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. | |
vielen |
1. adj. form of viel | |
viel |
1. pron. much, a lot | |
Es ist viel passiert. - Much has happened. | |
2. det. much, many | |
Er hat viel Geld verloren. - He lost a lot of money. | |
3. det. In the singular, the adjective is usually left unchanged when it is not preceded by an article or determiner (see example sentence above). Otherwise it is declined like a normal adjective: das viele | |
4. det. In the plural, the adjective is usually declined even without a preceding article or determiner: viele Kinder. However, it may be left unchanged when modified by a preceding adverb, e.g. in the combi | |
5. det. The comparative form mehr is invariable and never declined; it cannot be preceded by any article or determiner (note however mehrere, mehreres, and obsolete mehre, mehr | |
6. adv. much, a lot | |
Wir haben viel gelacht. - We laughed a lot. | |
vielen |
1. adj. form of viel | |
viel |
1. pron. much, a lot | |
Es ist viel passiert. - Much has happened. | |
2. det. much, many | |
Er hat viel Geld verloren. - He lost a lot of money. | |
3. det. In the singular, the adjective is usually left unchanged when it is not preceded by an article or determiner (see example sentence above). Otherwise it is declined like a normal adjective: das viele | |
4. det. In the plural, the adjective is usually declined even without a preceding article or determiner: viele Kinder. However, it may be left unchanged when modified by a preceding adverb, e.g. in the combi | |
5. det. The comparative form mehr is invariable and never declined; it cannot be preceded by any article or determiner (note however mehrere, mehreres, and obsolete mehre, mehr | |
6. adv. much, a lot | |
Wir haben viel gelacht. - We laughed a lot. | |
Jahren |
1. n. dative plural of Jahr | |
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) | |
lebte |
1. v. first-person singular preterite of leben | |
2. v. third-person singular preterite of leben | |
3. v. first-person singular subjunctive of leben | |
4. v. third-person singular subjunctive of leben | |
leben |
1. v. to live, to be alive | |
2. v. to dwell, to reside | |
Ich lebe in der Schillerstraße in der Nähe des Stadtzentrums. - I live in the Schiller-street near the city's center. | |
3. v. to live, to exist, to occupy a place | |
Die Dinosaurier lebten für Jahrmillionen auf der Erde bevor der Mensch erschien. - The dinosaurs existed on Earth for millions of years prior to the rise of man. | |
4. v. to cope with, to live with, to deal with | |
Du wirst wohl damit leben müssen! - You'll have to cope with it! | |
Jeder muss mit seinen eigenen Problemen leben! - Everybody has to deal with his own issues. | |
einmal |
1. adv. once, one time (one and only one time) | |
Ich werde das nur einmal sagen. - I'm only going to say it once. | |
2. adv. once (formerly; during some period in the past) | |
Es war einmal eine schöne Prinzessin. - There was once a beautiful princess. | |
3. adv. sometime (at an indefinite but stated time in the past or future) | |
4. adv. first of all, for starters, firstly (as an initial point; before any other considerations) | |
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.) | |
Alter |
1. n-n. age, old age | |
2. n-n. antiquity | |
3. n-n. epoch, age | |
4. n. old man; old person | |
5. n. (colloquial) mate, bloke ; dude, guy ; (a somewhat intimate or mildly dismissive word for a man, especially but not exclusively used as a vocative) | |
Alter! Komm zurück, wir müssen hier links. - Dude! Come back, we need to go left here. | |
Haste ma ’n Euro für was zu essen, Alter? - You got a euro for summat to eat, mate? | |
Wenn irgendso’n Alter hier Ärger macht, schmeiß ihn gleich raus. - If some bloke acts up in here, kick him right out. | |
Ihr Alter hat sie sitzen lassen. - Her guy jilted her. | |
6. interj. (colloquial chiefly slang) man, dude, mate; (used for emphasis) | |
Alter, was denn hier los? - Man, what’s going on in here? | |
7. n. singular of Alte | |
8. n. genitive plural of Alte | |
9. adj. form of alt | |
alt |
1. adj. old | |
Wie alt bist du? - How old are you? | |
2. adj. ancient | |
3. adj. elderly (inflected in the comparative) | |
ältere Menschen - the elderly | |
Mann |
1. n. man, male human being | |
2. n. husband | |