| 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? | |
| um |
| 1. prep. about | |
| Es geht um den Kuchen. - It's about the pie. | |
| 2. prep. around | |
| Um die Ecke - around the corner | |
| 3. prep. at, by (qual, when relating to time) | |
| Um acht Uhr reisen wir ab - At eight o’clock we depart | |
| 4. prep. by (qual, percentage difference) | |
| Die Verkaufsmengen gingen um 6% zurück. - Sales in volume has decreased by 6%. | |
| 5. prep. (Austria) for qual, amount of money | |
| Um einen Euro bekommt man heute nicht besonders viel. - You can't buy much for one euro these days. | |
| Heute im Sonderangebot um nur 99 Euro. - Special offer today for only 99 euros. | |
| 6. conj. in order to, so as to | |
| Wir sind gekommen, um zu helfen. - We’ve come (in order) to help. | |
| 7. adj. (predicative, not attributive) up, in the sense of finished | |
| Werden dich in kurzem binden/ Erdgeist, deine Zeit ist um - source=Friedrich von Hardenberg, Novalis | |
| 8. adv. around, about | |
| 9. adv. turned over, changed, from one state to another | |
| das |
| 1. art. singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. singular of der | |
| 3. pron. (relative) who, that, which | |
| Ich kenne ein Mädchen, das das kann. - I know a girl who can do that. | |
| Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
| 4. pron. (demonstrative) this, that, it | |
| Das ist mein Haus. - This is my house. | |
| er - Er wissen | |
| Ich hab das nicht. - I don’t have it. (i.e. the thing mentioned) | |
| 5. pron. (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb) | |
| Das regnet schon wieder. - It’s raining again. | |
| Wissen Sie, wie spät das ist? - Do you know what time it is? | |
| der |
| 1. art. the | |
| 2. art. feminine singular of der | |
| 3. art. genitive plural of der | |
| 4. pron. who; that; which | |
| Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. - I know a man who can do that. | |
| 5. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that | |
| 6. pron. (attributive, stressed) that | |
| Der Mann war es! - It was that man! | |
| 7. pron. (indicative) him, he | |
| Der hat es getan! - It was him who did it! | |
| 8. pron. (differential) the one, him | |
| Der mit dem Mantel - The one with the coat | |
| 9. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her | |
| Gerede |
| 1. n. (collective) gossip, gossiping | |
| 2. n. (colloquial) chatter, babble | |
| der |
| 1. art. the | |
| 2. art. feminine singular of der | |
| 3. art. genitive plural of der | |
| 4. pron. who; that; which | |
| Ich kenne einen Mann, der das kann. - I know a man who can do that. | |
| 5. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) whom, which, that | |
| 6. pron. (attributive, stressed) that | |
| Der Mann war es! - It was that man! | |
| 7. pron. (indicative) him, he | |
| Der hat es getan! - It was him who did it! | |
| 8. pron. (differential) the one, him | |
| Der mit dem Mantel - The one with the coat | |
| 9. pron. feminine dative singular of der: (to) that, (to) her | |
| Leute |
| 1. n. people (several individual persons, a group of people in general, esp. of one kind or another), folk (folks), peeps (slang), guys (boys and/or girls) | |
| 2. n. plural of Leut | |
