seitdem |
1. conj. since, ever since | |
2. conj. since that | |
3. adv. since | |
4. adv. since then, since that time | |
Kommen |
1. n. (gerund of kommen): "coming", "arrival". | |
2. v. to come; to arrive | |
Er kam letzte Nacht sehr spät nach Hause. - He came home very late last night. | |
Als ich nach Wuppertal kam, hatte es gerade geschneit - When I arrived in Wuppertal, it had just snowed. | |
3. v. to come to; to come over (go somewhere so as to join someone else) | |
Bleib sitzen! Ich komme zu dir. - Keep your seat! I’m coming over to you. | |
Und viele kamen zu ihm und sprachen... - And many resorted unto him and said... (John 10:41) | |
4. v. to get; to make it (go somewhere in a way that implies an obstacle or difficulty to be overcome) | |
Ich komme nicht über die Mauer. - I can’t get over this wall. | |
Wenn er den Zug verpasst, kommt er heute nicht nach Nürnberg. - If he misses the train, he won’t make it to Nuremberg today. | |
5. v. to go to; to be put in (go somewhere in a way that is predetermined or prearranged) | |
Hartnäckige Sünder kommen in die Hölle. - Persistant sinners will go to hell. | |
Die Gruppensieger kommen ins Halbfinale. - The group winners will go to the semifinals. | |
6. v. to come on (Used to encourage someone to do something.) | |
Ach komm, das wird so schlimm nicht werden. - Aw, come on, it won’t be so bad. | |
Kommt, deckt schon mal den Tisch! - Come on, just set the table already. | |
7. v. to occur; to happen; to come to be | |
Dann kam, was alle befürchtet hatten. - Then happened that which everybody had feared. | |
Wie kommt es, dass...? - Why is it that ...? How come that...? | |
8. v. (impersonal) to be played (of a song or film) | |
Eben kam mein Lieblingslied. - They just played my favourite song. | |
9. v. to be due to; to be the result of | |
Das kommt alles von deiner Faulheit. - All of that is due to your laziness. | |
10. v. to come from (to have a social or geographic background) (+preo, aus, dative) | |
Sie kommt aus der Schweiz. - She comes from Switzerland. | |
Sie kommt aus einer Diplomatenfamilie. - She comes from a family of diplomats. | |
11. v. to orgasm; to cum | |
Ich komme gleich! - I’m about to cum! | |
Mir kommt's gleich! - I’m about to cum! | |
12. v. to be statistically equivalent to; to be there for (+preo, auf, accusative) | |
Auf jeden Verkehrstoten kommen zwanzig Verletzte. - For each traffic fatality there are twenty injured people. | |
13. v. to obtain (a solution or result) (+preo, auf, accusative) | |
Die Werte wurden frisiert, um auf das gewünschte Ergebnis zu kommen. - The values were manipulated in order to obtain the desired result. | |
14. v. to get an idea; to think of; to remember; to imagine (+preo, auf, accusative) | |
Ich komme im Moment nicht drauf, aber ich sag’s dir später. - I can’t think of it right now, but I’ll tell you later. | |
Ich weiß wirklich nicht, wie du immer auf diese Einfälle kommst. - I really don’t know how you always get all those ideas. | |
15. v. to lose; to forfeit; not to get (+preo, um) | |
Er hat Angst, dass er um seinen Anteil kommt. - He fears that he won’t get his share. | |
16. v. to touch inadvertently | |
Pass auf, dass du nicht an die frische Farbe kommst. - Be careful not to touch the wet paint. | |
17. v. to manage to reach (something high up etc.) (+preo, an, accusative) | |
Hilf ihm mal, er kommt nicht an den Griff. - Help him, he can't reach the handle. | |
18. v. (colloquial copulative with gut or in Ordnung) to turn out (well) | |
Am Ende kommt hoffentlich alles gut. - In the end, hopefully all will turn out well. | |
auf |
1. prep. (with dative) on, upon (positioned at the top of) | |
Das Buch liegt auf dem Tisch. - The book is lying on the table. | |
2. prep. (with accusative) on, onto, up (moving to the top of) | |
Ich lege das Buch auf den Tisch. - I’m putting the book on the table. | |
3. prep. (with accusative) on (indicating responsibility) | |
Das erste Getränk geht aufs Haus. - The first drink is on the house. | |
Das fällt nicht auf dich zurück, sondern auf mich. Ich hab's vermasselt. - That's not on you but on me. I messed up. | |
4. prep. (with dative) in, at; used with certain nouns instead of bei or in | |
Niemand auf der Welt hätte das voraussehen können. - No one in the world could have predicted that. | |
auf dem Stadtplatz - in the town square | |
Das Schiff ist auf See - The ship is at sea. | |
auf der Kirmes - at the fun fair | |
auf der Post - at the post office (also: bei der Post) | |
5. prep. (with accusative) to; used with certain nouns instead of zu or in | |
auf die Kirmes - to the fun fair | |
auf die Post - to the post office (also: zur Post) | |
6. prep. (with a language name) in (see usage note below) | |
Was heißt das auf Deutsch? - What’s this in German? | |
7. prep. (linguistics) in (of a word: ending with some sound or syllable) | |
Wörter auf -heit sind weiblich. - Words in -heit are feminine. | |
Du kannst doch auf (’n) Sonntag nich’ den Rasen mähen! - You can’t mow the lawn on a Sunday! | |
8. prep. (with accusative) for (during the continuation of) | |
auf Jahre hinaus - for years to come | |
9. prep. (with accusative) to, for (indicating purpose, goal or wish) | |
