unsere |
1. pron. feminine singular of unser | |
2. pron. plural of unser | |
Das sind unsere Bücher. - Those are our books. | |
Diese Bücher sind unsere. - These books are ours. | |
unser |
1. pron. genitive of wir | |
2. det. our | |
Tapete |
1. n-f. wallpaper (in the original sense only) | |
ist |
1. v. third-person singular present of sein | |
sein |
1. v. (copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be | |
Das ist schön. - That is beautiful. | |
Das ist ein Auto. - That is a car. | |
2. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to feel, (to experience a condition) | |
Usage: In this sense sein is always conjugated in the third person singular and takes a Dative noun. The impersonal subject es may be present, but is often taken as implied. For example: "Mir i | |
Ist dir kalt? - Are you cold? | |
Mir ist schlecht. - I'm sick. | |
Dem Mann ist schwindelig. - The man feels dizzy. | |
Den Kindern ist langweilig. - The children are bored. | |
3. v. (with a dative object and nach or danach, sometimes with zumute) to feel like, to be in the mood for | |
Usage: As in the previous sense sein takes a Dative noun and is always conjugated according to the impersonal subject es, although it is usually omitted. | |
Uns ist nach einem Film zumute. - We feel like watching a movie. | |
Mir ist nicht danach. - I don't feel like it. | |
4. v. (auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tenses of certain intransitive verbs | |
Er ist alt geworden. - He has become old. | |
5. v. to exist; there to be; to be alive | |
Was nicht ist, kann noch werden. (a common proverb) - That which does not exist now, may come into existence. | |
Wenn ich nicht mehr bin, erbst du das Haus. - When I am no more, you'll inherit the house. | |
6. v. to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.) | |
Du bist. - It’s your turn. | |
Du bist nach mir. - Your turn is after mine. | |
7. v. to be "it"; to be the tagger in a game of tag | |
Du bist! - You're it! | |
Ich bin nicht mehr. - I'm not it anymore. | |
8. det. his | |
Daniel schickt seiner Schwester eine SMS. - Daniel is sending a text to his sister. | |
Der Kater spielt oft mit seinen Spielsachen. - The cat often plays with his toys. | |
9. det. its (agreeing with a masculine or neuter noun) | |
der Mond und sein Licht - the moon and its light | |
das Schaf und seine Lämmer - the sheep and its lambs | |
10. det. (informal) Used to express an approximate number, often with so. | |
Der kostet so seine zweihundert Euro. - That one costs around two hundred euros. | |
11. det. one's | |
Man muss seinem Herzen folgen. - One must follow one’s heart. | |
Beige |
1. n-f. (Southern Germany, Switzerland) stack, pile | |
2. n. (uninflected) beige (the color) | |
Wer würde schon Beige als seine Lieblingsfarbe bezeichnen? - Who would say that beige is their favourite colour? | |
3. n. inflected beige thing | |
Wir wohnen in dem weißen Haus. Das Beige gehört meiner Schwester. - We live in that white house. The beige one is my sister's. | |
4. adj. beige | |
5. v. first-person singular present of beigen | |
6. v. first-person singular subjunctive of beigen | |
7. v. third-person singular subjunctive of beigen | |
8. v. singular imperative of beigen | |
beigen |
1. v. to stack, pile up | |
Ich habe den Nachmittag damit verbracht, Brennholz zu beigen. - I spent the afternoon stacking firewood. | |
2. adj. form of beige | |
Du |
1. pron. alternative case form of du you (singular) (especially when used as a direct address in letters) | |
2. n. (literally) the thou, the you (singular) | |
jemandem das Du anbieten - to offer somebody the thou | |
3. pron. you (thou, singular familiar) | |
blindes |
1. adj. form of blind | |
blind |
1. adj. blind | |
blind für Realität - blind to reality | |
blind auf einem Auge - blind in one eye | |
2. adj. (of a mirror or windowpane) cloudy | |
Huhn |
1. n. hen | |
Mein Huhn hat schon Eier gelegt. - My hen has already laid eggs. | |
2. n. (chiefly in the plural also) chicken | |