wer |
1. pron. (interrogative) who (what person or people) | |
Wer hat das gesagt? - Who said that? | |
2. pron. (interrogative, colloquial) what, which (one) (see usage notes) | |
3. pron. (relative) whoever, he who, someone who, the person who, anyone who (whatever person or persons) | |
Wer eine Frage hat, kann sich jetzt melden. - Whoever has a question, put up their hands now. | |
ux, Wer im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen., People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. | |
4. pron. (indefinite, colloquial) somebody, someone; anybody, anyone (an unspecified person) | |
Da ist wer an der Tür. - There's somebody at the door. | |
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 | |
verstanden |
1. Participle. past participle of verstehen | |
verstehen |
1. v. to understand | |
2. v. to hear and interpret (speech) | |
Ich verstehe dich nicht bei dem Lärm. - I can't understand you with this noise. | |
3. v. to comprehend, make sense of | |
Ich verstehe nicht, was du meinst. - I don't understand what you mean. | |
4. v. to take, see, gather (impute what is not explicitly stated) | |
Ich verstehe das so, dass Sie unzufrieden sind. - I understand this in such a way that you are dissatisfied. | |
5. v. to know, have knowledge or understanding of (through experience or study) | |
Er versteht viel von Autos. - He knows a lot about cars. | |
6. v. to understand oneself, understand each other, be understood | |
7. v. (with als) to see oneself as, to think of oneself as | |
Wir verstehen uns als Dienstleister. - We see ourselves as a service provider. | |
8. v. to understand one another, be able to communicate | |
Ich hoffe, wir verstehen uns. - I hope we understand each other. | |
9. v. (with mit) to get along with | |
Die beiden verstehen sich gut. - The two get along well. | |
Wie verstehst du dich mit deinem Chef? - How do you get along with your boss? | |
10. v. (with auf) to be an expert (at something) | |
Sie versteht sich auf gut getarnte Beleidigungen. - She is an expert at making well disguised insults. | |
11. v. to be meant, to have to be interpreted (in some way) | |
Die angegebenen Preise verstehen sich ohne Mehrwertsteuer. - The indicated prices should be understood as without VAT. | |
12. v. (impersonal) to go without saying, to be obvious | |
Es versteht sich, dass ... - It goes without saying that ... | |
hat |
1. v. third-person singular present of haben | |
haben |
1. v. (auxiliary) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses) | |
Das habe ich nicht gesagt. - I haven't said that. | |
2. v. to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic) | |
3. v. to have; to hold (to contain within itself/oneself) | |
Glaub und hab keine Angst. - Believe and don't be afraid or Believe and have no fear. | |
4. v. to have, get (to obtain, acquire) | |
5. v. to get (to receive) | |
6. v. to have (to be scheduled to attend) | |
7. v. to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from) | |
8. v. to contain, be composed of, equal | |
Ein Meter hat 100 Zentimeter. - One metre has 100 centimetres. | |
9. v. (impersonal, dialectal, with es) there be, there is, there are | |
Es hat zwei Bücher. - There are two books. | |
10. v. to make a fuss | |
Hab dich nicht so! - Don't make such a fuss! | |
11. v. (colloquial with es and mit) to be occupied with, to like, to be into | |
Ich hab's nich so mit Hunden. - I don't have it that much with dogs. | |
12. v. (colloquial with es and von or über) to talk about | |
Wir hatten's grad von dir und deiner Freundin. - We just had it about you and your girlfriend. | |
Soll |
1. n. debit | |
2. n. kettle lake | |
3. v. first-person singular present of sollen | |
4. v. third-person singular present of sollen | |
sollen |
1. v. (auxiliary) should; to be obligated (to do something); ought; shall | |
Ich soll das machen. - I should do that. | |
Ich sollte das nicht tun. - I should not do it. | |
2. v. (auxiliary) to be recommended (to do something); to be asked (to do something) | |
3. v. (auxiliary) to be intended (to do something); to be meant (to be something) | |
4. v. (auxiliary) to be said (to do something); reportedly; they say that; I hear that; so they say; rumor has it; supposedly. | |
Es soll da viele Leute geben. - They say that there are many people there. | |
5. v. (auxiliary) would; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates something that would happen in the past but after the time frame of the main clause | |
6. v. (auxiliary) should; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates a hypothetical and unlikely condition for the main clause | |
die |
1. art. feminine singular of der | |
die Frau - the woman | |
2. art. plural of der | |
die Männer - the men | |
3. pron. feminine singular of der | |
4. pron. plural of der | |
5. pron. (in a subordinate clause as a relative pronoun) that; which; who; whom; whose | |
Ich kenne eine Frau, die das kann. - I know a woman who can do that. | |
6. pron. (as a demonstrative pronoun) this one; that one; these ones; those ones; she; her; it; they; them | |
die da - that one/she/they there | |
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 | |
Hand |
1. n. (football, informal) short for, Handspiel | |
Das war Hand! - That was a handball! | |
Das erste Hand war vor dem Strafraum, aber das zweite hätte Elfmeter geben müssen. - The first handball was outside the box, but the second one should have been a penalty. | |
Heben |
1. n. gerund of heben | |
2. v. to lift; to raise | |
3. v. to heave; to hoist | |
4. v. to rise; to lift | |