| weit |
| 1. adj. wide | |
| 2. adj. large | |
| 3. adj. far, distant (of the past or future) | |
| Der Roman spielt in der weiten Zukunft. - The novel takes place in the far future. | |
| 4. adj. Denotes a certain point in time or in some process or schedule, or a certain stage of development. | |
| Es ist fast so weit, das Ritual durchzuführen. - It's almost time to perform the ritual. | |
| Computer sind so weit fortgeschritten, dass sie Sprache verstehen. - Computers have advanced enough to understand language. | |
| 5. adv. far | |
| davon |
| 1. adv. from it, from that, therefrom, off it, off that | |
| Bleibt davon! - Keep off! | |
| das kommt davon - that is the result | |
| er ist nicht davon - he is not far away | |
| entfernt |
| 1. Participle. past participle of entfernen | |
| 2. adj. distant | |
| 3. adj. (with a spatial or temporal measure) away | |
| Der Bahnhof ist 15 Minuten vom Stadtzentrum entfernt. - The railway station is 15 minutes away from the city centre. | |
| entfernen |
| 1. v. to remove | |
| Der Hausmeister entfernt die Graffitis von der Wand. - The caretaker is removing the graffiti from the wall. | |
| 2. v. to gradually move away; to recede; to retreat; to diverge | |
| Das Schiff entfernt sich von der Insel. - The ship is moving away from the island. | |
| Die beiden verwandten Sprachen haben sich voneinander entfernt. - The two related languages have diverged from each other. | |
| 3. v. to stray; to deviate; to depart (from a group, a route, etc.) | |
| Ein junges Schaf hat sich von der Herde entfernt. - A young sheep has strayed from the flock. | |
| Das Flugzeug entfernte sich auf unerklärliche Weise von seinem Kurs. - The airplane mysteriously departed from its course. | |
| 4. v. to desert; to go absent; to leave without permission | |
| Der Gefreite hat sich absichtlich von seiner Einheit entfernt. - The private has deliberately gone absent from his unit. | |
| 5. v. to leave a place; to remove oneself | |
| Herr Hoffmann, Sie entfernen sich sofort aus meinem Büro! - Mr Hoffmann, you will immediately remove yourself from my office! | |
| sich |
| 1. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular: herself, himself, itself, oneself (direct or indirect object). | |
| 2. pron. Reflexive pronoun of the third person plural: themselves (direct or indirect object). | |
| zu |
| 1. prep. to, towards (indicates directionality) | |
| zum Bahnhof - to the train station | |
| 2. prep. with respect to; regarding | |
| Zu Punkt 1 möchte ich bemerken, dass... - With respect to item 1, let me remark that... | |
| 3. prep. along with; with (accompanying (the main thing in question)) | |
| Wasser zum Essen trinken - to drink water with one’s meal | |
| 4. prep. at, on (indicates location) | |
| zu Hause - at home | |
| 5. prep. at (indicates time) | |
| zur richtigen Zeit - at the right time | |
| zu Beginn - at the beginning | |
| 6. prep. by, in, on, at (indicates mode (of transportation, speech, etc.)) | |
| zu Pferd - on horseback | |
| 7. prep. (with a verb) for; (with a noun) as, by way of (for the purpose of) | |
| 8. prep. for (in honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of) | |
| 9. prep. into (indicates transition into another form or substance) | |
| 10. prep. as, for, to be (to take on the role of) | |
| 11. prep. to (used to indicate ratios) | |
| 12. prep. at (denotes a price or rate) | |
| 13. part. (with infinitives of verbs) to | |
| etwas zu essen - something to eat | |
| 14. adv. (with adjectives and adverbs) too (excessively) | |
| zu schnell - too fast | |
| 15. adv. (by extension, slang) (An intensifier.) | |
| Dieses Essen ist zu lecker! - This food tastes so good! | |
| 16. adv. towards; at | |
| 17. adv. (somewhat, informal) shut; closed; locked | |
| 18. adv. ahead, on (along, forwards (continuing an action)) | |
| 19. adj. (somewhat, informal) shut, closed (made inaccessible or impassable; not open) | |
| Das Geschäft war zu. - The shop was closed. | |
| Die Tür muss aus Brandschutzgründen immer zu sein. - This door must be shut at all times for reasons of fire safety. | |
| Die Tür ist zu, ich komm nicht rein. - The door is locked, I can’t get in there. | |
| 20. adj. closed (not operating or conducting trade) | |
