| 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. | |
| viel |
| 1. pron. much, a lot | |
| Es ist viel passiert. - Much has happened. | |
| 2. det. much, many | |
| Er hat viel Geld verloren. - He lost a lot of money. | |
| 3. det. In the singular, the adjective is usually left unchanged when it is not preceded by an article or determiner (see example sentence above). Otherwise it is declined like a normal adjective: das viele | |
| 4. det. In the plural, the adjective is usually declined even without a preceding article or determiner: viele Kinder. However, it may be left unchanged when modified by a preceding adverb, e.g. in the combi | |
| 5. det. The comparative form mehr is invariable and never declined; it cannot be preceded by any article or determiner (note however mehrere, mehreres, and obsolete mehre, mehr | |
| 6. adv. much, a lot | |
| Wir haben viel gelacht. - We laughed a lot. | |
| wie viel |
| 1. det. how much; how many | |
| 2. adv. (fairly rare) how much; how often | |
| Verdienst |
| 1. n. merit (something worthy of a high rating) (für + accusative) | |
| Wir wurden für unsere Verdienste ausgezeichnet. - We were honored for our services. | |
| 2. n. wages, earnings, income | |
| Ihr Verdienst wird Ihnen natürlich jeden Monat auf Ihr Konto überwiesen. - Your earnings will of course be transferred to your account every month. | |
| 3. v. second-person singular present of verdienen | |
| verdienen |
| 1. v. to make money, to earn + an (object) = on | |
| Ich verdiene viel Geld bei meinem Job. - I make a lot of money at my job. | |
| Die Bank verdient an diesen Zinsen üppig. - The bank earns lavishly on these interest rates. | |
| Jemand hat kräftig daran verdient. - Someone made some big money on it. | |
| 2. v. to deserve + für (object) = for | |
| Sie verdient Anerkennung für ihre Arbeit. - She deserves recognition for her work. | |
| Du |
| 1. pron. alternative case form of du you (singular) (especially when used as a direct address in letters) | |
| 2. n. (literally) the thou, the you (singular) | |
| jemandem das Du anbieten - to offer somebody the thou | |
| 3. pron. you (thou, singular familiar) | |
