| Sie |
| 1. pron. you (polite; singular and plural) | |
| Was möchten Sie, Frau Wagner? - What would you like to have, Mrs. Wagner? | |
| 2. pron. she | |
| Ist sie noch krank? - Is she still sick? | |
| Das ist meine Katze. Sie heißt Lili. - This is my cat. Her name is Lili. | |
| Ich suche Vanessa. Hast du sie gesehen? - I'm looking for Vanessa. Have you seen her? | |
| 3. pron. it (when the object/article/thing/animal etc., referred to, is feminine die) | |
| Scheint die Sonne noch? Nein, sie ist schon untergegangen. - Is the Sun still shining? No, it has already gone down. | |
| Ich suche meine Brieftasche. Hast du sie gesehen? - I'm looking for my wallet. Have you seen it? | |
| 4. pron. he (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a male person, is feminine die) | |
| Die Geisel Richard Meier versuchte, sich zu befreien, aber sie schaffte es nicht. - The hostage Richard Meier tried to break free, but he didn’t succeed. | |
| Die Wache Michael Müller beschädigte ihr Gewehr, wofür ihr Vorgesetzter sie bestrafte. - The guardsman Michael Müller damaged his rifle, and his supervisor punished him for that. | |
| 5. pron. they; them | |
| es |
| 1. pron. Nominative and accusative neuter third-person singular personal pronoun | |
| Wo ist das Buch? Es liegt auf dem Tisch. - Where's the book? It’s on the table. | |
| Wo ist das Kind? Ich habe es. - Where is the child? I have it. | |
| Welche Farbe hat das Pferd? Es ist weiß. - What color is the horse? It is white. | |
| Ich bemerkte ein merkwürdiges bärtiges Individuum und beschloss, es im Auge zu behalten. - I remarked a strange bearded individual and decided to keep an eye on him. | |
| Das Mädchen wusste nicht, dass es beobachtet wurde. - The girl didn’t know that she was being observed. | |
| Jedes Vorstandsmitglied kann das Wort ergreifen, wenn es dies wünscht. - Any board member may take the floor if they so wish. | |
| 2. pron. (Impersonal pronoun used to refer to statements, activities, the environment etc., or as a placeholder/dummy pronoun) — it | |
| Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
| Sie begann zu laufen, und ich tat es auch. - She began to run, and I did it also. | |
| Es war einmal eine schöne Prinzessin. - There was once a beautiful princess. | |
| Es ist gut zu leben! - It's good to be alive! | |
| Es regnet. - It’s raining. | |
| Es ist sicher, dass morgen die Sonne scheinen wird. - It's certain that the sun will shine tomorrow. | |
| Wie geht es dir? - How are you doing? | |
| Ich bin es, Michael. - It's me, Michael. | |
| Es spielt das Fernsehorchester. - The television orchestra is playing. | |
| Sie wird es noch weit bringen. - She is going to go far. | |
| 3. art. (regional, colloquial) alt form-lite, das | |
| Soll ich es Fenster zumachen? - Should I close the window? | |
| Haben |
| 1. n-n. credit | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses) | |
| Das habe ich nicht gesagt. - I haven't said that. | |
| 3. v. to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic) | |
| 4. v. to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself) | |
| Glaub und hab keine Angst. - Believe and don't be afraid or Believe and have no fear. | |
| 5. v. to have, get (to obtain, acquire) | |
| 6. v. to get (to receive) | |
| 7. v. to have (to be scheduled to attend) | |
| 8. v. to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from) | |
| 9. v. to contain, be composed of, equal | |
| Ein Meter hat 100 Zentimeter. - One metre has 100 centimetres. | |
| 10. v. (impersonal, dialectal, with es) there be, there is, there are | |
| Es hat zwei Bücher. - There are two books. | |
| 11. v. to make a fuss | |
| Hab dich nicht so! - Don't make such a fuss! | |
| 12. v. (colloquial with es and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into | |
| Ich hab's nich so mit Hunden. - I don't have it that much with dogs. | |
| 13. v. (colloquial with es and von or über) to talk about | |
| Wir hatten's grad von dir und deiner Freundin. - We just had it about you and your girlfriend. | |
| keine |
| 1. en:not a | |
| 2. pron. feminine of kein | |
| Das ist keine Lampe. - That is not a lamp. | |
