| warum |
| 1. adv. why; for what reason | |
| warum ist die Banane krumm - why is the banana bent | |
| Muß |
| 1. n. Superseded spelling of used=pre-1996 | |
| 2. v. Superseded spelling of used=pre-1996 | |
| müssen |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) to have to (do something); must; to be obliged (to do something); to need (to do something). | |
| Wir müssen es machen. - We must do it. | |
| Wir müssen es nicht machen. - We need not do it. / We do not need to do it. | |
| Ich musste es machen. - I had to do it. | |
| 2. v. to have to do something implied; must; to be obliged. | |
| Ja, ich muss. - Yes, I must. | |
| Ja, ich habe gemusst. - Yes, I had to. | |
| 3. v. (colloquial euphemism) to need to go to the bathroom. | |
| Er |
| 1. n. a person or animal of male gender, a male | |
| Was möchte Er von mir? - What does he want from me? | |
| 2. pron. (personal) he. | |
| audio, De-wo ist klaus.ogg De-wo ist klaus.ogg uxi - Where is Klaus? Where is he? | |
| audio, De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg De-Dies ist mein hund.ogg uxi - This is my dog. His name is Waldi. | |
| 3. pron. (personal) it (when the grammatical gender of the object/article/thing/animal etc., being referred to, is masculine (der)). | |
| audio, De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg De-Dort steht ein baum.ogg uxi - There stands a tree. It is more than 100 years old. | |
| 4. pron. (personal) she (when the grammatical gender of the noun being referred to and designating a female person, is masculine (der)). | |
| Im Frauengefängnis versuchte ein Häftling zu flüchten, aber er kam nicht weit. - In the women’s prison, an inmate tried to escape, but she didn’t get very far. | |
| 5. pron. (personal, archaic) Alternative spelling of Er, tr=you (polite) | |
| ausgerechnet |
| 1. Participle. past participle of ausrechnen | |
| 2. adv. Used to express irritation, indignation, or a similar emotional response to something against one's will; roughly equivalent to some usages of of all | |
| Von allen Kaschemmen der ganzen Welt kommt sie ausgerechnet in meine. - Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine. | |
| Ausgerechnet das blaue Kleid ist zerrissen! - Of all dresses, the blue dress is torn! | |
| Blöd, dass ausgerechnet dieser Film schon ausverkauft war. - Darn it, of all films available, upright film was sold out!, footer=(for example, if this was the film the speaker had been looking | |
| 3. adv. Used to express the fact that the speaker thinks something is unlikely. | |
| Es wird schon nicht ausgerechnet mir passieren. - That will not happen to me. | |
| ausrechnen |
| 1. v. to calculate | |
| 2. v. to reckon something, to work out something, to figure out | |
| Heute |
| 1. n. today | |
| 2. adv. today | |
| Abend |
| 1. n-m. evening; the time from dusk onwards (unlike in English, now generally including the first hours of the night, until midnight) | |
| 2. adv. Superseded spelling of Abend | |
| das |
| 1. art. singular of der: the | |
| 2. pron. singular of der | |
| 3. pron. (relative) who, that, which | |
| Ich kenne ein Mädchen, das das kann. - I know a girl who can do that. | |
| Das kann es nicht geben. - This is nothing that could possibly exist. | |
| 4. pron. (demonstrative) this, that, it | |
| Das ist mein Haus. - This is my house. | |
| er - Er wissen | |
| Ich hab das nicht. - I don’t have it. (i.e. the thing mentioned) | |
| 5. pron. (regional, northern Germany) it (subject of an impersonal verb) | |
| Das regnet schon wieder. - It’s raining again. | |
| Wissen Sie, wie spät das ist? - Do you know what time it is? | |
| 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 | |
| Telefon |
| 1. n-n. telephone | |
| blockieren |
| 1. v. to block | |
| 2. v. to lock | |
| Eine Gewaltbremsung kann die Räder blockieren. - Sudden braking can lock the wheels. | |
