schließlich |
1. adv. in the end, finally, eventually | |
Es freut mich, Sie schließlich zu treffen. - I'm glad to finally meet you. | |
2. adv. after all (because of, for the reason) | |
Natürlich liebe ich dich, du bist ja schließlich meine Tochter. - Of course I love you, after all, you are my daughter. | |
entließ |
1. v. first-person singular preterite of entlassen | |
2. v. third-person singular preterite of entlassen | |
entlassen |
1. v. (a prisoner or patient, or anyone held up, usually following a decision to do so) to release | |
Er wurde aus dem Gefängnis entlassen. - He was released from prison. | |
2. v. (of an employment relationship) to dismiss | |
Sie wurde von der Firma entlassen. - q1=colloquial, German legal language uses neither word like this, save the latter in EU-harmonized contexts | |
3. v. (Austria) to fire, to sack (to dismiss without statutory notice period) | |
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man |
1. pron. one, you (indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular) | |
Man kann nicht immer kriegen, was man will. - You can’t always get what you want. | |
Manchmal muss man Kompromisse machen. - Sometimes one must compromise. | |
2. pron. they, people (people in general) | |
Zumindest sagt man das so... - At least that’s what they say... | |
3. pron. someone, somebody (some unspecified person) | |
4. pron. they (some unspecified group of people) | |
5. adv. (colloquial regional northern Germany) just; only | |
Komm man hier rüber! - Just come over here! | |
Das sind man dreißig Stück oder so. - These are only thirty or so. | |
mich |
1. pron. accusative of ich: me | |
Aus |
1. n. (sports) an out; the end of play for an individual or a team | |
2. n. (sports) the out of bounds area | |
3. n. end | |
4. adv. out | |
5. adv. (with sein) over; finished; done; up | |
Das Spiel ist aus! - The game is up! | |
6. adj. (of a device) off | |
7. prep. out of; from (from the inside of something) | |
Hol das Besteck aus der Schublade! - Get the cutlery from the drawer! | |
8. prep. from (a place; see usage notes below) | |
Er kommt aus dem selben Dorf wie ich. - He’s from the same village as I am. | |
9. prep. of; made of; out of | |
ein Haus aus Eis - a house made of ice | |
10. prep. for; out of (because of a feeling or inner quality) | |
etwas aus Freundschaft tun - to do something out of friendship (i.e. a sense of friendship) | |
etwas aus Feigheit unterlassen - to neglect something out of cowardice | |
meinem |
1. det. (possessive) dative singular of mein | |
mein |
1. det. (possessive) my | |
Dienst |
1. n. service | |
ausgezeichneter Dienst. - excellent service. | |
2. n. work, duty | |
3. v. second-person singular present of dienen | |
Als |
1. n. creek, drainage channel | |
2. conj. (subordinating, referring to time of occurrence) at (approximately) the same moment; when; while; as | |
Als er ankam, öffnete sie die Tür. - When he arrived, she opened the door. | |
Als wir jung waren, spielten wir im Wald. - We played in the forest when we were young. | |
3. conj. (used with a comparison or as an exception) than | |
Zwei ist größer als eins. - Two is greater than one. | |
Die Kopie sieht anders aus als das Original. - The copy looks different than the original. | |
Er sagt nichts anderes als die Wahrheit. - He tells nothing other than the truth. | |
4. conj. as; like; in the function of; in the form of | |
Als Polizist muss ich es tun. - As a policeman, I must do it. | |
Wir sind Feinde, aber im Moment müssen wir uns als Freunde verhalten. - We are enemies, but for now we must act like friends. | |
Sie verkleidete sich als Krankenschwester, um das Krankenhaus zu betreten. - She disguised herself as a nurse to enter the hospital. | |
5. conj. as if | |
6. conj. (after negative pronoun) but, other than | |
Wissenschaftler |
1. n-m. scientist | |
2. n-m. scholar, researcher, academic (male or of unspecified gender) | |
weil |
1. conj. because, given that | |
Ich kann nicht kommen, weil ich krank bin. - I can't come because I'm sick. | |
man |
1. pron. one, you (indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular) | |
Man kann nicht immer kriegen, was man will. - You can’t always get what you want. | |
Manchmal muss man Kompromisse machen. - Sometimes one must compromise. | |
2. pron. they, people (people in general) | |
Zumindest sagt man das so... - At least that’s what they say... | |
3. pron. someone, somebody (some unspecified person) | |
4. pron. they (some unspecified group of people) | |
5. adv. (colloquial regional northern Germany) just; only | |
Komm man hier rüber! - Just come over here! | |
Das sind man dreißig Stück oder so. - These are only thirty or so. | |
mich |
1. pron. accusative of ich: me | |
für |
1. prep. for | |
Das Geschenk ist für dich. - The present is for you. | |
2. prep. in favor of, in support of | |
Ich bin für die erste Option. - I'm in favor of the first option. | |
3. prep. by the standards of | |
Für einen Ausländer sprichst du sehr gut Deutsch. - For a foreigner, you speak German very well. | |
4. prep. on behalf of | |
Mein Anwalt wird das für mich beantworten. - My lawyer will answer to that on my behalf. | |
5. prep. kind / type of | |
Was für ein Kuchen ist das? - What kind of cake is this? | |
6. prep. (informal) instead of | |
Für die Hose hab ich jetzt den Rock genommen. - Instead of the trousers which I chose not to buy, I took the skirt. | |
7. prep. (colloquial nonstandard) in order to (with zu and infinitive) | |
Der Papa holt das Werkzeug, für die Waschmaschine zu reparieren. - Daddy is getting his tools in order to repair the washing machine. | |
verrückt |
1. Participle. past participle of verrücken | |
2. adj. crazy, mad | |
Das Verrückte ist, dass... - The crazy thing is that... | |
3. v. second-person plural present of verrücken | |
4. v. third-person singular present of verrücken | |
5. v. plural imperative of verrücken | |
hielt |
1. v. first-person singular preterite of halten | |
2. v. third-person singular preterite of halten | |
halten |
1. v. to hold | |
2. v. to stop; to halt; to hold back | |
Haltet den Dieb! - Stop the thief! | |
3. v. to support; to hold up | |
4. v. to keep; to maintain; to hold | |
Der Wein hält mich jung. - Wine keeps me young. | |
5. v. to keep | |
6. v. to hold; to keep; to stay | |
7. v. to stop | |
Der Zug hält nicht in Würzburg. - The train doesn’t stop in Würzburg. | |
8. v. to take for, to consider (+preo, für) | |
Hält er mich für einen Trottel? - Does he take me for a fool? | |
9. v. to adhere to, to follow (rules, the law, etc.) (+preo, an) | |
Er ist ein Aufrührer, der sich nicht an Ihre Regeln hält. - He's a rebel who doesn't follow your rules. | |
10. v. (with preposition: von) expresses a positive or negative opinion depending on quantity | |
Ich halte viel von Dieter. - I like Dieter a lot. | |
Ich halte wenig von Tomaten. - I do not like tomatoes very much. | |
11. v. to give (a presentation, lecture etc.) | |
Ich halte ein Referat morgen. - I'm giving a presentation tomorrow. | |