| umso |
| 1. conj. the (forming the parallel comparative with je) | |
| je früher, umso besser - the sooner the better | |
| 2. conj. all the more, so much (the) | |
| besser |
| 1. adj. comparative of gut; better | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present of bessern | |
| 3. v. singular imperative of bessern | |
| bessern |
| 1. v. to improve, to better | |
| Wenn |
| 1. n. (informal) if | |
| 2. conj. when | |
| Sag bitte Bescheid, wenn du fertig bist! (Tell me when you're done!) | |
| 3. conj. if (on the condition that) | |
| Was tun, wenn ich nicht weiß, ob sie mich liebt? (What (to do) if I don't know if she loves me?) | |
| nun |
| 1. adv. now, at this moment | |
| 2. adv. now, then; expressing a logical or temporal consequence | |
| Wir haben abgewaschen, nun müssen wir noch abtrocknen. - We've washed up, now we must dry the dishes. | |
| Was bedeuten nun die geschilderten Entwicklungen für unser Land? - Now what do the aforementioned developments mean for our country? | |
| 3. adv. unstressed and expletive, used for minor emphasis | |
| Was soll das nun heißen? - What's that supposed to mean now? | |
| 4. interj. now, well, so | |
| Nun, das ist eine schwierige Frage. - Well, that's a tough question. | |
| 5. conj. (tlb, literary or dated colloquial) now that, given that it has occurred that the circumstances do not withstand that … | |
| 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.) | |
| Buch |
| 1. n. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication) | |
| 2. n. (accounting usually in the plural) books (accounting records) | |
| 3. n. (rare) omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant | |
| 4. Proper noun. either of two municipalities in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | |
| 5. v. singular imperative of buchen | |
| den |
| 1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
| 2. art. dative plural of der | |
| 3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
| Deutschen |
| 1. n. singular of Deutsch | |
| 2. n. singular of Deutscher | |
| 3. n. dative plural of Deutscher | |
| 4. n. singular of Deutscher | |
| 5. n. plural of Deutscher | |
| 6. n. dative plural of Deutsche | |
| 7. n. singular of Deutsche | |
| 8. n. plural of Deutsche | |
| 9. adj. form of deutsch | |
| Deutsch |
| 1. Proper noun. German (primary language of Germany and several surrounding countries) | |
| auf Deutsch - in German | |
| Sprechen Sie Deutsch? - Do you speak German? | |
| Deutsche |
| 1. n. female equivalent of Deutscher: female German | |
| 2. n. plural of Deutscher | |
| 3. n. nominative singular of Deutscher | |
| 4. n. singular of Deutsch | |
| Deutscher |
| 1. n. German (male or of unspecified gender) | |
| uxi, Sind Sie Deutscher?, Are you German? | |
| uxi, Bist du Deutscher?, Are you German? | |
| uxi, Seid ihr Deutsche?, Are you Germans? | |
| Ich bin Deutscher. - I'm German. | |
| Wir sind Deutsche. - We are Germans. | |
| wir Deutsche; wir Deutschen - we Germans | |
| Deutsche beiderlei Geschlechts - male and female Germans | |
| 2. n. singular of Deutsche | |
| 3. n. genitive plural of Deutsche | |
| die |
| 1. art. feminine singular of der | |
| die Frau - the woman | |
| 2. art. plural of der | |
| die Männer - the men | |
| 3. pron. feminine singular of der | |
| 4. pron. plural of der | |
| 5. pron. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose | |
| Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. - I know a woman who can do that. | |
| 6. pron. (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them | |
| die da - that one/she/they there | |
| 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 | |
| neue |
| 1. adj. form of neu | |
| neu |
| 1. adj. new | |
| neue Mode - new fashion | |
| neueste Mode - latest fashion, latest style | |
| was gibt's Neues? - what's the latest news? | |
| etwas neu machen - to renovate | |
| 2. adj. modern, recent, latest | |
| die neue Geschichte - modern history, recent history | |
| Währung |
| 1. n-f. currency, bank notes and cents, die Münzen und Banknoten | |
| Die Währung in vielen europäischen Ländern ist Euro. - The currency in many of the European countries is Euro. | |
| eine harte Währung - a hard currency, a currency that's stable and strong for a long time | |
| erklärt |
| 1. Participle. past participle of erklären | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present of erklären | |
| 3. v. second-person plural present of erklären | |
| 4. v. plural imperative of erklären | |
| erklären |
| 1. v. (ditransitive) to explain (to), to make clear (to) | |
| Der Lehrer erklärte (mir) die quadratische Gleichung sehr gut. - The teacher explained the quadratic equation (to me) very well. | |
| 2. v. to declare, assert | |
| Der CEO erklärte am Freitag seinen Rücktritt. - The CEO announced his retirement on Friday. | |
| Die Führer der beiden Kriegsparteien erklärten einen Waffenstillstand. - The leaders of the two warring factions declared a cease-fire. | |
| sich bereit erklären - to agree, be willing (to do something), literally: "to declare oneself ready". | |
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