| 3. pron. of kein | |
| Elemente sind Stoffe, die in keine einfacheren Stoffe zerlegt werden können. - Elements are substances that can not be decomposed into any simpler substance. | |
| 4. pron. feminine of keiner | |
| uxi, Ich kenne keine, die mir gefällt., I don't know anyone I like. | |
| 5. pron. of keiner | |
| Von den Lösungen ist keine korrekt. - Of the solutions, none is correct. | |
| Ahnung |
| 1. n-f. anticipation, inkling | |
| 2. n-f. clue, idea, notion | |
| keine Ahnung |
| 1. Phrase. no idea | |
| vom |
| 1. contraction. from the, of the; about the (contraction of von + dem) | |
| von |
| 1. prep. from | |
| Ich fahre von Köln nach Hamburg. - I'm travelling from Cologne to Hamburg. | |
| Ich hab’s von meiner Schwester gehört. - I heard it from my sister. | |
| 2. prep. of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below) | |
| das Auto meines Vaters - - = uxi = uxi, das Auto von meinem Vater, my father’s car / the car of my father | |
| 3. prep. by (with passive voice) | |
| Das Hotel wird von der Firma bezahlt. - The hotel is paid for by the company. | |
| 4. prep. about, of (a topic) | |
| Er hat von seiner Jugend erzählt. - He told about his youth. | |
| 5. prep. on, with (a resource) | |
| Von welchem Geld soll ich als Arbeitsloser in Urlaub fahren? - Being unemployed, on what money should I go on holidays? | |
| Man kann nicht nur von Luft und Liebe leben. - You can’t live on air and love alone. (proverb) | |
| dem |
| 1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
| Leben |
| 1. n-n. (gerund of leben): living | |
| Die Kunst des Lebens - The art of living. | |
| 2. n-n. life; being alive | |
| 3. n-n. (biology) a state in which organic entities such as animals, plants and bacteria have properties like metabolism, adaption and replication | |
| Das Leben ist nicht an das geistige Bewusstsein gebunden. - Life is not dependent on mental consciousness. | |
| 4. n-n. (biology) the entirety of those who are in this state | |
| Die Erde quillt über vor Leben. - Earth is full of life. | |
| 5. n-n. the time period in which one is in this state; the time between birth and death | |
| Das Leben beginnt mit der Geburt und endet mit dem Tod. - Life begins with birth and ends with death. | |
| Sowas habe ich mein Leben lang noch nicht getan. - I have never done such a thing in my life. | |
| 6. n-n. (religion, philosophy) a state of being in touch or in line with certain metaphysical forces and principles by which biological life is governed | |
| Nicht jeder, der atmet, ist auch wirklich am Leben. - Not everyone who breathes is really alive. | |
| 7. n-n. life; way of life (a particular manner of behaving and passing one’s time, whether real or ideal, and whether self-chosen or not) | |
| Lebensstandard - quality of life | |
| ein angenehmes Leben - a comfortable life | |
| ein christliches Leben - a Christian life | |
| 8. n-n. biography; life; life story (an account of a person’s life, whether real or virtual) | |
| Das Leben der Edelgard. - The life of Edelgard. | |
| Sein Leben weist viele Höhen und Tiefen auf. - There are many ups and downs in his biography. | |
| Das ist ein Buch vom Leben berühmter Musiker. - This is a book about the lives of famous musicians. | |
| 9. n-n. (usually) existence; life (a position one has created for oneself, often manifested in success, prosperity, and standing) | |
| Frau Schmidt hat sich in all diesen Jahren ein bewundernswertes Leben aufgebaut. - Mrs Schmidt has built up an admirable life in all these years. | |
| 10. n-n. (usually) life; precious or beloved thing that someone considers fundamental to their existence | |
| Sie ist mein Ein und Alles, mein Leben! - She is my one and only, my life! | |
| 11. n-n. (video games) a measure of successful play | |
| 12. n-n. life; numbers of times a game can be played | |
| Du hast nur noch drei Leben übrig. - You only have three lives left. | |
| 13. n-n. health; hit points | |
| 14. n-n. (youth slang) used as the object of certain verbs, often ones that are per se intransitive, for emphasis | |
| Chill ma’ dein Leben! - Just chill your life! | |
| 15. v. to live, to be alive | |
