sowieso |
1. adv. anyway, anyhow, in any case | |
Es macht mir nichts aus, dass die Feier ausfällt. Ich wollte da sowieso nicht hin. - I don’t care that the party was cancelled. I didn’t want to go there anyway. | |
2. interj. something; (replaces unknown or unimportant words) | |
Das Nummernschild war K sowieso 132. Ich hab’s nicht genau gesehen. - The number plate was K something 132. I couldn’t really see it. | |
3. interj. of course; sure; that’s a given; (expresses agreement to a statement with the implication that it is trivial) | |
Männer sind halt alle gleich. — Sowieso. - Men are all the same. — Of course. | |
Gehen |
1. n. (gerund of gehen): "going". | |
2. v. to go, to walk | |
Lass uns beide mit dem Hund gehen. - Let's walk the dog together. | |
Ich sah die Kinder über die Straße gehen. - I saw the children walk/go across the street. | |
Mein Baby beginnt schon zu gehen. - My baby is already starting to walk. | |
3. v. to leave | |
Ich gehe jetzt. - I’m leaving now. | |
4. v. to leave, to take off (aeroplane, train) | |
Wann geht dein Zug? - When is your train leaving? | |
5. v. (impersonal, intransitive) to be going; to be all right; indicates how the dative object fares | |
Wie geht es dir? - How are you doing? | |
Es geht mir gut. - I’m doing well. (Literally, “It goes well for me.”) | |
Es geht. - It’s all right. | |
6. v. (slightly, informal, intransitive, often, impersonal) to be possible | |
Das würde vielleicht gehen. - That might be possible. | |
Ich zeige dir, wie es geht. - I'll show you how it's possible. | |
7. v. (colloquial intransitive) to work, to function (of a machine, method or the like) | |
Der Kaffeeautomat geht nicht. - The coffee dispenser doesn't work. | |
8. v. (colloquial intransitive) to last, to go for, to go on, to be in progress | |
Das ging für eine halbe Stunde oder so. - This went on for half an hour or so. | |
Die Sitzung geht bis ein Uhr. - The session is scheduled until one o’clock. | |
9. v. to sit, to rise, to expand (of dough etc.) | |
Teig drei Stunden gehen lassen. - Let dough sit for three hours. | |
10. v. (colloquial intransitive) to be (on) (to pay) | |
Die Getränke gehen auf mich. - Drinks are on me. | |
11. v. (regional, or dated, impersonal, intransitive) to approach; to be going (on some one) + auf (object) = time | |
Es geht auf 8 Uhr. - It’s going on 8 o’clock. | |
12. v. (with genitive, only in combination with Weg) to go one's way, to make one's way (of a path, destination), to go separate ways | |
Junge |
1. n. boy | |
2. n. (card games) jack | |
3. n. plural of Junges | |
4. n. singular of Junges | |
5. adj. form of jung | |
jung |
1. adj. young | |
Der Junge ist jung. - The boy is young. | |
Welpen |
1. n. genitive singular of Welpe | |
2. n. dative singular of Welpe | |
3. n. accusative singular of Welpe | |
4. n. nominative plural of Welpe | |
5. n. genitive plural of Welpe | |
6. n. dative plural of Welpe | |
7. n. accusative plural of Welpe | |
Welpe |
1. n. puppy (male or of unspecified gender) (young dog) | |
Meine Hündin hat neulich sieben Welpen geworfen. - My dog recently bore seven puppies. | |
2. n. cub (male or of unspecified gender) (young of several wild animals) | |
Ich habe gestern im Wald einen Fuchs mit seinen Welpen gesehen. - Yesterday I saw a fox and its cubs in the forest. | |
generell |
1. adj. general | |
2. adv. generally | |
sehr |
1. adv. very | |
Ich bin sehr glücklich. - I am very happy. | |
2. adv. a lot, much | |
Ich vermisse dich sehr. - I miss you a lot. | |
gerne |
1. adv. Alternative form of gern. (Both are roughly equally frequent.) | |
2. interj. (commonly said in answer to danke; usually not translated into English) don't mention it, not at all, you're welcome | |
alle |
1. pron. feminine singular of all | |
2. pron. plural of all | |
3. det. feminine singular of all | |
4. det. plural of all | |
5. adj. (colloquial) finished; gone | |
Die Milch ist alle. - The milk is gone. | |
Wir haben gestern das Bier alle gemacht. - Yesterday we have depleted the beer. | |
alles |
1. pron. (indefinite) everything; all | |
Alles ist gut. - All is well. | |
2. pron. (indefinite, chiefly colloquial, appositional) all (as in "we all" etc.) | |
Ihr seid alles Idioten. - You're all idiots. | |
Die Politiker haben alle keine Ahnung. - The politicians all don’t have a clue. | |
3. det. of all | |
Alles Geld der Welt würde ich für dich geben. - All the money in the world I'd give for you. | |
Ich wünsche dir alles Gute. - I wish you all the best. | |
Zwei |
1. n-f. two (digit or figure) | |
Die Zwei ist die einzige gerade Primzahl. - Two is the only even prime number. | |
Die Zahl 22 besteht aus zwei Zweien. - The number 22 consists of two 2s. | |
Ich werf' dauernd Zweien! - I’m always throwing twos! (in dice) | |
2. n-f. (Germany) an academic grade indicating "good", corresponding roughly to a B in English-speaking countries | |
Die gute Nachricht: Ich habe eine Zwei in Englisch! - The good news: I got a B in English! | |
3. num. (cardinal) two (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 2; or describing a set with two components) | |
Stunden |
1. n. plural of Stunde | |
2. v. to defer (payment) | |
Stunde |
1. n-f. hour (unit of time consisting of 60 minutes) | |
Der Film dauert drei Stunden. - The movie lasts three hours. | |
2. n-f. (dated) hour, moment, time (point in time) | |
Bitte für uns Sünder, jetzt und in der Stunde unsres Todes. - Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. | |
3. n-f. lesson; class (teaching unit, usually between 45 and 90 minutes) | |
Ich muss jetzt zur Klavierstunde. - I need to go to piano class right now. | |
aufs |
1. contraction. auf + das, on the, upon the, onto the | |
Ich muss aufs Klo. - I must go to the toilet. | |
Klo |
1. n. (informal) toilet, loo i, UK | |
Und wenn ich aufs Klo muss? - And if I need the toilet? | |