Lasst uns auf deine Gesundheit drinken! - Let's drink to your health! | |
Sie spielen auf Zeit. - They are playing for time. | |
10. prep. (with accusative) by (used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something) | |
X auf Y Meter groß | |
11. adv. (somewhat, informal) open | |
Die Tür ist auf. - The door is open. | |
12. adv. (colloquial) finished; gone (food) | |
Hast du deine Suppe auf? - Have you finished your soup? | |
Die Milch is’ auf. - The milk is gone. (consumed) | |
13. adv. (colloquial) up; awake; out of bed | |
Ich war um sechs Uhr auf. - I was up at six o'clock. | |
14. interj. carry on (continue or proceed as before) | |
15. interj. have a go | |
kommen auf |
1. v. first-person plural present of aufkommen | |
2. v. third-person plural present of aufkommen | |
3. v. first-person plural subjunctive of aufkommen | |
4. v. third-person plural subjunctive of aufkommen | |
dem |
1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
Hof |
1. n. yard, court, courtyard (open area by a house or enclosed by houses) | |
Der Hof hinter unserm Haus ist mit Schiefer gepflastert. - The yard behind our house is paved with slate. | |
2. n. court (residence and entourage of a nobleman) | |
Am Hof des Königs gab es ständige Intrigen. - There were constant intrigues at the king's court. | |
3. n. farmyard (central area of a farm, excluding the fields) | |
Das Essen wird den Arbeitern ins Feld gebracht, damit sie erst abends auf den Hof zurückkommen müssen. - The workers are served food in the fields, so that they needn’t come back to the farmyar | |
4. n. (by extension) farm, agricultural enterprise | |
Wenn mein Sohn den Hof nicht übernimmt, muss ich verkaufen. - If my son doesn’t take over the farm, I’ll have to sell it. | |
Bis |
1. n. (music) B-sharp | |
2. conj. (subordinating, temporal) until | |
Wir warten hier, bis das Gewitter vorbei ist. - We'll wait here until the thunderstorm is over. | |
3. conj. (coordinating) to | |
Ich arbeite 40 bis 50 Stunden in der Woche. - I work 40 to 50 hours a week. | |
Ihre Haare sind braun bis dunkelbraun. - Her hair is brown to dark brown. | |
4. prep. (temporal) until, to, (US) through | |
Meine Tochter ist bis zwei Uhr in der Schule. - My daughter is at school until two o'clock. | |
Ich war von Montag bis Freitag krank. - I was sick from Monday to Friday. | |
5. prep. (temporal) by | |
Die Aufgabe muss bis Donnerstag fertig sein. - The task must be complete by Thursday. | |
6. prep. (local) to; all the way to | |
Der Zug fährt bis Köln. - The train goes to Cologne. | |
zu |
1. prep. to, towards (indicates directionality) | |
zum Bahnhof - to the train station | |
2. prep. with respect to; regarding | |
Zu Punkt 1 möchte ich bemerken, dass... - With respect to item 1, let me remark that... | |
3. prep. along with; with (accompanying (the main thing in question)) | |
Wasser zum Essen trinken - to drink water with one’s meal | |
4. prep. at, on (indicates location) | |
zu Hause - at home | |
5. prep. at (indicates time) | |
zur richtigen Zeit - at the right time | |
zu Beginn - at the beginning | |
6. prep. by, in, on, at (indicates mode (of transportation, speech, etc.)) | |
zu Pferd - on horseback | |
7. prep. (with a verb) for; (with a noun) as, by way of (for the purpose of) | |
8. prep. for (in honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of) | |
9. prep. into (indicates transition into another form or substance) | |
10. prep. as, for, to be (to take on the role of) | |
11. prep. to (used to indicate ratios) | |
12. prep. at (denotes a price or rate) | |
13. part. (with infinitives of verbs) to | |
etwas zu essen - something to eat | |
14. adv. (with adjectives and adverbs) too (excessively) | |
zu schnell - too fast | |
15. adv. (by extension, slang) (An intensifier.) | |
Dieses Essen ist zu lecker! - This food tastes so good! | |
16. adv. towards; at | |
17. adv. (somewhat, informal) shut; closed; locked | |
18. adv. ahead, on (along, forwards (continuing an action)) | |
19. adj. (somewhat, informal) shut, closed (made inaccessible or impassable; not open) | |
Das Geschäft war zu. - The shop was closed. | |
Die Tür muss aus Brandschutzgründen immer zu sein. - This door must be shut at all times for reasons of fire safety. | |
Die Tür ist zu, ich komm nicht rein. - The door is locked, I can’t get in there. | |
20. adj. closed (not operating or conducting trade) | |
21. adj. done up (fastened) | |
22. adj. (slang) hammered; very drunk | |
bis zu |
1. prep. (temporal) until | |
2. prep. (local) up to, as far as | |
3. prep. (degree) up to, as much as | |
Zwanzig |
1. n-f. twenty (number) | |
2. num. (cardinal) twenty | |
Urlauber |
1. n-m. holidaymaker, vacationer | |
2. n-m. (military) A person on leave | |
Unter |
1. n-m. jack, knave (playing card) | |
2. prep. under | |
3. prep. below | |
4. prep. among, between | |
5. prep. (chiefly literary) with; along with; accompanied by an action (often concessive) | |
Die englische Sprache überlebte die normannische Eroberung unter weitgehendem Verlust ihrer ursprünglichen Struktur. - The English language survived the Norman conquest, largely losing, however | |
6. prep. (rare, or regional) during | |