| 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. | |
| Einer |
| 1. n-m. (mathematics) unit | |
| 2. n-m. (mathematics) units' place, ones' place (place value of a number) | |
| 3. n-m. (sports) single scull | |
| 4. n-m. (swimming) one-meter diving board | |
| 5. num. feminine singular of ein | |
| 6. art. feminine singular of ein | |
| 7. pron. one | |
| 8. pron. someone, somebody | |
| 9. pron. feminine singular of einer | |
| Viertelstunde |
| 1. n-f. quarter of an hour | |
| fuhr |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of fahren | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of fahren | |
| fahren |
| 1. v. (chiefly of a person or animal) to go at speed | |
| Der Fuchs fährt aus dem Bau. - The fox dashes from his kennel. | |
| aus der Haut fahren - to fly off the handle | |
| einen fahren lassen - to blow off, to break wind | |
| Die Sonne fährt über das Himmelszelt. - The sun moves athwart the firmament. | |
| 2. v. to go; to run; to drive; to sail | |
| Autos können schneller fahren als Fahrräder. - Cars can go faster than bikes. | |
| 3. v. to leave; to depart | |
| Beeil dich! Der Zug fährt jetzt gleich. - Hurry up! The train is departing in a moment. | |
| 4. v. to go by vehicle; to sail; to travel | |
| Er fährt wie ein Bekloppter. - He drives like a maniac. | |
| Wir fahren diesen Sommer nach Holland. - We’re going to Holland this summer. Implying a trip by car, bike, train, or ship. | |
| 5. v. to leave and therefor use a vehicle | |
| Wir fahren jetzt. - We’re leaving now. (Implying the use of a vehicle.) | |
| 6. v. to drive; to ride; to sail (a vehicle) | |
| Sie fährt einen roten Wagen. - She drives a red car. | |
| 7. v. to take (someone somewhere by vehicle); to drive; to transport | |
| Ich fahre dich zum Bahnhof. - I’ll take you to the train station. | |
| meine |
| 1. pron. feminine singular of meiner | |
| 2. pron. plural of meiner | |
| 3. det. feminine singular of mein | |
| 4. det. plural of mein | |
| 5. v. first-person singular present of meinen | |
| 6. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of meinen | |
| 7. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of meinen | |
| 8. v. singular imperative of meinen | |
| mein |
| 1. det. (possessive) my | |
| meinen |
| 1. v. to opine, to think; to believe; to suppose | |
| Ich meine, das war letztes oder vorletztes Jahr. - I think it was last year or the year before. | |
| 2. v. to say; to utter; (not used with nouns; not used in the imperative and rarely in the infinitive) | |
| Entschuldige, was meintest du gerade? - Sorry, what did you just say? | |
| 3. v. to mean; to be convinced or sincere about something | |
| Das sagt er nicht nur, das meint er auch. - He doesn’t just say it, he means it. | |
| 4. v. to mean; to have in mind; to convey | |
| Was meintest du damit? - What did you mean by that? | |
| Meinst du das rote oder das gelbe Haus? - Do you mean the red or the yellow house? | |
| 5. v. (now rare) to mean; to signify | |
| Was meint dieses Wort? - What does this word mean? | |
| 6. det. (possessive) masculine accusative singular of mein | |
| 7. det. (possessive) dative plural of mein | |
| Letzte |
| 1. n. female equivalent of Letzter: the last woman or girl | |
| 2. n. plural of Letzter | |
| 3. n. nominative singular of Letzter | |
| 4. adj. last | |
| Das war der letzte Zug. - That was the last train. | |
| Er hat seine letzte Freundin betrogen. - He cheated on his last girlfriend. | |
| letzter |
| 1. adj. form of letzte | |
| Bahn |
| 1. n-f. route, trail | |
| Sie bricht sich ihre eigene Bahn. (She blazes her own trail.) | |
| 2. n-f. (rail transport) railway/railroad or rail transport | |
| Ich habe eine Tageskarte für Bus und Bahn. (I've got a day ticket for bus and rail.) | |
| 3. n-f. A vehicle in rail transport ((especially a regional commuter train or tram, otherwise more often Zug or Tram)) | |
| Die Bahn kommt immer zu spät! (The train is always late!) | |
| Ich binin der Bahn. - I'm on the train. | |
| 4. n-f. (informal) short for, Autobahn | |
| Ich binauf der Bahn. - I'm on the motorway. | |
| 5. n-f. (informal) short for, Fahrbahn, t=lane of a road | |
| 6. n-f. A large, wide sheet of material used for waterproofing roofs and other structures; waterproofing membrane | |
| 7. n-f. (astronomy) orbit | |
| Kometen umlaufen die Sonne auf exzentrischen Bahnen. (Comets orbit the Sun on eccentric orbits.) | |
| 8. Proper noun. Deutsche Bahn, or its predecessors. | |
| Die Bahn schreibt schwarze Zahlen. (Deutsche Bahn announces a profit.) | |
| 9. v. singular imperative of bahnen | |
| 10. v. colloquial of | |
