| von |
| 1. prep. from | |
| Ich fahre von Köln nach Hamburg. - I'm travelling from Cologne to Hamburg. | |
| Ich hab’s von meiner Schwester gehört. - I heard it from my sister. | |
| 2. prep. of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below) | |
| das Auto meines Vaters - - = uxi = uxi, das Auto von meinem Vater, my father’s car / the car of my father | |
| 3. prep. by (with passive voice) | |
| Das Hotel wird von der Firma bezahlt. - The hotel is paid for by the company. | |
| 4. prep. about, of (a topic) | |
| Er hat von seiner Jugend erzählt. - He told about his youth. | |
| 5. prep. on, with (a resource) | |
| Von welchem Geld soll ich als Arbeitsloser in Urlaub fahren? - Being unemployed, on what money should I go on holidays? | |
| Man kann nicht nur von Luft und Liebe leben. - You can’t live on air and love alone. (proverb) | |
| welchem |
| 1. pron. dative singular of welcher | |
| Bahnsteig |
| 1. n. train platform | |
| fährt ... ab |
| 1. v. third-person singular present of abfahren | |
| abfahren |
| 1. v. to depart, to leave | |
| Ihr Zug fährt um fünf Uhr ab. - Her train departs at 5 o'clock. | |
| Wir werden morgen abfahren. - We will leave tomorrow | |
| 2. v. to carry off, to remove | |
| Der Müll wird zweimal pro Woche abgefahren. - The garbage is picked up twice a week. | |
| 3. v. to go for; to be crazy about, for; to be a fan of or infatuated with | |
| Sie fährt voll auf Kultfilme ab. - She's really crazy about cult movies. | |
| 4. v. to drive along (a stretch of road in search of something); to patrol | |
| Lass uns die Strecke noch mal abfahren, vielleicht finden wir ihn doch. - Let's drive along this stretch of road again, we might still find him | |
| 5. v. to wear down (tyres) | |
| 6. v. to use up (all one's journeys on a travel card) | |
| 7. v. to knock off (something by hitting it with one's vehicle) | |
| 8. v. (jemanden abfahren lassen, vulgar) to send someone packing; to tell someone to go away | |
| 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 | |
| Zug |
| 1. n. train (multiple vehicles one behind the other, particularly travelling on rails) | |
| 2. n. pull (force that pulls in a specific direction) | |
| 3. n. draught (of air) | |
| 4. n. traction | |
| 5. n. course | |
| 6. n. (from a cigarette, etc.) drag, draught | |
| 7. n. (from a drink) draught, gulp | |
| 8. n. stroke | |
| 9. n. feature, trait | |
| 10. n. (military) platoon | |
| 11. n. (turn based games) move, play | |
