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. | |
immer |
1. adv. always | |
2. adv. at all times without exception | |
Irgendwo scheint immer die Sonne. - The sun is always shining somewhere. | |
3. adv. very often; all the time; constantly | |
Er will immer nur fernsehen. - He just wants to watch telly all the time. | |
4. adv. every time; whenever some precondition is given | |
Er erzählt immer dieselbe Geschichte. - He always tells that same story. | |
5. adv. (with) to a greater degree over time, more and more | |
Es wird immer kälter. - It's getting colder and colder. | |
6. adv. (colloquial unstressed) used to emphasize another adverb of time, which itself is stressed | |
Er kommt immer nie pünktlich. - He’s never on time. | |
Ich bin oft immer sehr vergesslich. - I’m often very forgetful. | |
Manchmal hab ich immer das Gefühl, dass... - Sometimes I get the feeling that... | |
an |
1. prep. (local) on; upon; at; in; against | |
Das Bild hängt an der Wand. - The picture hangs on the wall. | |
2. prep. by; near; close to; next to | |
3. prep. (temporal, with days or times of day) on; in; at | |
Wir treffen uns am (an dem) Dienstag. - We're meeting on Tuesday. | |
Ich werde sie am (an dem) Abend sehen. - I will see her in the evening. | |
4. prep. (temporal) a; per; only used with the word Tag, otherwise use in | |
zweimal am Tag - twice a day | |
5. prep. on; onto | |
Ich hänge das Bild an die Wand. - I hang the picture on the wall. | |
6. prep. at; against | |
Schauen Sie an die Tafel. - Look at the blackboard. | |
7. prep. to; for | |
Ein Brief an Anna. - A letter for Anna. | |
8. adv. onward; on | |
von heute an - from today on | |
9. adj. (predicative) on | |
Ist der Schalter an oder aus? = Ist der Schalter an- oder ausgeschaltet? - Is the switch on or off. Is the switch switched on or off. | |
ihn |
1. pron. personal accusative of er; him, it (masculine, direct object). | |
Ich suche Matthias. Hast du ihn gesehen? - I'm looking for Matthias. Have you seen him? | |
Ich suche den Dosenöffner. Hast du ihn gesehen? - I'm looking for the can opener. Have you seen it? | |
2. pron. personal dative of sie; them (indirect object). | |
glaubt |
1. v. third-person singular present of glauben | |
2. v. second-person plural present of glauben | |
3. v. plural imperative of glauben | |
glauben |
1. v. to believe something (consider true) | |
Glaubst du diese Geschichte? - Do you believe this story? | |
2. v. to believe in (think something exists, or have confidence in someone’s ability) | |
Glaubst du an Engel? - Do you believe in angels? | |
Woran glaubst du? - What do you believe in? | |
Ich glaube an dich! Du kannst es schaffen! - I believe in you! You can do it! | |
3. v. to believe someone (trust in their statement) | |
Niemand kann ihm glauben. - No one can believe him. | |
Das glaube ich dir nicht. - I don’t believe you that. | |
4. v. to think, to believe | |
Glaubst du, das ist so richtig? - Do you think this is right like this? | |
Er glaubte, dass es auf dem Mars Kanäle gibt. - He believed that there were canals on Mars. | |
Ich glaube etwas zu hören. - I think I hear something. | |
Er glaubt zu wissen, wo deine Schlüssel sind. - He believes he knows where your keys are. | |
wird |
1. v. third-person singular present 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. | |
nicht |
1. adv. not, non- (negates the meaning of a verb, adjective, or adverb) | |
Bitte nicht stören! - Please do not disturb! | |
Das ist nicht wahr. - That is not true. | |
2. interj. (tag question, dated, or formal) right?; is it?; is it not? | |
Du bist sicher die Claudia, nicht? - You must be Claudia, aren't you? | |
Untergehen |
1. n. gerund of untergehen | |
2. v. to set (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon) | |
Die Sonne ist untergegangen. - The sun has set. | |
3. v. to fall, to go down (to be defeated) | |
Das Römische Imperium ist untergegangen. - The Roman Empire has fallen. | |
4. v. to perish, to vanish | |
Er ist in der Menge untergegangen. - He disappeared in the crowd. | |
5. v. to go under (water), to sink | |
