| sich |
| 1. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular: herself, himself, itself, oneself (direct or indirect object). | |
| 2. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person plural: themselves (direct or indirect object). | |
| Selbst |
| 1. n. (psychology) the self | |
| 2. part. personally, by oneself | |
| Du hast es selbst zugegeben. - You yourself admitted it. | |
| Der Mann selbst hat uns es gesagt. - The man himself (personally) told us. | |
| 3. adv. even | |
| Selbst du hast es zugegeben. - Even you admitted it. | |
| über |
| 1. prep. (accusative, or dative) above, over (spatially) | |
| Über dem Wald ist der Himmel blau. - Over the forest, the sky is blue. | |
| Die Vögel flogen über den Wald. - The birds flew over the forest. | |
| 2. prep. about, concerning, over, at (in reference to) | |
| Die ganze Klasse lachte über ihren Witz. - The entire class laughed at her joke. | |
| 3. prep. (accusative) via, through, by way of | |
| Der Zug fährt über den Hauptbahnhof. - The train goes via the main station. | |
| Ich kaufe alles über das Internet. - I buy everything through the internet. | |
| 4. prep. (accusative) across | |
| Ich fahre mit der Fähre über die Ostsee. - I travel on the ferry across the Baltic Sea. | |
| 5. prep. (accusative) during, for, over a time period | |
| Es regnete über das Wochenende. - It rained over the weekend. | |
| Er hat uns über Jahre belogen. - He's lied to us for years. | |
| 6. prep. (accusative) about | |
| Ich schreibe ein Buch über Goethes Leben. - I'm writing a book about Goethe's life. | |
| 7. prep. around, among | |
| 8. prep. over, more than, above (a quantity) | |
| 9. prep. beyond | |
| Die technischen Probleme in der Welt von heute gehen weit über den Rahmen des Technischen hinaus. - The technological problems in today's world extend far beyond the scope of technology. | |
| 10. prep. at (when 'over' or 'about' could roughly be substituted) | |
| 11. adj. (tlb, colloquial) left over, remaining, (replaces übrig in all its predicative instances, including those lexicalized as verb prefixoids.) | |
| überbleiben - to be left over, to remain | |
| Hier sind noch zwei Gurken über. Willst du die haben? - Here there are two gherkins left. Wanna have em? | |
| 12. adv. over (in certain select phrases) | |
| über und über - over and over | |
| 13. post. (following accusative) throughout | |
| Den ganzen Tag über. - Throughout the entire day. | |
| den |
| 1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
| 2. art. dative plural of der | |
| 3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
| Grünen |
| 1. n. singular of Grüner | |
| 2. n. dative plural of Grüner | |
| 3. n. singular of Grüner | |
| 4. n. plural of Grüner | |
| 5. n. dative plural of Grüne | |
| 6. n. singular of Grüne | |
| 7. n. plural of Grüne | |
| 8. v. to be green; to become green | |
| 9. adj. form of grün | |
| grün |
| 1. adj. green (in colour) | |
| 2. adj. (of fruit, vegetables) unripe | |
| 3. adj. inexperienced, young | |
| 4. adj. ecological, environment-friendly | |
| 5. adj. (politics, relational) of a green party, such as Bündnis 90/Die Grünen in Germany | |
| Klee |
| 1. n. clover | |
| Loben |
| 1. n. dative plural of Lob | |
| 2. v. to praise | |
| lassen |
| 1. v. to allow; to permit; to let | |
| lasset alle Hoffnung fahren - abandon all hope | |
| 2. v. to have someone (do something); to have (something done); to make (something happen); to cause (something to be done) | |
| Wir haben neue Schränke für die Küche machen lassen. - We had new cabinets made for the kitchen. | |
| Hast du dir die Haare schneiden lassen? - Did you get your hair cut? | |
| 3. v. to let remain, to leave (in a certain state) | |
| Mir ist es lieber, meine Haare grau zu lassen. - I prefer to leave my hair grey. | |
| 4. v. to stop (something); to quit; to refrain from; to help doing (something) | |
| 5. v. to cease; to desist | |
| 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? | |
| unsereins |
| 1. pron. (colloquial) synonym of unsereiner | |
| 2. pron. singular of unsereiner | |
| mit |
| 1. prep. with (in the company of; alongside) | |
| Ich spiele mit meinen Freunden. - I'm playing with my friends. | |
| 2. prep. with, by (using as an instrument; by means of) | |
| Ich schreibe mit einem Bleistift. - I'm writing with a pencil. | |
| Ich fahre mit dem Bus. - I'm going by bus. | |
| 3. prep. with (as an accessory to) | |
| 4. prep. with (having) | |
| 5. prep. at (with the age of) | |
| 6. prep. with, including, with ... included | |
| 7. adv. among; denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group | |
| Hier gibt es mit das beste Essen in der Stadt. - Here they have some of the best food in town. | |
| Ich war mit der erste, der hier war. - I was one of the very first who arrived. | |
| 8. adv. also, too (in addition; besides; as well) | |
| 9. adv. (somewhat, informal) with (something), with it | |
| Ich brauch nicht unbedingt Majonäse zu den Fritten, aber mit sind sie natürlich besser. - I don't necessarily need mayonnaise with the chips, but they taste better with it, of course. | |
| Kleinen |
| 1. n. dative plural of Kleine | |
| 2. adj. form of klein | |
| klein |
| 1. adj. small, little, tiny, wee, small-scale | |
| 2. adj. little, young (in age) | |
| 3. adj. insignificant | |
| Seitenhieben |
| 1. n. dative plural of Seitenhieb | |
| Seitenhieb |
| 1. n. sideswipe | |
| 2. n. skit | |
| 3. n. (colloquial figurative) potshot, dig | |
| Eins |
| 1. n-f. one (digit or figure) | |
| 2. num. (cardinal) one (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 1; first positive number in the set of natural numbers) | |
| die Nummer eins - the number one | |
| eins plus zwei - one plus two | |
| hundert und eins - one hundred and one | |
| Absatz eins - paragraph one | |
| 3. num. (colloquial) one, one o'clock | |
| Es ist eins. - It's one o'clock. | |
| um eins - at one | |
| nach eins - after one | |
| kurz vor eins - shortly before one | |
| ab eins - from one o'clock | |
| bis eins - until one | |
| Es ist Punkt eins. - It's one o'clock sharp | |
| halb eins - half one | |
| 4. pron. Alternative form of eines: singular of einer | |
| Meine Schwester hat ein Fahrrad und ich will auch eins. - My sister has a bike and I want one too. | |
| 5. adv. (somewhat, informal) (only used in) sich eins sein (“to agree”) and eins werden (“to arrive at an agreement”) | |
| Wir sind über den Preis nicht eins geworden. - We couldn't agree on the price. | |
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