| 16. v. to dwell, to reside | |
| Ich lebe in der Schillerstraße in der Nähe des Stadtzentrums. - I live in the Schiller-street near the city's center. | |
| 17. v. to live, to exist, to occupy a place | |
| Die Dinosaurier lebten für Jahrmillionen auf der Erde bevor der Mensch erschien. - The dinosaurs existed on Earth for millions of years prior to the rise of man. | |
| 18. v. to cope with, to live with, to deal with | |
| Du wirst wohl damit leben müssen! - You'll have to cope with it! | |
| Jeder muss mit seinen eigenen Problemen leben! - Everybody has to deal with his own issues. | |
| 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 | |
| Nomaden |
| 1. n. genitive singular of Nomade | |
| 2. n. plural of Nomade | |
| Nomade |
| 1. n. nomad | |
| 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? | |
| geben |
| 1. v. (ditransitive) to give (changing ownership) | |
| Meine Frau hat mir eine neue Uhr gegeben. - My wife gave me a new watch. | |
| 2. v. (ditransitive) to hand, to pass, to put within reach | |
| Gib mir das! - Give me that! | |
| Gib mir deine Hand. - Give me your hand (to hold). | |
| Könnten Sie mir den Stift geben? - Could you hand me that pen? | |
| 3. v. (impersonal, transitive) Used to indicate that something exists (often with a certain property and/or in a certain location). Usually translated as there be or there exist | |
| Gibt es gute Schulen in der Nähe? - Are there good schools in the neighborhood? | |
| Es gibt kein Wasser in dieser Wüste. - There is no water in this desert. | |
| Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
| 4. v. (ditransitive, transitive) to communicate (helpful information such as a hint or advice), to signal (in a certain way such as a sign) | |
| Darf ich dir einen Rat geben? - May I give you some advice? | |
| Der Spieler gab ein Signal, dass er eingewechselt werden wollte. - The player gave a signal that he wanted to be substituted. | |
| 5. v. to present; to put | |
| 6. v. to result in | |
| deshalb |
| 1. adv. therefore; for that (reason), because of that | |
| jedes |
| 1. pron. masculine genitive singular of jeder | |
| 2. pron. singular of jeder | |
| each |
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| Kranke |
| 1. n. female equivalent of Kranker: sick female, female sufferer (from a disease), female patient, female invalid | |
| 2. n. plural of Kranker | |
| 3. n. singular of Kranker | |
| 4. adj. form of krank | |
| krank |
| 1. adj. ill, sick (in bad health) | |
| 2. adj. (figurative) sick, morally or mentally degenerate | |
| 3. adj. (slang) very interesting or unusual (in the positive or negative); sick | |
| Kamel |
| 1. n. a camel | |
| 2. n. (informal, dated) a stupid person | |
| gleich |
| 1. adj. equal | |
| Zwei plus zwei ist gleich vier. - Two plus two is equal to four. | |
| 2. adj. same; very similar | |
| Zufälligerweise hatten wir beide die gleiche Idee. - Coincidentally, we both had the same idea. | |
| 3. adj. (often proscribed) same; identical | |
| 4. adv. alike | |
| Er malt alle seine Bilder gleich. - He paints all of his pictures alike. | |
| 5. adv. in a moment | |
| Warte, ich komme gleich zu dir. - Hold on, I'll come to you in a moment. | |
| 6. adv. at once, at a time, simultaneously | |
| Weil ich hungrig war, habe ich mir gleich zwei Stücke Kuchen vom Buffet genommen. - Because I was hungry, I took two piece of cake at once from the buffet. | |
| 7. adv. right; just; directly | |
| Mein Haus befindet gleich neben dem Stadtpark. - My house is located right next to the city park. | |
| 8. adv. now; immediately; straight away | |
| Nachdem sie im Hotel angekommen war, legte sie sich gleich ins Bett. - After she had arrived at the hotel, she immediately went to bed. | |
| 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. | |
| eine |
| 1. num. feminine singular of ein | |
| 2. art. feminine singular of ein: a, an | |
| 3. pron. feminine singular of einer | |
| 4. pron. masculine nominative singular of einer | |
| 5. pron. singular of einer | |
| Katastrophe |
| 1. n-f. catastrophe, disaster, calamity | |
| 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 | |
