wie |
1. adv. how | |
Wie groß bist du? - How tall are you? | |
Ich weiß nicht, wie die Katze hereingekommen ist. - I don't know how the cat got in. | |
Wie wunderbar! - How wonderful! | |
2. conj. like | |
Freunde sind wie Sterne in der Nacht. - Friends are like stars in the night. | |
3. conj. as | |
Wie ihr wisst, bin ich in Dortmund aufgewachsen. - As you know, I grew up in Dortmund. | |
Ich bin so schnell wie du. - I’m as fast as you are. | |
4. conj. (colloquial nonstandard) than | |
Der Junge ist größer wie sein Vater. - The boy is taller than his father. | |
5. conj. (chiefly colloquial) when referring to the past | |
Ich hab ihn gesehen, wie ich in Köln war. - I saw him when I was in Cologne. | |
Wie ich zur Tür herauskomme, steht da mein alter Schulfreund. - When I came out the door, my old school-day friend was standing in front of me. | |
gesagt |
1. Participle. past participle of sagen | |
sagen |
1. v. to say (to pronounce; communicate verbally) | |
2. v. to tell (to inform (someone) verbally) | |
3. v. to mean (to convey or signify) | |
4. v. to speak up (+obj, etwas) | |
begann |
1. v. first-person singular preterite of beginnen | |
2. v. third-person singular preterite of beginnen | |
beginnen |
1. v. to begin; to commence; to be started | |
Der Vortrag hat begonnen. - The lecture has begun. | |
2. v. (chiefly literary, transitive or with mit) to start something; to begin something | |
Er hat den Vortrag begonnen. - He has started the lecture. | |
Er hat mit dem Vortrag begonnen. - He has started the lecture. | |
alles |
1. pron. (indefinite) everything; all | |
Alles ist gut. - All is well. | |
2. pron. (indefinite, chiefly colloquial, appositional) all (as in "we all" etc.) | |
Ihr seid alles Idioten. - You're all idiots. | |
Die Politiker haben alle keine Ahnung. - The politicians all don’t have a clue. | |
3. det. of all | |
Alles Geld der Welt würde ich für dich geben. - All the money in the world I'd give for you. | |
Ich wünsche dir alles Gute. - I wish you all the best. | |
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. | |
jenem |
1. pron. masculine dative singular of jener | |
2. pron. dative singular of jener | |
klaren |
1. adj. form of klar | |
klar |
1. adj. clear; transparent; bright | |
2. adj. clear; unambiguous; understood | |
3. adv. (colloquial) obviously, surely | |
4. interj. okay!; sure!; all right! | |
5. interj. (sarcastically) yeah, right! (sarcastic expression of disbelief) | |
sonnigen |
1. adj. form of sonnig | |
Dezember |
1. n. December | |
Morgen |
1. n. morning (part of the day from dawn to noon) | |
am Morgen - in the morning | |
am Morgen des 6. Dezember 2000 - on the morning of the 6th December 2000 | |
gestern Morgen (also: gestern morgen) - yesterday morning | |
heute Morgen - this morning | |
2. n. (agriculture, dated) morgen (measure of land equivalent to two acres); informal acre (when speaking vaguely), a quarter of a hectare (specific) | |
gen Morgen gehen - walk in the direction where the sun rises | |
3. n. tomorrow (the day after today) | |
4. n. the future | |
Unser Morgen ist wichtiger als unser Heute. - Our future is more important than our present. | |
5. adv. tomorrow | |
morgen früh - tomorrow morning | |
morgen Abend - tomorrow evening | |