaten as a repast) | |
Herr Weber ist zu Tisch. - Mr Weber is at lunch. | |