| 21. adj. done up (fastened) | |
| 22. adj. (slang) hammered; very drunk | |
| Legen |
| 1. n. (gerund of legen); laying, placement | |
| 2. v. to lay, to put, to place, to position, so that it afterwards lies as opposed to being setzen, stellen | |
| Leg deine Sachen auf den Stuhl! - Put your things on the chair! | |
| Ich lege mich auf das Bett. - I lie down on the bed. | |
| Eier legen - to lay eggs | |
| ein Feuer legen - to set a fire | |
| Leg dich auf den Boden! - Lie down on the floor! | |
| 3. v. (animal husbandry) to castrate | |
| Ich habe meinen Hengst legen lassen. - I had my stallion castrated. | |
| 4. v. (colloquial especially video games) to slay, to defeat | |
| 5. v. (colloquial impersonal) to cause great amusement, to make someone collapse in laughter, to kill, to slay | |
| Bei dem zweiten Witz hat's ihn komplett gelegt. - The second joke totally killed him. | |
| wurde |
| 1. v. first-person singular preterite of werden | |
| 2. v. third-person singular preterite of werden | |
| werden |
| 1. v. (auxiliary) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense | |
| Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - I will go home. | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs | |
| 3. v. (auxiliary) to be done; forms the passive voice | |
| Das Buch wird gerade gelesen. (present tense) - The book is being read. | |
| Ich wurde in Europa geboren. (preterite tense) - I was born in Europe. | |
| Er war geschlagen worden. (past perfect tense) - He had been beaten. | |
| 4. v. (copulative, past participle geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn | |
| Es wird heißer. - It's getting hotter. | |
| 5. v. (with a dative object and certain adjectives) to begin or come to feel or experience (a condition) | |
| Usage: In this sense werden 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. (See the usage no | |
| Wird dir kalt? - Are you getting cold? | |
| Den Kindern wird langweilig. - The children are getting bored. | |
| Von Mayonnaise wird mir schlecht. - Mayonnaise makes me sick. (Literally: From mayonnaise I become sick.) | |
| 6. v. (copulative, colloquial) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future) | |
| Wir werden zusammen glücklich. - We will be happy together. | |
| Was wird aus mir? - What will become of me? | |
| 7. v. (colloquial) to be going to work | |
| Das wird so nichts. - It will not work like that. | |
| 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 | |
| Sturm |
| 1. n. A strong, blustery wind; gust; gale; squall | |
| 2. n. storm, tempest | |
| Ein Sturm kommt auf. - A storm is coming. | |
| 3. n. (military) storm, rush, attack | |
| 4. n. (Austria) must made from white or red grapes that has begun to ferment but that has not yet turned into wine | |
| 5. adj. (southwestern Germany, Switzerland) befuddled, dazed, numb; dizzy, giddy; muddled | |
| noch |
| 1. adv. still, yet (up to and including a given time) | |
| Du magst mich noch. - You still like me. | |
| Ich bin noch nicht fertig. - I’m not ready yet. | |
| 2. adv. yet, eventually (at an unknown time in the future) | |
| Er wird noch kommen. - He will come eventually. | |
| Das brauche ich später noch. - I'll need that sometime. | |
| 3. adv. additionally, in addition, besides, else; (more often expressed in English with) another, more | |
| Da ist noch einer. - There’s another one. | |
| Da sind noch welche. - There are some more. | |
| Ich habe noch Schokolade im Auto. - I have some more chocolate in the car. | |
| Weißt du noch was? - Can you think of anything else? | |
| 4. adv. (only) just; barely (by a small margin) | |
| Ich habe es gerade noch geschafft. - I made it just in time. | |
| 5. adv. (with comparative) even | |
| Deins ist noch schöner! - Yours is even prettier! | |
| 6. conj. (following a negation, especially weder) nor; function word introducing each except the first term or series, indicating none of them is true | |
| Ich mag weder ihn noch dich. - I like neither him nor you. | |
| Er versteht es nicht noch wird er es jemals verstehen. - He doesn’t understand it, nor will he ever understand it. | |
| weitaus |
| 1. adv. by far | |
| heftiger |
| 1. adj. comparative of heftig | |
| 2. adj. form of heftig | |
