sogleich |
1. adv. readily, immediately, presently, straightaway | |
bestellte |
1. v. first-person singular preterite of bestellen | |
2. v. third-person singular preterite of bestellen | |
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of bestellen | |
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of bestellen | |
bestellen |
1. v. (usually transitive) to order (e.g. food at a restaurant, items for delivery) | |
Ich bestelle Bier für alle. - I'm ordering beer for everyone. | |
2. v. to order to come, to summon | |
3. v. (usually transitive) to reserve (e.g. a table, hotel room) | |
4. v. (ditransitive) to convey to, to send to (a message, greetings) | |
5. v. to appoint | |
Sie wurde zur neuen Pressesprecherin bestellt. - She was appointed as the new press secretary. | |
6. v. to cultivate, till (a field, by ploughing, manuring etc.) | |
Ein guter Bauer bestellt den Boden, bevor er pflanzt. - A good farmer cultivates the soil before planting. | |
Ich |
1. n. (psychoanalysis) ego | |
2. n. self, me, him, etc. | |
das wahre Ich - the real me | |
3. pron. I (first person singular nominative (subject) pronoun) | |
bei |
1. prep. (locative) by; near | |
die Bank bei der Kirche - the bench/bank by the church | |
die Bäckerei beim Bahnhof - the bakery near the train station | |
2. prep. (with a person, family, shop) at | |
Ich schlafe bei Peter. - I’m sleeping at Peter’s place. | |
Ich bin beim Metzger. - I'm at the butcher’s. | |
3. prep. (with an organization or company) for; at; in | |
bei der Firma arbeiten - to work for the firm | |
das Arbeitsklima bei Schmidt & Co. - the working atmosphere at Schmidt & Co. | |
4. prep. (formal, reflexive) with; on | |
Er hat es nicht bei sich. - He doesn’t have it on him. | |
→ for which usually: Er hat es nicht dabei. | |
5. prep. (with an event considered certain) upon, at the time of | |
bei Abfahrt des Zuges - upon departure of the train | |
6. prep. (with an event considered theoretical) in case of, in the event of | |
bei Hochwasser - in case of flooding | |
7. prep. (with a continuing activity or condition) during; while; during the existence of | |
bei der Arbeit - during work | |
beim Lesen des Textes - while reading the text | |
bei Schnee - when there is snow | |
8. prep. (with an item that implies an activity) over; during | |
bei einem Glas Wein - over a glass of wine (that is, while drinking it) | |
bei einem Film - during a film (that is, while watching it) | |
9. prep. (dated, in a postal address) care of; via | |
Frau Tina Müller bei Firma Schmidt & Co. - Mrs Tina Müller, care of Schmidt & Co. | |
10. prep. (now dialectal, nonstandard, northern and central Germany, withaccusative) with, to, towards | |
Leg dat bei die andern Sachen! - Put that with the other things! | |
Komm ma bei mich! - Come to me! | |
dem |
1. art. dative singular of der: the | |
2. pron. dative singular of der: to whom, to which | |
Kellner |
1. n-m. waiter (male or of unspecified gender) | |
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 | |
Flasche |
1. n-f. bottle; flask; flagon | |
Wir hätten gern eine Flasche von dem Chardonnay und eine Flasche stilles Wasser dazu. - We’d like a bottle of your chardonnay and a bottle of still water with it. | |
2. n-f. (informal) loser; wimp; someone lacking skill or vigour | |
Champagner |
1. n-m. champagne (sparkling wine made in Champagne) | |
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? | |
ein |
1. art. a, an | |
ein Mann - a man | |
eine Frau - a woman | |
ein Kind - a child | |
2. adv. (now chiefly in compounds) indicating (concrete or abstract/metaphorical) motion into something | |
ein und aus gehen, weder ein noch aus wissen | |
darein, derein, feldein, feldein, hafenein, hafenein, herein, herein, hierein, hierein, hinein, hinein, jahrein, jahrein, waldein, waldein (older spellings include Wald-ein), worein, wor | |
3. adj. (predicative) on | |
Ist der Schalter ein oder aus? (d. h., Ist der Schalter ein- oder ausgeschaltet?) - Is the switch on or off. (i.e., Is the switch switched on or off.) | |
Dutzend |
1. n-n. dozen | |
2. adj. (relational) dozen | |
Austern |
1. n. plural of Auster | |
Auster |
1. n-f. oyster | |