na |
1. interj. well!, so!; (used to introduce a statement) | |
Na, dann fangen wir mal an! - So, let’s get started! | |
Ich bin ein Narr? Na, du auch! - I am a clown? Well, so are you! | |
2. interj. oh, hm, huh, och, nu; (expressing a (usually mild) degree of surprise, doubt, or frustration) | |
Na, das ist ja nett, dass ihr vorbeikommt! - Oh, that’s nice of you to come by! | |
Na? Ob das so stimmt... - Huh? Not sure if that’s correct... | |
Na! Warum will das denn jetzt wieder nicht? - Och! Why does this thing not work yet again? | |
Na toll! Kein Empfang. - Oh great! No signal. | |
3. interj. (regional, chiefly northern and central Germany) huh?; (used as a question marker, often implying that the speaker knows the answer) | |
Was ist zwei plus drei? Na? - What’s two plus three? Huh? | |
4. interj. (regional, chiefly northern and central Germany) hey!, hi!; (used as a greeting, but with an interrogative intonation, as if saying “So? You see me there?”, or “So? How is everything?”) | |
Na! Lang nicht gesehen! - Hey! Long time no see! | |
Na! Wie geht’s? - Hi! How are you? | |
5. interj. (regional, chiefly southern Germany and Austria) Alternative form of nein, , no | |
Na. Das geht net. - No. That doesn’t work. | |
dann |
1. adv. then, after that | |
Ich ziehe mich erst an, dann frühstücke ich. - First I'm getting dressed, then I'll have breakfast. | |
2. adv. then, in that case | |
Wenn du dich anstrengst, dann schaffst du es. - If you make an effort, then you'll be able to do it. | |
Brauche |
1. n. dative singular of Brauch | |
2. v. first-person singular present of brauchen | |
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of brauchen | |
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of brauchen | |
5. v. singular imperative of brauchen | |
brauchen |
1. v. to need, to be in need of, to require | |
Ich brauche deine Hilfe. - I need your help. | |
Ich brauche nie lang. - I never need long. | |
Dafür brauchen wir dringend eine politische Lösung. - For this, we urgently need a political solution. | |
2. v. to need to, to have to (in negation or with the adverb nur) | |
Du brauchst nicht auf mich (zu) warten. - You don’t need to wait for me. | |
Sie braucht mich nur an(zu)rufen. - She just needs to call me. | |
Ich |
1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego | |
2. n. self, me, him, etc. | |
das wahre Ich - the real me | |
3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun) | |
den |
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
2. art. dative plural of der | |
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
wenigstens |
1. adv. at least | |
nicht |
1. adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb) | |
Bitte nicht stören! - Please do not disturb! | |
Das ist nicht wahr. - That is not true. | |
2. interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
Du bist sicher die Claudia, nicht? - You must be Claudia, aren't you? | |
Mehr |
1. n. increase, excess | |
ein Mehr an Arbeit, Steuern, Unkosten, ... - an excess of work, taxes, costs, ... | |
2. n. majority, more than half (50%) of some group | |
Der Gesetzesentwurf der Volksinitiative scheiterte am Volksmehr. | |
3. pron. something more | |
sich für mehr halten - to think one is something more | |
Mehr will er nicht bezahlen. - He doesn't want to pay more. | |
Er sieht mehr als ich. - He sees more than I see. | |
4. det. comparative of viel; more | |
Willst du mehr Essen? - Do you want more food? | |
mit mehr oder weniger Erfolg - with a greater or lesser degree of success | |
Ich habe mehr Haare als du. - I have more hair than you. | |
zwei Kilo mehr - two more kilos | |
5. adv. more | |
immer mehr - more and more | |
6. adv. (with negation) no longer, never again, nothing more, not anymore | |
Er ist kein Kind mehr - He is no longer a child. | |
Ich mag dich nicht mehr. - I don't like you anymore. | |
nicht mehr lange - not much longer | |
nichts mehr - nothing more, nothing left | |
nie mehr - never again | |
Gießen |
1. n. gerund of gießen | |
2. v. to pour; (usually only of liquids, especially of large quantities) | |
Das Öl wird in die Tanks gegossen. - The oil is poured into the tanks. | |
Bleigießen - lead-pouring | |
3. v. to pour; to cast; to found (shape molten metal or glass by pouring) | |
Die Statue wurde vom Künstler selbst gegossen. - The statue was cast by the artist himself. | |
Stahlgießen - steel pouring | |
4. v. to water | |
die Blumen gießen - to water the flowers | |
Gießkanne - watering can | |
5. v. (impersonal, intransitive, of rain) to pour down; to rain strongly | |
Es gießt. - It’s pouring. | |
Es gießt wie aus Kübeln/Eimern. - It’s pouring as though out of buckets. | |
und |
1. conj. (co-ordinating) and | |
Kaffee und Kuchen - coffee and cake | |
Ich kam, sah und siegte. - I came, saw, and conquered. | |
2. conj. (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them | |
Er und Abwaschen? Vielleicht einmal im Jahr! - Him doing the dishes? Maybe once per year! | |
3. interj. so?, now?, and? | |
Und? Wie ist es gelaufen? - So? How did it go? | |
kein |
1. pron. no; not a(n); not one; not any | |
Das ist kein Bett. - That is no bed. | |
uxi, Es gibt kein Brot., There is no bread. | |
Unkraut |
1. n. (usually collective) weed, weeds (unwanted plants) | |
zupfen |
1. v. to pluck | |