vor |
1. prep. in front of, ahead of (relative location in space) | |
2. prep. before, prior to, ahead of (relative location in time) | |
3. prep. ago (location in the past relative to the present) | |
vor drei Tagen - three days ago | |
vor einiger Zeit - a while ago | |
4. prep. from, against (a threat or negative outcome) | |
Er konnte vor dem Tsunami nicht mehr fliehen. - He couldn't escape (from) the tsunami. | |
Du hast mich vorm Ertrinken gerettet. - You saved me from drowning. | |
vor Verlusten schützen - to protect against losses | |
sich vor jemandem verstecken - to hide from somebody | |
5. prep. (what) with, (out) of (stating cause) | |
vor Freude weinen - to cry with joy | |
Ich sterbe vor Durst. - I'm dying of thirst. | |
Ich kann dich vor all dem Rauch gar nicht sehen. - I can't even see you, what with all the smoke. | |
Vor lauter Angst traute sich keiner im Raum mehr zu atmen. - Nobody in the room dared to breathe out of sheer fright. | |
einem |
1. num. dative singular of ein | |
2. art. dative singular of ein: a, an | |
3. pron. dative singular of einer | |
guten |
1. adj. form of gut | |
halben |
1. adj. form of halb | |
2. post. (obsolete, except in compounds) for the sake of, because of | |
halb |
1. adj. half, halfway | |
Er ist seit einem halben Monat nicht mehr hier gewesen. - He hasn’t been here for half a month. | |
2. adv. a half-hour before, thirty minutes before (used with the number of the following hour) | |
Wir treffen uns um halb zwei. - We’re meeting at one-thirty. | |
Jahr |
1. n. year (solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun) | |
Jahr für Jahr - year after year | |
2. n. year (time it takes for any astronomical object to directly orbit its star) | |
3. n. year (period between set dates that mark a year) | |
4. n. year (level or grade in school or college) | |
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. | |
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 | |
medizinische |
1. adj. form of medizinisch | |
medizinisch |
1. adj. medicinal, medicated | |
2. adj. medical | |
Dienst |
1. n. service | |
ausgezeichneter Dienst. - excellent service. | |
2. n. work, duty | |
3. v. second-person singular present of dienen | |
Hier |
1. n. (abstract) here, this place. | |
Im Hier und Jetzt leben. - To live in the here and now. | |
2. adv. (location) here; in this place; refers to an environment one is currently in, or to something within reach | |
Ich bin hier in diesem Dorf geboren. - I was born here in this village. | |
Setzen wir uns hier aufs Sofa. - Let’s sit down here on the sofa. | |
3. adv. (location) there; right there; in that place; refers to something that is considered nearby, or can be seen and pointed at | |
Die Kirche ist gleich hier am Ende der Straße. - The church is right there at the end of the street. | |
Siehst du die Wolke hier neben der Bergspitze? - Can you see that cloud there next to the mountain top? | |
4. adv. (abstract) here (within this context) | |
Die Frist wurde hier überhaupt nicht erwähnt. - The deadline was not mentioned here at all. | |
5. adv. used with the definite article or the determiner dieser, , this, that to express proximity (“this”) | |
Die Kneipe hier ist sehr beliebt. - This pub is very popular. | |
Hierder Stuhl ist kaputt. - This chair is broken. | |
Dieser Schrank hier ist 200 Jahre alt. - This cupboard is 200 years old. | |
6. interj. (colloquial) Used for emphasis or to call for attention, often when changing the subject | |
Hier, der Markus ist doch jetzt auch verheiratet, ne? - Hey, wait, Markus is married now, too, isn't he? | |
gewesen |
1. Participle. past participle of sein: been | |
2. adj. former; (erstwhile neutral, but now often with the negative tone of) has-been | |
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. | |
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? | |
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 | |
ganze |
1. adj. form of ganz | |
ganz |
1. adj. entire, whole, complete | |
Er hat ein ganzes Hähnchen gegessen. - He ate a whole chicken. | |
2. adj. (informal) all (with definite article or determiner) | |
Ich hab meine ganzen Freunde eingeladen. - I’ve invited all my friends. | |
3. adj. (colloquial) whole, intact | |
Ist die Tasse noch ganz? - Is the cup still whole? | |
4. adj. (in certain combinations) true; real | |
uxi, ein ganzer Kerl, a true man | |
5. adj. (mathematics) integer (of a number) | |
6. adv. quite, rather | |
7. adv. very | |
8. adv. wholly, entirely, all | |
Schwindel |
1. n. swindle | |
2. n. dizziness, vertigo | |
3. v. first-person singular present of schwindeln | |
4. v. singular imperative of schwindeln | |
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. | |
aufgeflogen |
1. v. past participle of auffliegen | |
auffliegen |
1. v. to fly up | |
2. v. to fly open | |
3. v. to get revealed | |