Das Schiff geht unter. - The ship is sinking. | |
sondern |
1. conj. (coordinating, with a negative in the preceding clause) rather, but (instead). | |
2. interj. so?, then what?, so you tell me! | |
Naja, ganz so ist es ja auch nicht! — Sondern? - Well, it’s not quite like that! — Then what? | |
3. v. to separate, to sunder | |
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 | |
ewige |
1. adj. form of ewig | |
Leben |
1. n-n. (gerund of leben): living | |
Die Kunst des Lebens - The art of living. | |
2. n-n. life; being alive | |
3. n-n. (biology) a state in which organic entities such as animals, plants and bacteria have properties like metabolism, adaption and replication | |
Das Leben ist nicht an das geistige Bewusstsein gebunden. - Life is not dependent on mental consciousness. | |
4. n-n. (biology) the entirety of those who are in this state | |
Die Erde quillt über vor Leben. - Earth is full of life. | |
5. n-n. the time period in which one is in this state; the time between birth and death | |
Das Leben beginnt mit der Geburt und endet mit dem Tod. - Life begins with birth and ends with death. | |
Sowas habe ich mein Leben lang noch nicht getan. - I have never done such a thing in my life. | |
6. n-n. (religion, philosophy) a state of being in touch or in line with certain metaphysical forces and principles by which biological life is governed | |
Nicht jeder, der atmet, ist auch wirklich am Leben. - Not everyone who breathes is really alive. | |
7. n-n. life; way of life (a particular manner of behaving and passing one’s time, whether real or ideal, and whether self-chosen or not) | |
Lebensstandard - quality of life | |
ein angenehmes Leben - a comfortable life | |
ein christliches Leben - a Christian life | |
8. n-n. biography; life; life story (an account of a person’s life, whether real or virtual) | |
Das Leben der Edelgard. - The life of Edelgard. | |
Sein Leben weist viele Höhen und Tiefen auf. - There are many ups and downs in his biography. | |
Das ist ein Buch vom Leben berühmter Musiker. - This is a book about the lives of famous musicians. | |
9. n-n. (usually) existence; life (a position one has created for oneself, often manifested in success, prosperity, and standing) | |
Frau Schmidt hat sich in all diesen Jahren ein bewundernswertes Leben aufgebaut. - Mrs Schmidt has built up an admirable life in all these years. | |
10. n-n. (usually) life; precious or beloved thing that someone considers fundamental to their existence | |
Sie ist mein Ein und Alles, mein Leben! - She is my one and only, my life! | |
11. n-n. (video games) a measure of successful play | |
12. n-n. life; numbers of times a game can be played | |
Du hast nur noch drei Leben übrig. - You only have three lives left. | |
13. n-n. health; hit points | |
14. n-n. (youth slang) used as the object of certain verbs, often ones that are per se intransitive, for emphasis | |
Chill ma’ dein Leben! - Just chill your life! | |
15. v. to live, to be alive | |
16. 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. | |
17. 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. | |
18. 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. | |
Haben |
1. n-n. credit | |
2. v. (auxiliary) to have (forms the perfect and past perfect tenses) | |
Das habe ich nicht gesagt. - I haven't said that. | |
3. v. to have; to own (to possess, have ownership of; to possess a certain characteristic) | |
4. 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. | |
5. v. to have, get (to obtain, acquire) | |
6. v. to get (to receive) | |
7. v. to have (to be scheduled to attend) | |
8. v. to have (to be afflicted with, suffer from) | |
9. v. to contain, be composed of, equal | |
Ein Meter hat 100 Zentimeter. - One metre has 100 centimetres. | |
10. v. (impersonal, dialectal, with es) there be, there is, there are | |
Es hat zwei Bücher. - There are two books. | |
11. v. to make a fuss | |
Hab dich nicht so! - Don't make such a fuss! | |
12. 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. | |
13. 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. | |