| Schere |
| 1. n-f. a pair of scissors, shears | |
| Kann ich mir eben deine Schere ausleihen? - Can I borrow your scissors for a minute? | |
| 2. n-f. (zoology) a pair of pincers (on a crab) | |
| 3. n-f. (figuratively) a gap, especially a widening one | |
| die Schere zwischen Arm und Reich - the (widening) gap between the poor and rich | |
| 4. v. first-person singular present of scheren | |
| 5. v. first-person singular subjunctive of scheren | |
| 6. v. third-person singular subjunctive of scheren | |
| 7. v. singular imperative of scheren | |
| scheren |
| 1. v. to cut back something that grows | |
| 2. v. to shear (sheep etc.) | |
| Wenn Schafe nicht geschoren werden, können sie sich vor lauter Wolle nicht mehr bewegen. - When sheep aren’t shorn, they can no longer move for a | |
| 3. v. to clip, prune (a hedge) | |
| 4. v. (dated) to cut, shave, trim (hair) | |
| 5. v. to exploit; to defraud of, cheat for (+preo, um) | |
| Bei dem Vertrag haben sie uns ganz schön geschoren. - In that contract they really ripped us off. | |
| 6. v. to bother (someone); to trouble (someone) | |
| Was schert mich das? - What does that bother me? | |
| Das schert mich einen Dreck! - It bothers me a dirt! | |
| 7. v. to care (about something); to mind (something) (+preo, um) | |
| Scher dich um deinen eigenen Kram! - Mind your own business | |
| 8. v. to go into a certain direction | |
| 9. v. to scram; to beat it | |
| 10. v. to shear, to apply a shearing transformation to (displacing each point of a geometric figure in fixed direction by an amount proportional to its signed distance, thus preserving the area of the figure | |
| ein Rechteck zu einem Parallelogramm scheren - to shear a rectangle into a parallelogram | |
| ein geschertes Rechteck verwandelt sich in ein Parallelogramm - a sheared rectangle is transformed into a parallelogram | |
| Objekte können mit der Maus skaliert, gedreht und geschert werden - objects can be scaled, rotated and sheared with the mouse | |
| 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. | |
| 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? | |
| darum |
| 1. adv. around it, around that | |
| Wir wohnen in dem Haus mit dem weißen Zaun darum. - We live in the house with the white fence around it. | |
| 2. adv. therefore, for that reason | |
| Ich mag Kinder. Darum bin ich Lehrerin geworden. - I like children. That's why I became a teacher. | |
| 3. adv. because! (non-answer to questions one does not wish to answer) | |
| was |
| 1. pron. (interrogative) what | |
| Was machst du heute? - What are you doing today? | |
| 2. pron. (relative) which ((referring to the entire preceding clause)) | |
| Sie tanzte gut, was er bewunderte. - She was a good dancer, which he admired. | |
| 3. pron. (relative) that, which ((referring to das, alles, etwas, nichts, and neuter substantival adjectives)) | |
| Das ist alles, was ich weiß. - That's all that I know. | |
| Das ist das Beste, was mir passieren konnte. - That's the best that could have happened to me. | |
| 4. pron. (relative, colloquial) that, which ((referring to neuter singular nouns, instead of standard das)) | |
| Siehst du das weiße Haus, was renoviert wird? - Do you see that white house, which is being renovated? | |
| 5. pron. (indefinite, colloquial) something, anything ((instead of standard etwas)) | |
| Ich hab was gefunden. - I've found something. | |
| 6. pron. (interrogative, dated) why (with emphasis, astonishment or disapproval) | |
| Was birgst du so bang dein Gesicht? - Why on earth are you hiding your face so fearfully? | |
| 7. adv. (colloquial) a little, somewhat | |
| Ich komm was später. - I'll arrive a little later. | |
| 8. adv. (interrogative, colloquial) why, what for | |
| Was bist du heute so stumm? - Why are you so silent today? | |
| Er |
| 1. n. a person or animal of male gender, a male | |
| Was möchte Er von mir? - What does he want from me? | |
| 2. pron. (personal) he. | |
| audio, De-wo ist klaus.ogg De-wo ist klaus.ogg uxi - Where is Klaus? Where is he? | |
| audio, De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg uxi - This is my dog. His name is Waldi. | |
| 3. pron. (personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der)). | |
| audio, De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg uxi - There stands a tree. It is more than 100 years old. | |
| 4. pron. (personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der)). | |
| Im Frauengefängnis versuchte ein Häftling zu flüchten, aber er kam nicht weit. - In the women’s prison, an inmate tried to escape, but she didn’t get very far. | |
| 5. pron. (personal, archaic) Alternative spelling of Er, tr=you (polite) | |
| gesagt |
| 1. Participle. past participle of sagen | |
| sagen |
| 1. v. to say (to pronounce; communicate verbally) | |
| 2. v. to tell (to inform (someone) verbally) | |
| 3. v. to mean (to convey or signify) | |
| 4. v. to speak up (+obj, etwas) | |
| Sage |
| 1. n-f. saga, legend, myth, story, tale | |
| hat |
| 1. v. third-person singular present of haben | |
| haben |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses) | |
| Das habe ich nicht gesagt. - I haven't said that. | |
| 2. v. to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic) | |
| 3. v. to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself) | |
| Glaub und hab keine Angst. - Believe and don't be afraid or Believe and have no fear. | |
| 4. v. to have, get (to obtain, acquire) | |
| 5. v. to get (to receive) | |
| 6. v. to have (to be scheduled to attend) | |
| 7. v. to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from) | |
| 8. v. to contain, be composed of, equal | |
| Ein Meter hat 100 Zentimeter. - One metre has 100 centimetres. | |
| 9. v. (impersonal, dialectal, with es) there be, there is, there are | |
| Es hat zwei Bücher. - There are two books. | |
| 10. v. to make a fuss | |
| Hab dich nicht so! - Don't make such a fuss! | |
| 11. v. (colloquial with es and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into | |
| Ich hab's nich so mit Hunden. - I don't have it that much with dogs. | |
| 12. v. (colloquial with es and von or über) to talk about | |
| Wir hatten's grad von dir und deiner Freundin. - We just had it about you and your girlfriend. | |
