nun |
1. adv. now, at this moment | |
2. adv. now, then; expressing a logical or temporal consequence | |
Wir haben abgewaschen, nun müssen wir noch abtrocknen. - We've washed up, now we must dry the dishes. | |
Was bedeuten nun die geschilderten Entwicklungen für unser Land? - Now what do the aforementioned developments mean for our country? | |
3. adv. unstressed and expletive, used for minor emphasis | |
Was soll das nun heißen? - What's that supposed to mean now? | |
4. interj. now, well, so | |
Nun, das ist eine schwierige Frage. - Well, that's a tough question. | |
5. conj. (tlb, literary or dated colloquial) now that, given that it has occurred that the circumstances do not withstand that … | |
stecke |
1. v. first-person singular present of stecken | |
2. v. singular imperative of stecken | |
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of stecken | |
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of stecken | |
stecken |
1. v. to stick; to put; to insert; to pin | |
2. v. to stick; to be stuck | |
Die Katze steckt im Baum. - The cat is stuck in the tree. | |
in Schwierigkeiten stecken - to be in trouble (lit. to be stuck in difficulty) | |
3. v. to be hiding (by location or causally behind something) | |
Er wusste nicht, wo seine Katze wieder steckt. - He didn’t know where his cat is again. | |
Nur seine Eltern und zwei gute Freunde wissen, dass er hinter dem Auftritt steckt. - Only his parents and two good friends know he is hiding behind the site. | |
Kartelle stecken hinter den hohen Preisen bei Matratzen. - Cartels are behind the high prices in matresses. | |
4. v. (ditransitive, informal) to inform privily, to intimate | |
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) | |
diese |
1. pron. feminine nominative singular of dieser; "this" | |
2. pron. feminine accusative singular of dieser; "this" | |
Ich will diese Frau - I want this woman. | |
3. pron. nominative plural of dieser; "these" | |
Diese Dinge sind dumm - These things are stupid. | |
4. pron. accusative plural of dieser; "these" | |
dieser |
1. pron. this one, this | |
2. pron. that one, that | |
Karte |
1. n-f. card | |
2. n-f. map, chart | |
3. n-f. (short for, Speisekarte): menu | |
4. n-f. ticket | |
5. n-f. (differential geometry) coordinate chart | |
in |
1. prep. (with dative) in, inside, within, at (inside a building) | |
Es ist in dem Haus. - It is in the house. | |
Ich habe die Schlüssel im (in dem) Kühlschrank gefunden. - I found the keys in the refrigerator. | |
Unsere Kinder sind in der Schule. - Our kids are at school. | |
Er ist in einem Café. - He is at a coffee shop. | |
Letzte Nacht waren sie im (in dem) Club. - They were at the club last night. | |
2. prep. (with dative) in (pertaining to) | |
in diesem Sinne - in this/that sense | |
3. prep. (with dative) in, at, by (at the end of or during a period of time) | |
Er schloss sein Studium im Alter von vierzehn. - He completed his studies at/by the age of fourteen. | |
im Alter - in old age | |
im Mittelalter - during the middle ages | |
in den 1960er Jahren - in the 1960s | |
4. prep. (with accusative) into, to (going inside (of)) | |
Er geht ins Haus. - He goes into the house. | |
Wir gehen in die Schweiz. - We are going to Switzerland. | |
Wir treten in ein neues Zeitalter ein. - We are coming into a new age. | |
5. adj. in, popular (in fashion) | |
den |
1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
2. art. dative plural of der | |
3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
Hut |
1. n. hat (see usage notes) | |
2. n. (of mushrooms) head; top | |
3. n-f. protection keeping, care, supervision, guard, ward | |
Auf der Hut sein. - To be on guard. | |