seine |
1. pron. feminine singular of seiner | |
2. pron. plural of seiner | |
3. det. feminine singular of sein | |
4. det. plural of sein | |
sein |
1. v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be | |
Das ist schön. - That is beautiful. | |
Das ist ein Auto. - That is a car. | |
2. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition) | |
Usage: In this sense sein is always conjugated in the third person singular and takes a Dative noun. The impersonal subject es may be present, but is often taken as implied. For example: "Mir i | |
Ist dir kalt? - Are you cold? | |
Mir ist schlecht. - I'm sick. | |
Dem Mann ist schwindelig. - The man feels dizzy. | |
Den Kindern ist langweilig. - The children are bored. | |
3. v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for | |
Usage: As in the previous sense sein takes a Dative noun and is always conjugated according to the impersonal subject es, although it is usually omitted. | |
Uns ist nach einem Film zumute. - We feel like watching a movie. | |
Mir ist nicht danach. - I don't feel like it. | |
4. v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs | |
Er ist alt geworden. - He has become old. | |
5. v. to exist; there to be; to be alive | |
Was nicht ist, kann noch werden. (a common proverb) - That which does not exist now, may come into existence. | |
Wenn ich nicht mehr bin, erbst du das Haus. - When I am no more, you'll inherit the house. | |
6. v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.) | |
Du bist. - It’s your turn. | |
Du bist nach mir. - Your turn is after mine. | |
7. v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag | |
Du bist! - You're it! | |
Ich bin nicht mehr. - I'm not it anymore. | |
8. det. his | |
Daniel schickt seiner Schwester eine SMS. - Daniel is sending a text to his sister. | |
Der Kater spielt oft mit seinen Spielsachen. - The cat often plays with his toys. | |
9. det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun) | |
der Mond und sein Licht - the moon and its light | |
das Schaf und seine Lämmer - the sheep and its lambs | |
10. det. (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so. | |
Der kostet so seine zweihundert Euro. - That one costs around two hundred euros. | |
11. det. one's | |
Man muss seinem Herzen folgen. - One must follow one’s heart. | |
dunklen |
1. adj. form of dunkel | |
dunkel |
1. adj. (of light, colour) dark | |
Im Winter wird es früher dunkel. - In the winter, it gets dark earlier. | |
Das dunkle Rot gefällt mir besser. - I like the dark red better. | |
2. adj. (of sound) deep | |
Er hat schon eine ganz dunkle Stimme. - He’s already got a very deep voice. | |
3. adj. (of memory, ideas) vague, faint | |
Ich habe nur dunkle Erinnerungen an meine Großmutter. - I have only faint memories of my grandmother. | |
4. v. first-person singular present of dunkeln | |
5. v. singular imperative of dunkeln | |
Augen |
1. en:eyes | |
2. n. plural of Auge | |
Auge |
1. eye | |
drückten ... aus |
1. v. first-person plural preterite of ausdrücken | |
2. v. third-person plural preterite of ausdrücken | |
3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of ausdrücken | |
4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of ausdrücken | |
ausdrücken |
1. v. to squeeze, to squeeze out | |
Benutz die Saftpresse, aber drück die Schalen dann noch mal kräftig mit der Hand aus. - Use the juicer, but then squeeze the peels out firmly once more with your hands. | |
2. v. to stub out (a cigarette) | |
Er drückte seine Zigarette aus. - He stubbed out his cigarette. | |
3. v. (usually transitive) to express | |
Ich weiß nicht, wie ich das ausdrücken soll. - I don’t know how to express this. | |
Lassen sie es mich noch einmal etwas anders ausdrücken. - Let me rephrase it. | |
4. v. to express (oneself) | |
Er kann sich sowohl mit Worten als auch mit Gestik sehr gut ausdrücken. - He is very good at expressing himself both with words and with gestures. | |
Ich habe mich eben vielleicht nicht ganz klar ausgedrückt. - Perhaps I did not make myself entirely clear. | |
Mut |
1. n. courage; bravery | |
Hab Mut! - Have courage! | |
2. n. (now chiefly in compounds or with adjective) mood; emotional state | |
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? | |
Entschlossenheit |
1. n. determination, resolution | |