| vielleicht |
| 1. adv. perhaps, maybe | |
| Vielleicht hat er einen Unfall gehabt. - Maybe he’s had an accident. | |
| 2. adv. frequently replaces bitte in polite questions | |
| Könnten Sie vielleicht das Fenster aufmachen? - Could you perhaps open the window? | |
| 3. adv. (colloquial) expresses amazement or excitement, particularly at something negative | |
| Das is’ vielleicht ’ne Geldverschwendung da! - Now, that’s some waste of money! | |
| findet |
| 1. v. third-person singular present of finden | |
| 2. v. second-person plural present of finden | |
| 3. v. second-person plural subjunctive of finden | |
| 4. v. plural imperative of finden | |
| finden |
| 1. v. to find; to discover | |
| Ich habe deine Schlüssel gefunden. - I found your keys. | |
| 2. v. to think that (something) is (a certain way); to consider (something) to be (a certain way); to find | |
| Findest du mich interessant? - Do you find me interesting? | |
| 3. v. to find one’s way | |
| Ja |
| 1. n. a yes | |
| 2. adv. yes; yea, yeah, aye | |
| Willst du das? Ja. - Do you want that? Yes. | |
| Aber ja! - Yes, of course! | |
| 3. adv. (intensifier) obviously; certainly; of course; really; just; as you know; as is generally known (indicates and emphasises that one is expressing a known fact) | |
| Es kann ja nicht immer so bleiben. - It obviously cannot always remain so. | |
| Der Peter war ja gestern krank. - Peter was sick yesterday, as you know. | |
| 4. interj. yes | |
| 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.) | |
| neureicher |
| 1. adj. comparative of neureich | |
| 2. adj. form of neureich | |
| Kerl |
| 1. n. fellow, guy, chap, bloke | |
| 2. n. (obsolete) freeman | |
| Gefallen |
| 1. n-m. favor, favour (UK) (a deed in which help is voluntarily provided) | |
| 2. n. gerund of gefallen | |
| 3. v. to please; to appeal to | |
| Diese Hose gefällt mir. - I like these trousers. | |
| Dir wird es hier gefallen. - You'll like it here. | |
| 4. Participle. past participle of fallen | |
| 5. adj. fallen, dropped | |
| 6. Participle. past participle of gefallen | |
| an |
| 1. prep. (local) on; upon; at; in; against | |
| Das Bild hängt an der Wand. - The picture hangs on the wall. | |
| 2. prep. by; near; close to; next to | |
| 3. prep. (temporal, with days or times of day) on; in; at | |
| Wir treffen uns am (an dem) Dienstag. - We're meeting on Tuesday. | |
| Ich werde sie am (an dem) Abend sehen. - I will see her in the evening. | |
| 4. prep. (temporal) a; per; only used with the word Tag, otherwise use in | |
| zweimal am Tag - twice a day | |
| 5. prep. on; onto | |
| Ich hänge das Bild an die Wand. - I hang the picture on the wall. | |
| 6. prep. at; against | |
| Schauen Sie an die Tafel. - Look at the blackboard. | |
| 7. prep. to; for | |
| Ein Brief an Anna. - A letter for Anna. | |
| 8. adv. onward; on | |
| von heute an - from today on | |
| 9. adj. (predicative) on | |
| Ist der Schalter an oder aus? = Ist der Schalter an- oder ausgeschaltet? - Is the switch on or off. Is the switch switched on or off. | |
| deinen |
| 1. det. (possessive) masculine accusative singular of dein | |
| 2. det. (possessive) dative plural of dein | |
| Kreationen |
| 1. n. plural of Kreation | |
| 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? | |
| kauft |
| 1. v. third-person singular present of kaufen | |
| 2. v. second-person plural present of kaufen | |
| 3. v. plural imperative of kaufen | |
| kaufen |
| 1. v. to buy, to purchase | |
| Sie kauft ein Auto. - She is buying a car. | |
| Ich glaube, wir haben zu viel gekauft. - I think we bought too much. | |
| 2. v. (ditransitive) to buy, to purchase for someone | |
| Ich kaufe meinem Sohn einen Computer. - I'm buying my son a computer. | |
| Ich kaufe mir ein Eis. - I'm buying (myself) some ice cream. | |
| Dir |
| 1. pron. alternative case form of dir | |
| 2. pron. personal dative of du; you, to you. | |
| 3. pron. dative of du; yourself, to yourself. | |
| den |
| 1. art. masculine accusative singular of der | |
| 2. art. dative plural of der | |
| 3. pron. that; whom; masculine accusative singular of der | |
| Schrott |
| 1. n. (usually) scrap; junk (discarded material, especially metal) | |
| 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. | |
| Gutes |
| 1. n. : something good | |
| Gutes tun - to do good | |
| Gutes verheißen - to bode well | |
| an das Gute im Menschen glauben. - to believe in the good of humankind. | |
| das Wahre, Schöne und Gute - what is true, beautiful and good | |
| Das Gute an diesen Übungen ist, dass wir sie überall machen können - The good thing about these exercises is that you can do them wherever you are. | |
| 2. n. genitive singular of Gut | |
| der Verwalter eines Gutes | |
| 3. adj. form of gut | |
| gut |
| 1. adj. good (acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral) | |
| Wir müssen gut sein, um uns gut zu fühlen. - We must be good to feel good. | |
| 2. adj. good (effective; useful) | |
| 3. adj. good (fortunate) | |
| 4. adj. good (having a particularly pleasant taste) | |
| 5. adj. all right, fair, proper (satisfactory) | |
| 6. adj. good (full; entire; at least as much as) | |
| 7. adv. well (accurately, competently, satisfactorily) | |
| Die Mannschaft hat gut gespielt. - The team played well. | |
| 8. adv. a little more than (with measurements) | |
| Ich wohne seit gut zwanzig Jahren in Berlin. - I've lived in Berlin for over twenty years/for a good twenty years. | |
| Das Bett ist gut zwei Meter lang. - The bed is a little over two meters long. | |
| 9. adv. easily, likely | |
| Dieser Gegenstand ist gut zu finden. - That item is easily found. | |
| Es kann gut sein, dass du nächstes Jahr verheiratet bist. - You may well be married next year. | |
| 10. interj. okay, all right, now then | |
| Gut, dann fangen wir mal an. - All right, then let's get started. | |
| Geld |
| 1. n. money | |
| ab |
| 1. prep. beginning at that time or location; from | |
| Ab heute verfügbar. - Available from today. | |
| 2. adj. (colloquial predicative) off; not attached to anything anymore | |
| Der Arm ist ab. - The arm is (hewn) off. | |
| 3. adj. (nonstandard) off; not attached to anything anymore | |
| Der abbe Arm ist verschwunden. - The (hewn) off arm has disappeared. | |
